Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area
The Punta Gorda, FL metro area is one county in Florida: Charlotte County. About 217,212 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 16.3% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 217,212 16.3% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- County
- Charlotte County
- Land area
- 681 sq mi (1,764 km²)
- Time zone
- Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
- State
- Florida
- Combined statistical area
- North Port-Bradenton, FL
- CBSA code
- 39460
The county in the Punta Gorda, FL metro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte County | Central | 217,212 |
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
- Punta Gorda20,278 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.
Part of the North Port-Bradenton, FL combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 2 areas in this one, largest first:
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area948,158 people
- Arcadia, FL Micro Area37,078 people
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.
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area14 mi northwest
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area18 mi south
- Arcadia, FL Micro Area26 mi northeast
- Sebring, FL Metro Area55 mi northeast
- Clewiston, FL Micro Area70 mi east
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