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Florida spans 65,758 square miles (170,310 km 2), ranking 22nd in area among the states. The Miami metropolitan area, anchored by the cities of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, is the state's largest metropolitan area, with a population of 6.138 million; the most populous city is Jacksonville.
Land, water and total area by U.S. state, district or territory, sortable State / territory Total area Land area Water area sq mi km 2 sq mi km 2 sq mi km 2 Alaska 665,384
This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2024 land area. Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger. San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km 2).
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.
The largest municipality by population and land area is Jacksonville with 949,611 residents and 874.6 square miles (2,265 km 2). The smallest by population is Marineland with 15 people, while the smallest by land area is Lazy Lake at 0.022 square miles (0.057 km 2). [10]
The buildings in the area date back to the 1920s and 1930s and have been meticulously preserved and restored, creating a unique and beautiful streetscape. ... About a mile south of Cape Florida ...
Florida rank U.S. rank Metropolitan area Population (2023 est.) 1 9 Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach: 6,183,199 2 17 Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater: 3,342,963 3 21 Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford: 2,817,933 4 38 Jacksonville: 1,713,240 5 63 North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota: 910,108 6 72 Cape Coral–Fort Myers: 834,573 7 75 ...
Milton, the third hurricane to hit Florida this year, dumped about 16 inches of rain on St. Petersburg, a more than a 1-in-1000 year rainfall event for the area, according to the National ...