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Welcome to Collier County ...

Time Zone: Collier County lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Naples is the Seat for Collier County.

Collier County was founded May 8, 1923. Collier was created by taking area from Lee and Monroe Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Collier had a population of 384,902 people. This is an increase of 19.32% since the last Census (which gave a population of 322,581 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Collier represented 1.72% of the total population of Florida.

Below are some of the communities located in Collier County:

  • Everglades City
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Marco Island
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Naples
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
    • Naples is located in Collier County (FL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,988 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <2>

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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