Florida Keys

The Florida Keys is an archipelago of about 1700 islands in the southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about 15 miles south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry Tortugas. The islands lie along the Florida Straits, dividing the Atlantic Ocean to the east from the Gulf of Mexico to the west, and defining one edge of Florida Bay. At the nearest point, the southern tip of Key West is just 98 miles (157 km) from Cuba. The Florida Keys are between about 23.5 and 25.5 degrees North latitude, in the subtropics. The climate of the Keys however, is defined as tropical according to Köppen climate classification. More than 95 percent of the land area is in Monroe County, but a small portion extends northeast into Miami-Dade County, primarily in the city of Islandia, Florida. The total land area is 356 km² (137 sq mi). As of the 2020 census the population was about 82,874,^[1]^[a] with an average density of 233/km² (603/sq mi), although much of the population is concentrated in a few areas of much higher density, such as the city of Key West, which has 32% of the entire population of the Keys.^[2]

The city of Key West is the county seat of Monroe County, which consists of a section on the mainland which is almost entirely in Everglades National Park, and the Keys islands from Key Largo to the Dry Tortugas.

Upper keys

Key Biscayne
Key Largo
Rattlesnake Key

Middle keys

Islamorada
Tavernier
Plantation Key
Matecumbe Key
Craig Key
Fiesta Key
Long Key
Conch Key
Duck Key
Grassy Key
Deer Key
Vaca Key
Marathon
Boot Key

Lower keys

Bahia Honda
West Summer land Key
Ohio Key
No Name Key
Big Pine Key
Torch Key
Ramrod Key
Summerland Key
Cudjoe Key
Sugarloaf Key
Saddlebunch Keys
Big Coppitt Key
Boca Chica
Key West

Notes and references

↑ This number comes from the total population of Monroe County. Over 99.5% of the people in Monroe County live in the Florida Keys. A very small part of the Florida Keys' population lives in Miami-Dade County.