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Branford

Town, Suwannee County (also Gilchrist). Population 756 (2025), -0.3% on the prior year, +6.3% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Branford

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 1.14 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population756Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979758 high2025
Change since the prior year-0.3%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+6.3%2020 to 2025
Census 20207112020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Population estimates

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Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
2025756estimate-0.3%
2024758estimate+0.3%
2023756estimate+2.6%
2022737estimate+1.8%
2021724estimate+1.8%
2020711census-5.3%
2019751estimate+9.0%
2018689estimate-0.3%
2017691estimate-1.1%
2016699estimate+1.7%
2015687estimate-0.9%
2014693estimate-0.1%
2013694estimate-1.6%
2012705estimate0.0%
2011705estimate-1.0%
2010712census+1.1%
2009704estimate-1.1%
2008712estimate+1.7%
2007700estimate-1.5%
2006711estimate+3.0%
2005690estimate-0.4%
2004693estimate+0.7%
2003688estimate-1.0%
2002695estimate+1.0%
2001688estimate-1.0%
2000695census+8.9%
1999638estimate-0.9%
1998644estimate-0.3%
1997646estimate-2.0%
1996659estimate-1.6%
1995670estimate-1.9%
1994683estimate+0.1%
1993682estimate+1.0%
1992675estimate+0.6%
1991671estimaten/a
1989739estimate+4.5%
1988707estimate+0.3%
1987705estimate-0.4%
1986708estimate+2.6%
1985690estimate-1.4%
1984700estimate+11.3%
1983629estimate-3.4%
1982651estimate+3.5%
1981629estimaten/a
1979571estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Suwannee County)5.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20169.3% highAug 2026
Labor force (Suwannee County)17,215Aug 2026
Employment (Suwannee County)16,256Aug 2026
Unemployed (Suwannee County)959Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.4%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

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Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 202617,21516,2569595.6%
Jul 202616,79215,8299635.7%
Jun 202616,98416,0369485.6%
May 202617,24016,3149265.4%
Apr 202617,17416,2299455.5%
Mar 202617,14416,2209245.4%
Feb 202617,22016,2021,0185.9%
Jan 202617,12616,0581,0686.2%
Dec 202517,08916,1479425.5%
Nov 202517,34116,3161,0255.9%
Sep 202517,24116,3458965.2%
Aug 202517,14916,2469035.3%
Jul 202516,87416,0148605.1%
Jun 202516,94816,1348144.8%
May 202517,15816,4277314.3%
Apr 202517,16216,4607024.1%
Mar 202516,99216,2747184.2%
Feb 202516,85116,1327194.3%
Jan 202517,05716,3157424.4%
Dec 202416,99816,3836153.6%
Nov 202417,30816,5767324.2%
Oct 202417,38916,6727174.1%
Sep 202417,44216,7466964.0%
Aug 202417,47416,7277474.3%
Jul 202417,26516,4737924.6%
Jun 202417,18416,4537314.3%
May 202417,28516,6726133.5%
Apr 202417,30616,7465603.2%
Mar 202417,30416,6876173.6%
Feb 202417,22016,5906303.7%
Jan 202417,23916,5826573.8%
Dec 202317,13216,5405923.5%
Nov 202317,40216,7666363.7%
Oct 202317,36516,7086573.8%
Sep 202317,37116,7076643.8%
Aug 202317,40816,7266823.9%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202517,07816,2558234.8%
202417,28516,6096763.9%
202317,17016,5785923.4%
202216,27615,7115653.5%
202116,38415,5987864.8%
202016,70915,6901,0196.1%
201917,22716,6276003.5%
201817,12716,4736543.8%
201717,28316,5337504.3%
201617,23416,3778575.0%
201517,91616,9309865.5%
201417,86916,6981,1716.6%
201317,96816,6671,3017.2%
201218,19516,6841,5118.3%
201118,79717,0391,7589.4%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses20New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses9Aug 2026
Lodging licenses3Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses8Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

No ZIP code has its Census internal point inside this place, so ZIP Code Business Patterns are not shown.

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Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood7
2APSalcohol6
7COP-SFSalcohol2
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging1
2014-HTDGfood1
2014-MFDVfood1
2002-MOTLlodging1
2003-NAPTlodging1

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$96M
Total taxable value (non school)$48M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$55.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+6.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+10.6%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$90.2M2025 final roll
New construction value$962K2026 preliminary
Parcels6982026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-03

Parcels are placed by Census block group through the Census Bureau's block assignment file; a parcel in a block group that straddles the limits is apportioned. Census 2010 block groups; 16% of the county's just value lies in a place. Medians are over the parcels whose block group lies mostly in the place. Qualified sales: the roll's own sale fields, qualification codes 01 and 02, improved, single parcel.

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Median single family just value$148K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months13Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$198KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$53.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$14.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$1.23M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$8.82M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$4.43M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$3.69M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$10.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$116K2026 preliminary

Just value by use group

Department of Revenue land use codes grouped: residential 001 to 009, commercial 011 to 039, industrial 041 to 049, agricultural 050 to 069, vacant 000, 010, 040 and 070, institutional 071 to 079, government 080 to 089, other 090 to 099. Taxable is the non school taxable value. Just value change compares with the 2025 final roll, summed the same way.

