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Orlando had a population of 307,573 in the 2020 census, making it the 67th-largest city in the United States, the fourth-largest city in Florida, and the state's largest inland city. Census Bureau figures released in July 2017, making it the 23rd-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States, and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami and Tampa.
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In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. Orlando ( / ɔːr ˈ l æ n d oʊ/) is a city in the U.S.