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Green Cove Springs

City, Clay County. Population 10,275 (2025), 0.0% on the prior year, +5.0% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Green Cove Springs

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 8.57 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population10,275Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197910.4k high2025
Change since the prior year0.0%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+5.0%2020 to 2025
Census 20209,7862020

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
202510,275estimate0.0%
202410,270estimate-1.1%
202310,384estimate+1.5%
202210,234estimate+2.8%
20219,959estimate+1.8%
20209,786census+24.8%
20197,841estimate+0.4%
20187,813estimate+2.6%
20177,615estimate+2.0%
20167,469estimate+6.0%
20157,043estimate+0.2%
20147,030estimate+1.0%
20136,960estimate+0.7%
20126,911estimate+0.2%
20116,898estimate-0.1%
20106,908census+5.6%
20096,544estimate-0.2%
20086,555estimate+1.0%
20076,488estimate+1.7%
20066,381estimate+3.8%
20056,148estimate+3.2%
20045,957estimate+4.5%
20035,700estimate+2.8%
20025,545estimate+1.2%
20015,480estimate+1.9%
20005,378census+0.5%
19995,350estimate+6.0%
19985,048estimate+0.3%
19975,032estimate+0.9%
19964,988estimate+2.9%
19954,847estimate+2.5%
19944,730estimate+0.9%
19934,688estimate+0.4%
19924,671estimate+1.7%
19914,593estimaten/a
19894,535estimate+3.1%
19884,398estimate-0.8%
19874,432estimate+4.1%
19864,258estimate-0.1%
19854,264estimate+5.2%
19844,054estimate-1.1%
19834,099estimate-0.7%
19824,126estimate-0.2%
19814,136estimaten/a
19793,513estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Clay County)4.7%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20169.3% highAug 2026
Labor force (Clay County)113,056Aug 2026
Employment (Clay County)107,687Aug 2026
Unemployed (Clay County)5,369Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.5%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.3%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 2026113,056107,6875,3694.7%
Jul 2026113,071107,5575,5144.9%
Jun 2026113,655108,1965,4594.8%
May 2026112,623107,3415,2824.7%
Apr 2026112,478107,0285,4504.8%
Mar 2026112,247106,9225,3254.7%
Feb 2026112,880107,1185,7625.1%
Jan 2026112,293106,3225,9715.3%
Dec 2025112,769107,4205,3494.7%
Nov 2025113,423107,5285,8955.2%
Sep 2025113,839108,8544,9854.4%
Aug 2025113,397108,3355,0624.5%
Jul 2025113,676108,7894,8874.3%
Jun 2025113,306108,6364,6704.1%
May 2025112,561108,4594,1023.6%
Apr 2025112,467108,6453,8223.4%
Mar 2025112,702108,6984,0043.6%
Feb 2025112,181108,1154,0663.6%
Jan 2025112,913108,7144,1993.7%
Dec 2024113,493109,8333,6603.2%
Nov 2024113,671109,5854,0863.6%
Oct 2024114,610110,6293,9813.5%
Sep 2024114,619110,7363,8833.4%
Aug 2024114,573110,3994,1743.6%
Jul 2024114,995110,7324,2633.7%
Jun 2024114,581110,4264,1553.6%
May 2024113,365109,8793,4863.1%
Apr 2024112,956109,6593,2972.9%
Mar 2024112,898109,3393,5593.2%
Feb 2024112,257108,6743,5833.2%
Jan 2024112,337108,6233,7143.3%
Dec 2023113,217109,9173,3002.9%
Nov 2023113,828110,2443,5843.1%
Oct 2023114,375110,6563,7193.3%
Sep 2023114,733111,1473,5863.1%
Aug 2023114,630110,8423,7883.3%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025113,021108,3814,6404.1%
2024113,696109,8763,8203.4%
2023113,189109,8803,3092.9%
2022110,204107,1693,0352.8%
2021106,678102,7643,9143.7%
2020103,18697,3785,8085.6%
2019105,410102,1323,2783.1%
2018104,223100,7093,5143.4%
2017102,78398,7484,0353.9%
2016100,21795,6754,5424.5%
201598,35093,3425,0085.1%
201497,22591,4105,8156.0%
201396,33589,9346,4016.6%
201295,55088,0107,5407.9%
201195,83286,9718,8619.2%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$323.6M

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Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

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BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017$105M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$293M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error52.6%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$7.14M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$19.7M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error45.9%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$105M$293M$139M52.6%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$7.14M$19.7M$10.7M45.9%
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 53% from the 2022 Census figure for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 46% from the 2022 Census figure for Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses97New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses47Aug 2026
Lodging licenses17Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses33Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months18Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)751Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+9.2%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month50Sep 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) bulk corporate data files, new entity filings by month, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses Business formations

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

Business formations are by postal city: Green Cove Springs, which is not the city limits.

