Ocala, Florida | |
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Nickname: Horse Capital of the World | |
Motto: "God Be With Us" | |
Coordinates: 29°11′16″N 82°7′50″W / 29.18778°N 82.13056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Florida |
County | Marion |
Settled | 1849 |
Incorporated (town) | February 4, 1869 |
Incorporated (city) | January 28, 1885 |
Government | |
• Type | Council-manager |
Area | |
• City | 47.26 sq mi (122.41 km2) |
• Land | 47.26 sq mi (122.39 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
Elevation | 104 ft (32 m) |
Population | |
• City | 63,591 |
• Density | 1,345.64/sq mi (519.56/km2) |
• Urban | 182,647 (US: 202nd) |
• Metro | 375,908 (US: 146th) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 34470-34483 |
Area code | 352 |
FIPS code | 12-50750 |
GNIS feature ID | 0288030[3] |
Website | OcalaFL.org |
Ocala is a city in Marion County, Florida. In 2020, the number of people recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 63,591.[2] It is the county seat of Marion County[4], and the principal city of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in the 2020 census had a population of 375,908.