Orlando "The City Beautiful" is a city in the United States of America, in the State of Florida and the county of Orange County. Located in Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of over 3 million people according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in July 2019. These figures make 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 and is the fourth-largest city in Florida, and the state's largest inland city.