Ocala, Florida demographics

Ocala, FL demographics: median age 39.2; 31.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Ocala city, Florida · Incorporated city · GEOID 1250750. The survey estimates a population of 66,584 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Ocala is 39.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.6 years. There are 27,152 households (±820). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	39.2 ±1.6	42.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 66,584
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Under 18	14,748 ±1,227	22.1% ±1.8 pp	19.5%	22.0%
18–34	15,089 ±1,177	22.7% ±1.8 pp	20.7%	22.8%
35–64	23,549 ±1,383	35.4% ±2.1 pp	38.4%	38.0%
65 and older	13,198 ±929	19.8% ±1.4 pp	21.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 66,584
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Male	31,421 ±835	47.2% ±1.3 pp	49.1%	49.5%
Female	35,163 ±841	52.8% ±1.3 pp	50.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 66,584
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
White alone	40,853 ±1,584	61.4% ±2.4 pp	55.9%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	12,575 ±1,206	18.9% ±1.8 pp	15.1%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	172 ±120 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	2,681 ±584	4.0% ±0.9 pp	2.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	6 ±16 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	2,323 ±948	3.5% ±1.4 pp	6.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	7,974 ±1,150	12.0% ±1.7 pp	19.4%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 66,584
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	54,742 ±1,402	82.2% ±2.1 pp	72.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11,842 ±1,409	17.8% ±2.1 pp	27.4%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 27,152
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Married-couple family	10,148 ±760	37.4% ±2.6 pp	46.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,666 ±341	6.1% ±1.2 pp	5.2%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	4,168 ±609	15.4% ±2.2 pp	12.7%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	9,548 ±975	35.2% ±3.4 pp	28.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,622 ±413	6.0% ±1.5 pp	7.2%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 27,152
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Households with people under 18	7,264 ±608	26.8% ±2.1 pp	26.5%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	19,888 ±1,100	73.2% ±3.4 pp	73.5%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 27,152
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	9,548 ±975	35.2% ±3.4 pp	28.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	9,110 ±883	33.6% ±3.1 pp	36.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	3,782 ±559	13.9% ±2.0 pp	15.4%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,765 ±426	10.2% ±1.5 pp	11.6%	12.6%
Five-person households	923 ±279	3.4% ±1.0 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	795 ±256	2.9% ±0.9 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	229 ±104	0.8% ±0.4 pp	1.1%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 66,584
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Native	59,047 ±1,274	88.7% ±1.9 pp	78.1%	85.9%
Foreign born	7,537 ±1,275	11.3% ±1.9 pp	21.9%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 63,357
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
English only	51,369 ±1,717	81.1% ±2.6 pp	69.4%	77.7%
Spanish	8,818 ±1,483	13.9% ±2.3 pp	22.6%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	378 ±283 · low precision	0.6% ±0.4 pp · low precision	2.7%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	87 ±61 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	16 ±24 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	953 ±549 · low precision	1.5% ±0.9 pp · low precision	1.9%	2.0%
Korean	65 ±60 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	499 ±341 · low precision	0.8% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	350 ±301 · low precision	0.6% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	115 ±93 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	485 ±320 · low precision	0.8% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.5%	1.1%
Arabic	157 ±135 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	65 ±53 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 46,557
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	4,192 ±613	9.0% ±1.3 pp	10.1%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	12,971 ±1,226	27.9% ±2.5 pp	27.2%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	10,226 ±1,002	22.0% ±2.1 pp	18.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	4,623 ±640	9.9% ±1.4 pp	10.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	9,259 ±899	19.9% ±1.9 pp	21.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5,286 ±664	11.4% ±1.4 pp	12.9%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 66,059
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Florida	U.S.
Same house	55,598 ±1,464	84.2% ±2.2 pp	86.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	5,531 ±1,049	8.4% ±1.6 pp	6.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,435 ±552	3.7% ±0.8 pp	3.1%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,732 ±522	2.6% ±0.8 pp	2.9%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	763 ±362	1.2% ±0.5 pp	1.1%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

12.3% of Ocala residents (±1.5 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 11.5% in Florida and 8.4% nationally. 91.2% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Ocala	Florida	U.S.	Compared with Florida
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	12.3% ±1.5 pp	11.5%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.2% ±1.4 pp	91.6%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	9.0% ±1.4 pp	7.4%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Ocala . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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