{"id":1493,"date":"2023-02-08T15:25:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T15:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:59:40","slug":"orange-county-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/orange-county-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County, Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orange County is a county in Florida, United States, home to Orlando and most of Walt Disney<br \/>\nWorld, about 75 miles northeast of Tampa. It had a population of 1,429,908 at the 2020 census, an<br \/>\nestimated 1,528,002 by 2025, and covers 1,003 square miles (2,600 km2) centred near 28\u00b031\u2032N 81\u00b019\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando is the county seat and by far its largest city; its postal code is 32801. The county<br \/>\nholds 13 incorporated cities and towns, 38 census-designated places and a scatter of smaller<br \/>\nunincorporated communities, and it runs on Eastern Time. Its FIPS code is 12095.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Orange County<\/h2>\n<p>Orange County has 13 incorporated cities and towns. The table below lists all of them, ordered<br \/>\nby 2020 population.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Orlando<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>307,573<\/td>\n<td>32801<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Apopka<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>54,873<\/td>\n<td>32703<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ocoee<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>47,295<\/td>\n<td>34761<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Winter Garden<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>46,964<\/td>\n<td>34787<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Winter Park<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>29,795<\/td>\n<td>32789<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maitland<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>19,543<\/td>\n<td>32751<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Belle Isle<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>7,032<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oakland<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>3,516<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Windermere<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>3,030<\/td>\n<td>34786<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edgewood<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>2,685<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eatonville<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>2,349<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bay Lake<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lake Buena Vista<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Beyond the incorporated cities, the county has 38 census-designated places, unincorporated<br \/>\ncommunities the Census Bureau maps but that have no city government of their own. The ten<br \/>\nlargest, all with real populations, are:<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Alafaya<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>92,452<\/td>\n<td>32826<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pine Hills<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>66,111<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Meadow Woods<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>43,790<\/td>\n<td>32824<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hunters Creek<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>24,433<\/td>\n<td>32837<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Azalea Park<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>14,141<\/td>\n<td>32807<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goldenrod<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>13,431<\/td>\n<td>32733<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pine Castle<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>11,122<\/td>\n<td>32809<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Union Park<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>10,452<\/td>\n<td>32825<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bithlo<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>9,848<\/td>\n<td>32712<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Christmas<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>2,439<\/td>\n<td>32709<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The remaining 28 CDPs and unincorporated communities &mdash; among them Doctor Phillips, Horizon<br \/>\nWest, Southchase, South Apopka, Sky Lake, Taft, Tildenville and Zellwood &mdash; are mostly<br \/>\nsmaller residential subdivisions and rural crossroads without a separately published 2020 count.<br \/>\nGoldenrod straddles the Orange&ndash;Seminole line, so its 13,431 residents are not all Orange<br \/>\nCounty residents. Alafaya, the county&#8217;s largest CDP, wraps around the University of Central<br \/>\nFlorida rather than forming a single town center.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>32801 &mdash; Orlando (downtown; the city itself spans roughly 32801&ndash;32899)<\/li>\n<li>32703 &mdash; Apopka (also 32704 and 32712)<\/li>\n<li>34761 &mdash; Ocoee<\/li>\n<li>34787 &mdash; Winter Garden (also 34777 and 34778)<\/li>\n<li>32789 &mdash; Winter Park (also 32790, 32792 and 32793)<\/li>\n<li>32751 &mdash; Maitland (also 32794)<\/li>\n<li>34786 &mdash; Windermere<\/li>\n<li>32826 &mdash; Alafaya (the CDP also uses 32816, 32820, 32825, 32828, 32831, 32833, 32834 and<br \/>\n32878)<\/li>\n<li>32824 &mdash; Meadow Woods<\/li>\n<li>32837 &mdash; Hunters Creek<\/li>\n<li>32807 &mdash; Azalea Park<\/li>\n<li>32733 &mdash; Goldenrod<\/li>\n<li>32809 &mdash; Pine Castle<\/li>\n<li>32825 &mdash; Union Park (also 32817)<\/li>\n<li>32712 &mdash; Bithlo<\/li>\n<li>32709 &mdash; Christmas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Belle Isle, Oakland, Edgewood, Eatonville, Bay Lake, Lake Buena Vista and Pine Hills use their<br \/>\nneighboring cities&#8217; ZIP codes rather than a code of their own; Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista,<br \/>\nthe two smallest cities in the county, are both served through Disney-area codes rather than a<br \/>\nmunicipal ZIP.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Orange County sits in Florida&#8217;s central lake district, a flat expanse of pine flatwoods and<br \/>\nsandhills studded with hundreds of lakes. Of its 1,003 square miles, 903 square miles are land and<br \/>\n100 square miles are water, or about 10 percent &mdash; one of the higher water shares of any<br \/>\nFlorida county, thanks to the hundreds of lakes scattered through the Orlando area. The largest is<br \/>\nLake Apopka on the county&#8217;s northwest edge, once one of Florida&#8217;s most polluted lakes<br \/>\nand now the subject of an ongoing state restoration project. The Econlockhatchee River forms part<br \/>\nof the county&#8217;s eastern boundary, and the county sits at the headwaters of the St. Johns<br \/>\nRiver basin.