Orlando, Florida

Orlando
Official seal of Orlando
Nicknames: 
The City Beautiful, O-Town, Theme Park Capital of the World
Map
Interactive map of Orlando
Orlando is located in Florida
Orlando
Orlando
Location within Florida
Orlando is located in the United States
Orlando
Orlando
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 28°32′24″N 81°22′48″W / 28.54000°N 81.38000°W / 28.54000; -81.38000[1]
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyOrange
Settled (Jernigan)1843
Incorporated (Town of Orlando)July 31, 1875
Incorporated (City of Orlando)February 4, 1885
Government
 • TypeStrong Mayor–Council
 • MayorBuddy Dyer (D)
 • City Council
Members
  • Jim Gray (R)
  • Tony Ortiz (R)
  • Robert Stuart (D)
  • Patty Sheehan (D)
  • Regina Hill (D)
  • Bakari F. Burns (D)
Area
 • Total119.08 sq mi (308.41 km2)
 • Land110.85 sq mi (287.10 km2)
 • Water8.23 sq mi (21.31 km2)
 • Urban
644.61 sq mi (1,669.5 km2)
Elevation89 ft (27 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total307,573
 • Rank67th, U.S.
 • Density2,774.65/sq mi (1,071.30/km2)
 • Urban
1,853,896 (26th U.S.)
 • Urban density2,876.0/sq mi (1,110.4/km2)
 • Metro
2,691,925 (23rd U.S.)
 • CSA
4,222,422 (15th U.S.)
DemonymOrlandoan
GDP
 • Orlando (MSA)$194.5 billion (2022)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
32801-32812, 32814-32822, 32824-32837, 32839, 32853-32862, 32867-32869, 32872, 32877-32878, 32885-32887, 32891, 32896-32897, 32899
Area codes407, 689
FIPS code12-53000
GNIS feature ID2404443[1]
Websitewww.orlando.gov

Orlando (/ɔːrˈlænd/ or-LAN-doh) is a city and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. Part of Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831 in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami and Tampa Bay. Orlando had a city population of 307,573 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa. It is the state's most populous inland city.

Orlando is one of the most-visited cities in the world primarily due to tourism, major events, and convention traffic. It is the third-most visited city in the U.S. after New York City and Miami, with over 2.9 million visitors as of 2022.[4] Orlando International Airport is the 13th-busiest airport in the United States and the 29th-busiest in the world.[5] The two largest and most internationally renowned tourist attractions in the Orlando area are the Walt Disney World Resort, opened by the Walt Disney Company in 1971 and located about 21 miles (34 km) southwest of downtown Orlando in Bay Lake, and the Universal Orlando Resort, opened in 1990 as a major expansion of Universal Studios Florida and the only theme park inside Orlando city limits.

With the exception of the theme parks, most major cultural sites like the Orlando Museum of Art and Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and world-renowned nightlife, bars and clubs are located in Downtown Orlando. Other attractions like The Wheel at ICON Park are located along International Drive. The city is also one of the busiest American cities for conferences and conventions; Orange County Convention Center is the second-largest convention facility in the United States.

Like other major cities in the Sun Belt, Orlando grew rapidly from the 1960s into the first decade of the 21st century. Orlando is home to the University of Central Florida, which became the largest university campus in the United States in terms of enrollment as of 2015.[needs update] In 2010, Orlando was listed as a "Gamma+" level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.[6]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Orlando, Florida
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  3. ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL (MSA)". fred.stlouisfed.org.
  4. ^ "America's 10 most visited cities", World Atlas, December 5, 2023
  5. ^ Passenger Traffic for past 12 months ending May 2011 Archived August 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Airports.org. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  6. ^ "The World According to GaWC 2020". GaWC – Research Network. Globalization and World Cities. Retrieved August 31, 2020.