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Country
  
United States

Largest city
  
Pensacola, Florida

State(s)
  
Florida

Area
  
5,307 kmĀ²

Pensacola metropolitan area

Other cities
  
Navarre, Florida Navarre Beach, Florida Gulf Breeze, Florida Milton, Florida Jay, Florida Pace, Florida Ensley, Florida Warrington, Florida Brent, Florida Ferry Pass, Florida McDavid, Florida Pensacola Beach, Florida Cantonment, Florida Perdido Key, Florida Myrtle Grove, Florida Walnut Hill, Florida West Pensacola, Florida Molino, Florida Innerarity Point, Florida Goulding, Florida Gonzalez, Florida Barrineau Park, Florida Beulah, Florida

Highest elevation
  
Sunny Hill 205 ft (62.484 m)

The Pensacola metropolitan area is the metropolitan area centered on Pensacola, Florida.

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The Office of Management and Budget has designated Escambia and Santa Rosa counties as the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area used for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau and other agencies. The MSA's designated principal cities are Pensacola and the unincorporated census-designated places of Ferry Pass and Brent, all located in Escambia County.

The four incorporated cities within the MSA are Pensacola (Census 2000 population 56,255), Milton (7,045), Gulf Breeze (5,665) and Century (1,714). In 2009 the population of the MSA was 455,102. The Pensacola Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area was first defined after the 1960 United States Census, and included Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. Ferry Pass and Brent, which are unincorporated, were added as principal cities after the 2000 Census.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 448,991 people residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 75.26% White, 17.04% African American, 0.88% Native American, 2.44% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, 1.16% from other races, and 3.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.58% of the population.

Personal income

The median income for a household in the MSA was $38,558, and the median income for a family was $44,319. Males had a median income of $32,966 versus $22,164 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $19,365.

Tourism

Tourism in the Pensacola Bay area brings in about $552 million annually. Palafox Place contains multiple venues for nightlife.

Beaches

  • Pensacola Beach
  • Navarre Beach
  • Oriole Beach
  • Perdido Key
  • Retail

  • Cordova Mall
  • Interstate Highways

  • Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway (Interstate 10 in Florida)
  • Reuben O'Donovan Askew Parkway (Interstate 110)
  • U.S. Highways

  • U.S. Highway 29
  • U.S. Highway 90
  • U.S. Highway 90 Alternate
  • U.S. Highway 98
  • State Highways

  • State Road 97
  • State Road 196
  • State Road 281
  • State Road 289
  • State Road 727
  • State Road 290
  • State Road 291
  • State Road 292
  • State Road 295
  • State Road 296
  • State Road 297
  • State Road 298
  • State Road 399
  • Area Codes

  • 850
  • ZIP codes

    The following is the list of ZIP codes for selected areas within the metropolitan area.

    Escambia County

  • 32501 in Pensacola, Downtown north of Wright Street
  • 32502 in Pensacola, Downtown south of Wright Street
  • 32503 in Pensacola, East of Palafox Street
  • 32504 in Pensacola, Northeast Pensacola
  • 32505 in Pensacola, Inner western suburbs
  • 32506 in Pensacola, Western suburbs
  • 32507 in Pensacola, Warrington and Perdido Key
  • 32508 in Pensacola, Naval Air Station Pensacola
  • 32509 in Pensacola, NOLF Saufley Field
  • 32511 in Pensacola, Corry Station Naval Technical Training Center
  • 32512 in Pensacola, Naval Hospital Pensacola
  • 32513 in Pensacola
  • 32514 in Pensacola, Northern suburbs including Ferry Pass
  • 32516 in Pensacola
  • 32520 in Pensacola, used by Gulf Power
  • 32521 in Pensacola, used by the City of Pensacola
  • 32522 in Pensacola
  • 32523 in Pensacola
  • 32524 in Pensacola
  • 32526 in Pensacola, Northwestern suburbs including Bellview and Beulah
  • 32533 in Cantonment
  • 32534 in Ensley
  • 32559 in Pensacola
  • 32560 in Gonzalez
  • 32568 in McDavid, Walnut Hill
  • 32577 in Molino
  • 32591 in Pensacola
  • Santa Rosa County

  • 32530 in Bagdad
  • 32561 in Gulf Breeze
  • 32562 in Gulf Breeze
  • 32563 in Gulf Breeze
  • 32564 in Holt, spills over into eastern Santa Rosa County from Okaloosa County.
  • 32565 in Jay
  • 32566 in Navarre
  • 32570 in Milton
  • 32571 in Pace
  • 32572 in Milton
  • 32583 in Milton
  • Sports notables

    The Pensacola metro-area is home to a number of sports figures: Emmitt Smith (NFL), Jerry Pate (PGA), Buck Showalter (MLB), Don Sutton (MLB), Elijah Williams (American football) (NFL), Derrick Brooks (NFL), Roy Jones, Jr. (Boxing), Michelle Snow (WNBA), Fred Robbins (NFL), Jay Bell (MLB), Josh Sitton (NFL), Reggie Evans (NBA), Vince Phillips (Boxing), Lawrence Tynes (NFL), Scooter Tucker (MLB), Marcus Richardson (CFL), Travis Fryman (MLB), Ron Stallworth (NFL), Mardye McDole (NFL), Boo Weekley (PGA), Justin Gatlin (Olympics), Jason McKie (NFL), Preston Hanna (MLB), Tom Sewell (NBA), Phil Hiatt (MLB), Jim Rivera (MLB), Smoke Gainer (Boxing), Horace Jones (NFL), Clifford Lett (NBA), Glen Metropolit (NHL), Cortland Finnegan (NFL), Omar Stoutmire (NFL), Talmadge Nunnari (MLB), Reggie Slack (CFL), Billy Lothridge (NFL), Beth Barr (Olympics), Reggie Johnson(NFL), Joe Durant (PGA), Nick Green (MLB), Joel Anthony (NBA), Trent Richardson (NFL), Alfred Morris (American football) (NFL), and Bubba Watson (PGA).

    Museums

  • National Museum of Naval Aviation
  • Parts of the Gulf Islands National Seashore:
  • Fort Barrancas
  • Fort Pickens
  • Pensacola Museum of Art
  • Historic Pensacola's Museum of Industry
  • Historic Pensacola's Museum of Commerce
  • Pensacola MESS Hall
  • Milton Historical Society
  • Sports teams

  • Double-A Baseball Teams
  • Pensacola Blue Wahoos
  • Ice Hockey
  • Pensacola Ice Flyers
  • References

    Pensacola metropolitan area Wikipedia