<\/p>\n<p>Seminole County borders Orange to the north, Volusia County lies to the northeast, Brevard<br \/>\nCounty to the east, Osceola County to the south, Polk County to the southwest and Lake County to<br \/>\nthe west. <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/volusia-county\/\">Volusia County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/brevard-county\/\">Brevard County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/osceola-county\/\">Osceola County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/polk-county-florida\/\">Polk County<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lake-county-florida\/\">Lake County<\/a> all have their own pages<br \/>\non this site; Seminole County does not yet.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Orange County had a population of 1,429,908 at the 2020 census, up from 1,145,956 in 2010, and<br \/>\nthe latest estimate puts the county near 1,528,002 residents. Orlando and Alafaya are the two<br \/>\nlargest communities, together accounting for roughly a quarter of the county&#8217;s population.<br \/>\nMedian household income runs $65,784 (2017&ndash;2021 ACS 5-year), below Florida&#8217;s statewide<br \/>\nfigure of $73,311 (2023 ACS). Population density works out to roughly 1,583 people per square mile<br \/>\nof land, among the densest counties in Florida outside the Miami and Tampa metro cores.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Tourism and hospitality dominate the county&#8217;s economy. Walt Disney World, spread across<br \/>\nBay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, is the county&#8217;s largest single employer and includes the Magic<br \/>\nKingdom, EPCOT, Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios and Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom. Universal<br \/>\nOrlando, on Orlando&#8217;s southwest side, and SeaWorld Orlando add to the theme-park cluster that<br \/>\ndraws visitors from around the world. Orlando International Airport, in the county&#8217;s<br \/>\nsoutheast, is one of the busiest airports in the United States and a major employer in its own<br \/>\nright. Away from tourism, Orlando is home to AdventHealth Orlando and Orlando Health&#8217;s<br \/>\ndowntown hospital campus, and Darden Restaurants, owner of Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse,<br \/>\nkeeps its corporate headquarters in the city. Apopka&#8217;s nursery and greenhouse industry has<br \/>\nearned it the nickname &#8220;Indoor Foliage Capital of the World.&#8221; The county&#8217;s<br \/>\nbiggest annual event is the Florida Film Festival, hosted each spring at Maitland&#8217;s Enzian<br \/>\nTheater.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Florida&#8217;s territorial legislature created the county in 1824 as Mosquito County, a vast<br \/>\ntract covering much of central Florida. It was renamed Orange County in 1845, the year Florida<br \/>\ngained statehood, for the citrus groves that dominated the local economy for the next century.<br \/>\nOrlando became the county seat in 1856 and was incorporated as a city in 1875.<\/p>\n<p>Eatonville, incorporated in 1887, was one of the first self-governing Black municipalities in<br \/>\nthe United States; author Zora Neale Hurston grew up there and set much of her fiction in the<br \/>\ntown. On the county&#8217;s west side, Ocoee was the site of a 1920 attack on its Black community<br \/>\nafter an election-day dispute over voting rights, in which homes were burned and residents were<br \/>\nkilled or driven out; the city did not formally acknowledge the event until 2018. Citrus farming<br \/>\ngave way to tourism after Walt Disney World opened on 1 October 1971, an event that reshaped the<br \/>\ncounty&#8217;s economy and drove the population growth that followed through the following<br \/>\ndecades.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 4 crosses the county through downtown Orlando, and Florida&#8217;s Turnpike runs<br \/>\nnorth&ndash;south through the county&#8217;s eastern half. Highways SR 408, SR 417 and SR<br \/>\n429 form a partial beltway around metro Orlando.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kissimmee &mdash; about 15 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Sanford &mdash; about 20 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Tampa &mdash; about 75 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Daytona Beach &mdash; about 55 miles northeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Orlando International Airport, in the county&#8217;s southeast corner, is the region&#8217;s<br \/>\nmain commercial airport and one of the busiest in the country. Orlando&#8217;s Amtrak station, on<br \/>\nSligh Boulevard, serves the Silver Star and Silver Meteor lines and the Auto Train to Virginia.<br \/>\nSunRail commuter trains stop at multiple stations through the county, including downtown Orlando,<br \/>\nWinter Park and Meadow Woods.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Orange County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in Florida&#8217;s central lake district, about 75 miles northeast of Tampa, bordered by<br \/>\nSeminole, Volusia, Brevard, Osceola, Polk and Lake counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Orange County?<\/strong><br \/>\n1,429,908 at the 2020 census, with a 2025 estimate near 1,528,002.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Orange County?<\/strong><br \/>\n1,003 square miles (2,600 km2), of which 903 square miles are land and 100 square miles are<br \/>\nwater.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Orange County?<\/strong><br \/>\nOrlando, the county seat since 1856 and its largest city by far.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and cities are in Orange County?<\/strong><br \/>\nThirteen incorporated cities and towns &mdash; Orlando, Apopka, Ocoee, Winter Garden, Winter<br \/>\nPark, Maitland, Belle Isle, Oakland, Windermere, Edgewood, Eatonville, Bay Lake and Lake Buena<br \/>\nVista &mdash; plus 38 census-designated places including Alafaya, Pine Hills and Meadow Woods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Orange County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n32801 for downtown Orlando, with dozens more across the county&#8217;s cities and CDPs; Apopka<br \/>\nuses 32703, Winter Park uses 32789, and Alafaya alone spans nine different ZIP codes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Orange County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nWalt Disney World, based in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, and the wider Orlando theme-park<br \/>\ncluster that includes Universal Orlando and SeaWorld.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/florida\/\">Towns and villages in Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orange County is a county in Florida, United States, home to Orlando and most of Walt Disney World, about 75 miles northeast of Tampa. 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