The Gainesville metropolitan area is the

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in North Central Florida that includes Alachua, Levy, and Gilchrist counties, centered around

Gainesville, Florida Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, and the largest city in North Central Florida, with a population of 141,085 in 2020. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, which had a population of 339,247 in ...

. The metropolitan area had a population of 339,247 in 2020. The U.S.

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designates the area as the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), a

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used for statistical purposes by the

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and other government agencies. The Gainesville, Florida Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area was first defined in 1971, consisting of only Alachua County. In 1983 Bradford County was added to the MSA. Bradford County was removed from the MSA in 1993. Gilchrist County was added to the MSA in 2003. Levy County was added to the MSA in 2018. As of 2020, the United States Census Bureau designated the Gainesville-Lake City, Florida

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, consisting of the Gainesville, Florida MSA and the Lake City, Florida Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Columbia County. As of 2020, the racial makeup of the MSA was 64.7%

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, 16.7%

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, 0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 5.4% Asian, 0.04%

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or Pacific Islanders, 3.4% some other race, and 9.4% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 11.5% of the population.

Counties

* Alachua * Gilchrist * Levy

References

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