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-SEATfood26
2APSalcohol16
2003-NAPTlodging11
2014-MFDVfood9
2COPalcohol8
2010-NOSTfood5
2013-CATRfood5
4COP-SFSalcohol4
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging3
11Calcohol2
2014-HTDGfood2
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging2
11CGalcohol1
1APSalcohol1
3PSalcohol1
2002-MOTLlodging1

Filings by entity type, last 12 months

Sunbiz new entity filings by the ZIP code of the principal address, grouped to the USPS postal city (postal city: Green Cove Springs)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies687610
Florida profit corporations3651
Florida non-profit corporations2321
Out of state entities registering in Florida56
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months180Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 201634 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+106.9%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$32.5MAug 2026
Units, latest month14Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months180Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table1262025

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

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Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Aug 202614140$3M
Jul 202617170$3.3M
Jun 202619190$3.31M
May 202627270$5.15M
Apr 2026110$129K
Mar 202631310$5.1M
Feb 202622220$3.71M
Jan 2026440$616K
Dec 202512120$2.11M
Nov 202523230$4.35M
Oct 2025880$1.39M
Sep 2025220$302K
Aug 2025110$230K
Jul 202512120$2.82M
Jun 2025220$470K
May 2025770$1.7M
Apr 2025990$2.66M
Mar 202520200$3.65M
Feb 202524240$4.16M
Jan 2025660$1.9M
Dec 2024330$675K
Nov 2024110$306K
Oct 2024220$410K
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024110$1.1M
Jul 2024550$1.57M
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024220$800K
Feb 2024330$750K
Jan 2024110$230K
Dec 2023000$0
Nov 2023110$75K
Oct 2023110$995K
Sep 2023550$1.67M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
20251261260$25.8M
202418180$5.85M
202318180$5.81M
202223230$6.72M
202149490$8.52M
2020704517$11.5M
20191671670$28.1M
20181071070$19M
20171311310$31.7M
20161441440$32.7M
20151421420$31.9M
201447470$9.7M
201329290$7.42M
201213130$3.68M
2011330$455K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$1.41B
Total taxable value (non school)$804M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$892M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+3.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.2%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$1.35B2025 final roll
New construction value$32.3M2026 preliminary
Parcels4,5582026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 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 2020 block groups; 66% 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$255K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months209Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$321KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$960M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$79.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$78.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$82.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$65.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$22.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$84.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$32.1M2026 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
Residential3,409$960M$575M$13.3M3,716-2.2%
Commercial129$79.5M$76.3M$2.96Mn/a+13.7%
Industrial41$78.5M$58.8M$55.5Kn/a+10.3%
Agricultural21$82.6M$5.19M$0n/a+31.5%
Vacant780$65.9M$57M$8.82Mn/a+29.7%
Institutional38$22.9M$7.97M$0n/a+2.9%
Government110$84.5M$62.7K$7.1Mn/a+13.2%
Other31$32.1M$23.5M$0n/a+50.2%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units3,794Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199071.0% high2024
Occupied units3,5322020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units2622020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2,2962020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1,2362020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate65.0%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)25.9%2025
Cost burdened renter households32.1%2025

Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Housing data

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Severely cost burdened renters (over 50%)14.2%2025
Assisted housing developments6Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units249Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.11K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$310K2024

Cost burden by income, 2025

Households by the share of income spent on housing, Shimberg Center estimates for 2025.

TenureIncome (share of area median)30% or less30.1 to 50%Over 50%
All households30% AMI or less18547243
All households30.01-50% AMI15715889
All households50.01-80% AMI58328148
All households80.01-120% AMI364550
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI1,5444721
Renters30% AMI or less1642182
Renters30.01-50% AMI277527
Renters50.01-80% AMI1994848
Renters80.01-120% AMI48550
RentersGreater than 120% AMI31500
Owners30% AMI or less2126161
Owners30.01-50% AMI1308362
Owners50.01-80% AMI3842330
Owners80.01-120% AMI31600
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI1,2294721

