The Pensacola metropolitan area is the

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Pensacola, Florida Pensacola () is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, and the county seat and only incorporated city of Escambia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 54,312. Pensacola is the principal ...

. It is also known as the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) used for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau and other agencies. The Pensacola Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area was first defined after the 1960 United States Census, with Pensacola as the principal city, and included Escambia and

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counties. Ferry Pass and Brent, which are unincorporated census-designated places in Escambia County, were added as principal cities after the 2000 Census. The population of the MSA in the 2020 census was 511,502. The five incorporated cities within the MSA are Pensacola (Population: 51,923), Milton (8,866), Gulf Breeze (6,466), Century (1,786), and Jay (590). In addition, several unincorporated census-designated places account for a great number of the population. Most notable is

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(Population: 42,300); its population makes it the second largest community in the metro area, only behind Pensacola.

Demographics

As of the census of 2020, there were 509,905 people residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 70.2% White, 15.7% African American, 0.7% Native American, 2.7%

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, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 2.2% from other races, and 8.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or

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of any race were 6.4% of the population.

Economy

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.

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contains multiple venues for nightlife.

Beaches

* Pensacola Beach * Navarre Beach *

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Retail

* Cordova Mall * University Town Plaza

Transportation

Commercial airports

Interstate Highways

* Interstate 10 in Florida * Reuben O'Donovan Askew Parkway ( Interstate 110)

U.S. Highways

U.S. Highway 29 U.S. Route 29 (US 29) is a north–south United States highway that runs for from Pensacola, Florida to the western suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland in the Southern United States, connecting the Florida Panhandle to the Baltimore-Washington me ...

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* U.S. Highway 90 Alternate *

U.S. Highway 98 U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is an east–west United States Highway in the Southeastern United States that runs from western Mississippi to southern Florida. It was established in 1933 as a route between Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola and Apalachicola, F ...

*U.S. 98 BUS

State Highways

* State Road 4 * State Road 87 * 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 294 * State Road 295 * State Road 296 * State Road 297 * State Road 298 * State Road 399

Codes of metropolitan Pensacola

Area codes

* 850,

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ZIP codes

The following is a 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

*32508 in Pensacola, Naval Air Station Pensacola *32509 in Pensacola, NOLF Saufley Field *32511 in Pensacola,

Corry Station Naval Technical Training Center Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station (NASP Corry Station), Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC), formerly known as Naval Technical Training Center Corry Station in Florida, United States, is a sub-installation of nearby Naval Air Sta ...

*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

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*32534 in Ensley *32559 in Pensacola *32560 in

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*32568 in McDavid, Walnut Hill *32577 in Molino *32591 in Pensacola

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Gulf Breeze Gulf Breeze is a city in Santa Rosa County, Florida. It is a suburb of Pensacola, and is in the Pensacola Metropolitan Area. The population estimate was 6,900 in 2020. Gulf Breeze is located just north of Pensacola Beach, and south of Pensaco ...

*32562 in

*32563 in

*32564 in

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, serves parts of Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties *32565 in

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*32566 in

*32570 in

Milton Milton may refer to: Names * Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname) ** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet * Milton (given name) ** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...

*32571 in

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*32572 in

*32583 in

Culture

Pensacola shares some aspects of European colonial culture seen in other Gulf cities like New Orleans, Galveston, TX, Biloxi, MS, and Mobile, AL. Initially settled by the Spanish, Pensacola celebrates this history with the annual Festival of the Five Flags. Pensacola also celebrates Mardi Gras each year, though, the city’s festivities focus on the weekend before Mardi Gras. Pensacola has a vibrant food culture that blends Southern cuisine with the bountiful seafood offerings of its coastal geographic setting. Among its popular dishes are fried mullet, shrimp and grits, fried grouper sandwiches, and grilled red snapper. Pensacola is world renowned for its seafood markets, none better know than Joe Patti’s Seafood, the largest seafood market in America. Pensacola’s proximity to fertile agricultural lands allows for seasonal harvests of peanuts, butter beans, silver corn, tomatoes, strawberries, and blue berries.

Performing Arts

Pensacola Symphony Orchestra
* Pensacola Saenger Theatre * Pensacola Opera * Pensacola Little Theatre * Choral Society of Pensacola * Ballet Pensacola * Pensacola Children's Chorus

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

* Pensacola Blue Wahoos, Double-A baseball * Pensacola Ice Flyers, ice hockey * Pensacola FC,

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*West Florida Argos, various sports

References

{{Authority control Escambia County, Florida Santa Rosa County, Florida