The Pensacola metropolitan area is the

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centered on

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

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(MSA) used for statistical purposes by the

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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

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s 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

s 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

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of 2020, there were 509,905 people residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 70.2%

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, 15.7%

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, 0.7% Native American, 2.7%

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, 0.2%

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, 2.2% from

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, and 8.3% from two or more races.

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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

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for the MSA was $19,365.

Tourism

Tourism in the

Pensacola Bay Pensacola Bay is a bay located in the northwestern part of Florida, United States, known as the Florida Panhandle. The bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, is located in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County, adjacent to the city of Pensacol ...

area brings in about $552 million annually.

Palafox Place Palafox Place is a major commercial area in downtown Pensacola, Florida, United States. It comprises three blocks of South Palafox Street, south of Garden Street and north of Government Street, which was formerly the main downtown shopping distr ...

contains multiple venues for nightlife.

Beaches

Pensacola Beach Pensacola Beach is an unincorporated community located on Santa Rosa Island, a barrier island, in Escambia County, Florida, United States. It is situated south of Pensacola (and Gulf Breeze connected via bridges spanning to the Fairpoint Pen ...

Navarre Beach Navarre is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County in the northwest Florida Panhandle. It is a major bedroom community for mostly U.S. military personnel, federal civil servants, local population, retirees ...

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Retail

Cordova Mall Cordova Mall, located in Pensacola, Florida, is the largest shopping center on the northwest Gulf Coast of Florida. Opened in 1971 and renovated twice, in 1987 and 2008/2009, Cordova Mall comprises of commercial property, with two major and six j ...

University Town Plaza University Town Plaza is an outdoor shopping mall in Pensacola, Florida, United States. It is being developed on the site of the former University Mall, which operated from 1974 to 2013. The mall's original anchor stores were J. C. Penney, Sears, a ...

Transportation

Commercial airports

Interstate Highways

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

U.S. Highways

* U.S. Route 29 in Florida, U.S. Highway 29 * U.S. Route 90 in Florida, U.S. Highway 90 *U.S. Route 90 Alternate (Pensacola, Florida), U.S. Highway 90 Alternate * U.S. Route 98 in Florida, U.S. Highway 98 *U.S. 98 BUS

State Highways

* Florida State Road 4, State Road 4 * Florida State Road 87, State Road 87 * Florida State Road 97, State Road 97 * Florida State Road 196, State Road 196 * Florida State Road 281, State Road 281 * Florida State Road 289, State Road 289 * Florida State Road 727, State Road 727 * Florida State Road 290, State Road 290 * Florida State Road 291, State Road 291 * Florida State Road 292, State Road 292 * Florida State Road 294, State Road 294 * Florida State Road 295, State Road 295 * Florida State Road 296, State Road 296 * Florida State Road 297, State Road 297 * Florida State Road 298, State Road 298 * Florida State Road 399, State Road 399

Codes of metropolitan Pensacola

Area codes

*Area code 850, 850, Area code 448, 448

ZIP codes

The following is a list of ZIP codes for selected areas within the metropolitan area. Escambia County, Florida, Escambia County *32501 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, downtown north of Wright Street *32502 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, downtown south of Wright Street *32503 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, east of Palafox Street *32504 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, northeast Pensacola *32505 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, inner western suburbs *32506 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, western suburbs *32507 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, Warrington, Florida, Warrington and Perdido Key *32508 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, NAS Pensacola, Naval Air Station Pensacola *32509 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, Saufley Field, NOLF Saufley Field *32511 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, Corry Station Naval Technical Training Center *32512 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, Naval Hospital Pensacola *32513 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola *32514 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, northern suburbs including Ferry Pass *32516 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola *32520 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, used by Gulf Power *32521 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, used by the City of Pensacola *32522 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola *32523 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola *32524 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola *32526 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, northwestern suburbs including Bellview and Beulah *32533 in Cantonment, Florida, Cantonment *32534 in Ensley, Florida, Ensley *32559 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola *32560 in Gonzalez, Florida, Gonzalez *32568 in McDavid, Florida, McDavid, Walnut Hill, Florida, Walnut Hill *32577 in Molino, Florida, Molino *32591 in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola Santa Rosa County, Florida, Santa Rosa County *32530 in Bagdad, Florida, Bagdad *32561 in Gulf Breeze, Florida, Gulf Breeze *32562 in Gulf Breeze, Florida, Gulf Breeze *32563 in Gulf Breeze, Florida, Gulf Breeze *32564 in Holt, Florida, Holt, serves parts of Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties *32565 in Jay, Florida, Jay *32566 in

*32570 in Milton, Florida, Milton *32571 in Pace, Florida, Pace *32572 in Milton, Florida, Milton *32583 in Milton, Florida, Milton

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
* Saenger Theatre (Pensacola, Florida), 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), Double-A baseball *Pensacola Ice Flyers, ice hockey *Pensacola FC, Soccer *West Florida Argos, various sports

References

{{Authority control Pensacola metropolitan area, Escambia County, Florida Santa Rosa County, Florida