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$60.4K66
1997$60K64
1998$70K76
1999$77.2K90
2000$79.2K100
2001$82.8K96
2002$86.5K104
2003$94K153
2004$112K165
2005$175K214
2006$228K218
2007$160K107
2008$164K106
2009$182K81
2010$169K53
2011$175K47
2012$200K43
2013$193K73
2014$217K115
2015$174K192

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Pinewood Apartments1000 PINEWOOD CT.Green Cove Springs5454
Highland Apartments100 WEST JOEY CIRCLEGreen Cove Springs5252
Clay Springs101 Joey Drive Box 1201Green Cove Springs5151
Governor Springs Apartments1343 LOVE DRGreen Cove Springs4343
Cove Apartments840 COOKS LANEGreen Cove Springs3636
Ramblewood Apartments801 Ferris StGreen Cove Springs1313

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$60.8KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$69.5K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$710KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$710KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-7.6%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$35.6KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$447KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$447KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+4.0%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$46.5MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+29.6%FY2024
Total expenditures$40.8MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+5.1%FY2024
Revenues per resident$4.53KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$33.6MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+11.7%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$60.8K
Aug 2026$64K
Jul 2026$56.3K
Jun 2026$60.9K
May 2026$62.4K
Apr 2026$54.9K
Mar 2026$56.3K
Feb 2026$63.6K
Jan 2026$55.5K
Dec 2025$58.9K
Nov 2025$59.6K
Oct 2025$56.3K
Sep 2025$69.5K
Aug 2025$67.6K
Jul 2025$69.3K
Jun 2025$66.6K
May 2025$66.2K
Apr 2025$62.5K
Mar 2025$59.5K
Feb 2025$67.2K
Jan 2025$55.8K
Dec 2024$63.1K
Nov 2024$59.7K
Oct 2024$61.1K
Sep 2024$61.7K
Aug 2024$65.8K
Jul 2024$65.6K
Jun 2024$66.5K
May 2024$69K
Apr 2024$55K
Mar 2024$59.4K
Feb 2024$61.3K
Jan 2024$53.8K
Dec 2023$56K
Nov 2023$57K
Oct 2023$55.5K

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$35.6K
Aug 2026$35.6K
Jul 2026$35.6K
Jun 2026$36.9K
May 2026$36.9K
Apr 2026$36.9K
Mar 2026$36.9K
Feb 2026$36.9K
Jan 2026$36.9K
Dec 2025$39.5K
Nov 2025$39.5K
Oct 2025$39.5K
Sep 2025$40.6K
Aug 2025$40.6K
Jul 2025$40.6K
Jun 2025$33.4K
May 2025$33.4K
Apr 2025$33.4K
Mar 2025$33.4K
Feb 2025$33.4K
Jan 2025$33.4K
Dec 2024$33.4K
Nov 2024$36.9K
Oct 2024$36.9K
Sep 2024$36.9K
Aug 2024$36.9K
Jul 2024$36.9K
Jun 2024$36.1K
May 2024$36.1K
Apr 2024$36.1K
Mar 2024$36.1K
Feb 2024$36.1K
Jan 2024$36.1K
Dec 2023$36.1K
Nov 2023$36.1K
Oct 2023$36.1K

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$33.6M+11.7%
FY2024$30.1M+33.0%
FY2023$22.6M+1.1%
FY2022$22.4M+40.2%
FY2021$16M+40.7%
FY2020$11.3M+25.3%
FY2019$9.05M+93.3%
FY2018$4.68M+46.3%
FY2017$3.2M-11.4%
FY2016$3.61M+43.5%
FY2015$2.52M-23.9%
FY2014$3.31M-19.9%
FY2013$4.13Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$4.49M$4.04M+11.2%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$785K$343K+129.0%
Intergovernmental Revenues$7.01M$5.02M+39.7%
Charges for Services$25.6M$21.7M+17.8%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$756K$816K-7.4%
Miscellaneous Revenues$5.41M$1.86M+191.2%
Other Sources$2.5M$2.12M+18.0%
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)$5.56M$3.6M+54.4%
Public Safety$5.97M$5.2M+14.9%
Physical Environment$21.9M$23.2M-5.5%
Transportation$5.89M$2.47M+138.0%
Culture / Recreation$1.24M$2.27M-45.4%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$241K$2.12M-88.6%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$69.4MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$93.5M high2026
Change on a year earlier+3.2%June 30, 2026
Change, real+0.1%June 30, 2026
Branches1June 30, 2026
Institutions1June 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 Green Cove Springs.

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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
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationGreen Cove Springs Branch425 N Orange AveGreen Cove Springs$69.4M

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