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FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE MEDIA · OPINION & ANALYSIS

Children deserve to be safe. People who have been hurt deservecare. Families deserve clear facts when the news talks about Florida’s sex offense registry.

News 6 reported that the number is growing.

But the numbers need context. OPPAGA, Florida’s research office, counted 86,207 people on the registry in October 2024. Only 30,907 lived in Florida communities. About 63% were in custody or did not live in Florida.

From 2021 to 2024, the community count grew by 727 across all 67 Florida counties combined—an increase of 2.4%.

During those same years, Florida’s population grew by 1,115,606 people, or 5.1%. Florida’s overall population grew more than twice as fast as the number of registered people living in its communities.

These figures cover the same years, though different months. Population estimates are for April; registry counts are for September 2021 and October 2024.

FAC covered this broader issue in “Florida’s Registry Keeps Growing. Public Safety or Overenforcement?”

Our own analysis found 30,588 unique records in a separate community file. About 78% were marked released but still required to register. The file was supplied October 6, 2026. Its original creationdate is unconfirmed, so it cannot prove a decline since 2024. Behind these numbers are parents, older adults, children, and families trying to live in peace.

Is this just a scare tactic, or are the numbers being share without the full story?

A growing list alone does not show rising sexual crime. News coverage should help people understand the facts. Protecting children, supporting survivors, and treating families with care all matter.


Florida Action Committee is always here to help reporters with these investigations, check the figures, and share the sources behind them.

Getting the numbers right matters. These stories shape how people see their neighbors and how families are treated.
The public deserves the full picture.

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Growth percentages and comparisons are our calculations
from the cited figures. Registry counts measure listed
populations, not rates of new sexual crime.

Our separate community-file figures come from the retained
FDLE-derived roster documented in the Florida Registry
Research Analytical Atlas, updated October 21, 2026.
They are record counts, not a certified live census.

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