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Ocala, FL Metro Area

The Ocala, FL metro area is one county in Florida: Marion County. About 442,660 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 17.8% more than in April 2020.

Marion County, centralOcala
Marion County in Florida
Population, July 2025
442,660 17.8% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
County
Marion County
Land area
1,588 sq mi (4,114 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Florida
CBSA code
36100
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The county in the Ocala, FL metro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Marion CountyCentral442,660

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Ocala66,584 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area21 mi southeast
  2. Homosassa Springs, FL Metro Area35 mi southwest
  3. Gainesville, FL Metro Area37 mi north
  4. Palatka, FL Micro Area44 mi northeast
  5. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area60 mi east
  6. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area70 mi southeast

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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