Use groupParcelsJust valueTaxable (non school)New constructionResidential unitsJust value change
Residential349$53.2M$27.2M$792K365+6.9%
Commercial60$14.5M$12.9M$165Kn/a+14.7%
Industrial5$1.23M$1.15M$0n/a+5.9%
Agricultural69$8.82M$2.73M$4.48Kn/a+1.8%
Vacant144$4.43M$3.53M$1.77Kn/a+5.5%
Institutional24$3.69M$357K$0n/a+0.9%
Government43$10.1M$47.3K$0n/a+0.4%
Other3$116K$110K$0n/a+5.3%

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$4.38KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$4.97K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$48.1KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$48.1KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-9.4%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$3.16KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$38KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$38KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+4.6%Sep 2026

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

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Total revenues$1.16MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-39.8%FY2024
Total expenditures$1.42MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-24.0%FY2024
Revenues per resident$1.53KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$206KFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-11.3%FY2025

Half-cent sales tax, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$4.38K
Aug 2026$4.23K
Jul 2026$3.82K
Jun 2026$4.24K
May 2026$4.63K
Apr 2026$3.41K
Mar 2026$3.7K
Feb 2026$3.99K
Jan 2026$3.78K
Dec 2025$4.28K
Nov 2025$4.04K
Oct 2025$3.57K
Sep 2025$4.6K
Aug 2025$4.43K
Jul 2025$4.37K
Jun 2025$4.73K
May 2025$4.97K
Apr 2025$4.24K
Mar 2025$4K
Feb 2025$4.32K
Jan 2025$4.89K
Dec 2024$4.52K
Nov 2024$3.9K
Oct 2024$4.11K
Sep 2024$3.88K
Aug 2024$4.13K
Jul 2024$4.11K
Jun 2024$4.12K
May 2024$4.45K
Apr 2024$4K
Mar 2024$4.06K
Feb 2024$4.49K
Jan 2024$3.87K
Dec 2023$4.37K
Nov 2023$4.29K
Oct 2023$3.8K

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$3.16K
Aug 2026$3.16K
Jul 2026$3.16K
Jun 2026$3.11K
May 2026$3.11K
Apr 2026$3.11K
Mar 2026$3.11K
Feb 2026$3.11K
Jan 2026$3.11K
Dec 2025$3.3K
Nov 2025$3.3K
Oct 2025$3.3K
Sep 2025$3.39K
Aug 2025$3.39K
Jul 2025$3.39K
Jun 2025$2.85K
May 2025$2.85K
Apr 2025$2.85K
Mar 2025$2.85K
Feb 2025$2.85K
Jan 2025$2.85K
Dec 2024$2.85K
Nov 2024$3.11K
Oct 2024$3.11K
Sep 2024$3.11K
Aug 2024$3.11K
Jul 2024$3.11K
Jun 2024$3.12K
May 2024$3.12K
Apr 2024$3.12K
Mar 2024$3.12K
Feb 2024$3.12K
Jan 2024$3.12K
Dec 2023$3.12K
Nov 2023$3.12K
Oct 2023$3.12K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2025$206K-11.3%
FY2024$232K-12.3%
FY2023$265K-8.2%
FY2022$289K-12.7%
FY2021$331K-17.9%
FY2020$403K+1.4%
FY2019$397K-0.4%
FY2018$399K+19.7%
FY2017$333Kn/a
FY2016$0n/a
FY2015$0n/a
FY2014$0n/a
FY2013$0n/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$117K$547K-78.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$3.37K$2.48K+35.8%
Intergovernmental Revenues$183K$492K-62.9%
Charges for Services$784K$808K-2.9%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$4.29K$2.12K+102.4%
Miscellaneous Revenues$70.6K$47.9K+47.4%
Other Sourcesn/a$29.7Kn/a
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$333K$699K-52.4%
Public Safety$125K$89.2K+40.0%
Physical Environment$681K$714K-4.6%
Transportation$68.1K$86.3K-21.0%
Culture / Recreation$214K$252K-15.1%
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/a$29.7Kn/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a
Human Servicesn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$96.3MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$96.9M high2026
Change on a year earlier-0.7%June 30, 2026
Change, real-3.7%June 30, 2026
Branches2June 30, 2026
Institutions2June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026
Branches closed since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026

FDIC Summary of Deposits, Florida offices, every June 30 since 1994, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Bank deposits

Offices whose reported city is Branford.

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Offices, June 30, 2026

Deposits as each office reports them to the FDIC; the city is the one the bank reports, not a municipal boundary.

InstitutionBranchAddressCityDeposits
Capital City BankBranford Branch814 Suwannee Ave NwBranford$51.5M
Lafayette State BankBranford Branch103 Us Highway 27 SeBranford$44.8M

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