Editing Okeechobee County, Florida (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|892|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|769|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|123|sqmi}} (13.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Okeechobee County comprises the Okeechobee, FL [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]] (μSA), which is included in the [[Miami]]-[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]]-[[Port St. Lucie, Florida|Port St. Lucie]], FL [[Miami metropolitan area|Combined Statistical Area]]. The μSA was first designated by the U.S. [[Office of Management and Budget]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 21, 2023 |title=Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Guidance on the Uses of the Delineations of These Areas |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |access-date=July 30, 2023 |website=Executive Office of the President |page=138}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2020 |title=Metro Area History 1950–2020 |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/geographies/reference-files/2020/historical-delineation-files/metro_area_history_1950_2020.xls |website=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=July 30, 2023 |at=Row 3661}}</ref>


===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Indian River County, Florida|Indian River County]] - northeast
* [[Martin County, Florida|Martin County]] - east
* [[St. Lucie County, Florida|St. Lucie County]] - east
* [[Glades County, Florida|Glades County]] - southwest
* [[Hendry County, Florida|Hendry County]] - southwest via 5 county intersection in middle of Lake Okeechobee
* [[Highlands County, Florida|Highlands County]] - west
* [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach County]]- Southeast via 5 county intersection in middle of Lake Okeechobee
* [[Polk County, Florida|Polk County]] - northwest
* [[Osceola County, Florida|Osceola County]] - northwest
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