Tavares, FL -- U.S. city in Florida Population (2000): 9700 Housing Units (2000): 5475 Land area (2000): 7.088962 sq. miles (18.360327 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.355885 sq. miles (0.921737 sq. km) Total area (2000): 7.444847 sq. miles (19.282064 sq. km) FIPS code: 71225 Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12 Location: 28.801670 N, 81.733548 W ZIP Codes (1990): 32778 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Tavares, FL Tavares