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The Pensacola metropolitan area is the metropolitan area

Metropolitan area

The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...

 centered on Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2009, the estimated population was 53,752...

.

The Office of Management and Budget has designated Escambia

Escambia County, Florida

Escambia County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Florida. The 2010 population was 297,619. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 296,772. Its county seat is Pensacola.- History :...

 and Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa County, Florida

Santa Rosa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the population was 117,743, while a July 1, 2005, estimate placed the population at 143,105, an 18% increase making it the 84th fastest growing county in the United States between 2000 and 2005. ...

 counties as the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area used for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

 and other agencies. The MSA's designated principal cities are Pensacola

Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2009, the estimated population was 53,752...

 and the unincorporated

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 census-designated place

Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

s of Ferry Pass

Ferry Pass, Florida

Ferry Pass is a census-designated place in Escambia County, Florida, United States. The population was 27,176 at the 2000 census. It is a principal city of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 and Brent

Brent, Florida

Brent is a census-designated place in Escambia County, Florida, United States. The population was 22,257 at the 2000 census. It is a principal city of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

, 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

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

of 2000, there were 412,153 people, 154,842 households, and 107,506 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 77.60% White, 16.50% African American, 0.93% Native American, 1.95% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.80% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 2.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.65% of the population.

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

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the MSA was $19,365.

Sports notables

The Pensacola metro-area is home to a number of sports figures: Emmitt Smith

Emmitt Smith

Emmitt James Smith, III is a retired American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American; thereafter, he played professionally for...

 (NFL), Jerry Pate

Jerry Pate

Jerome Kendrick "Jerry" Pate is an American golfer.Jerry Pate was born in Macon, Georgia. He attended the University of Alabama, where he played on the golf team. Pate had a distinguished amateur career. He won the U.S. Amateur in 1974, and the following year he was a member of victorious U.S....

 (PGA), Buck Showalter

Buck Showalter

William Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter III is an American Major League Baseball manager for the Baltimore Orioles. He has previously served in a similar capacity with the New York Yankees , Arizona Diamondbacks , and Texas Rangers...

 (MLB), Don Sutton (MLB), Elijah Williams (American football)

Elijah Williams (American football)

Elijah Elgebra Williams is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive back and kick returner in the National Football League for four seasons in the late 1990s and early 2000s...

 (NFL), Derrick Brooks

Derrick Brooks

Derrick Dewan Brooks is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buccaneers 28th overall in the 1995 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State....

 (NFL), Roy Jones, Jr. (Boxing), Michelle Snow

Michelle Snow

Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...

 (WNBA), Fred Robbins (NFL), Jay Bell (MLB), Josh Sitton (NFL), Reggie Evans (NBA), Vince Phillips

Vince Phillips

Vincent Edwards Phillips Sr. is an American boxer best known for upsetting and beating then undefeated Kostya Tszyu for the junior welterweight title.- Early life :...

 (Boxing), Lawrence Tynes

Lawrence Tynes

Lawrence James Henry Tynes is an American football placekicker for the New York Giants. He was originally signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2001.-Early years:...

 (NFL), Scooter Tucker (MLB), Marcus Richardson

Marcus Richardson

Marcus Glenroy Richardson is an English footballer who currently plays for Reading Town. He is a forward who usually plays in the target man role, and is much-travelled, having continually changed clubs in recent years.-Football career:Richardson began his career in non-league football...

 (CFL), Travis Fryman

Travis Fryman

David Travis Fryman is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and shortstop, and currently a hitting instructor for the Cleveland Indians farm system...

 (MLB), Ron Stallworth

Ron Stallworth

Ronald Tobias Stallworth is a former professional American football defensive end who played for two seasons with the New York Jets of the National Football League...

 (NFL), Mardye McDole

Mardye McDole

Mardye McDole is a former American football wide receiver. McDole was selected in the second round by the Minnesota Vikings out of Mississippi State University in the 1981 NFL Draft...

 (NFL), Boo Weekley

Boo Weekley

Thomas Brent "Boo" Weekley is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Weekley was born in Milton, Florida. He turned professional in 1997 and played on mini-tours until 2002, when he qualified for the PGA Tour. He made the cut in only five of 24 events that year, and lost his...

 (PGA), Justin Gatlin

Justin Gatlin

Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...

 (Olympics), Jason McKie

Jason McKie

Jason A. McKie is an American football fullback who currently a free agent. He was signed as a undrafted free agent out of Temple University by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2002....

 (NFL), Preston Hanna

Preston Hanna

Preston Lee Hanna is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of eight seasons in the major leagues from 1975 until 1982. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft,11th overall, and stayed with their organization until his...

 (MLB), Tom Sewell (NBA), Phil Hiatt

Phil Hiatt

Phillip Farrell Hiatt in Pensacola, Florida, is a retired Major League Baseball utility player.Hiatt played college baseball at Louisiana Tech University....

 (MLB), Jim Rivera

Jim Rivera

Manuel Joseph "Jim" Rivera is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and left-handed batter who played for the St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Athletics...

 (MLB), Smoke Gainer (Boxing), Horace Jones

Horace Jones (American football)

Horace Arthur Jones is a former professional American football player who played defensive end for six seasons for the Oakland Raiders and the Seattle Seahawks....

 (NFL), Clifford Lett

Clifford Lett

Clifford Earl Lett is a retired American professional basketball player. He played briefly in the NBA in the early 1990s, and played as a 6'3" and 170 lb guard....

 (NBA), Glen Metropolit

Glen Metropolit

Glen Metropolit is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for EV Zug in the Swiss National League A.-Early years:...

 (NHL), Cortland Finnegan

Cortland Finnegan

Cortland Temujin Finnegan is an American football defensive back for the Tennessee Titans. He played college football for Samford University.-High school career:...

 (NFL), Omar Stoutmire

Omar Stoutmire

Omar Array Stoutmire is a retired American football safety in the National Football League. He played college football at Fresno State and was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the seventh round of the 1997 NFL Draft....

 (NFL), Talmadge Nunnari

Talmadge Nunnari

Talmadge Raphael Nunnari is a former Major League Baseball player.A first baseman and outfielder, Nunnari played for the Montreal Expos in 2000.Nunnari attended Jacksonville University.-External references:*...

 (MLB), Reggie Slack

Reggie Slack

Reggie Slack is an American-born Canadian and American football quarterback.Slack was Auburn University's starting quarterback in 1989 when the Crimson Tide from the University of Alabama came to Jordan-Hare Stadium for the first time in the history of the Iron Bowl rivalry...

 (CFL), Billy Lothridge

Billy Lothridge

William Lamar Lothridge was an American football quarterback and punter in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Atlanta Falcons, and the Miami Dolphins. He played college football at Georgia Tech where he finished second in the 1963 Heisman Trophy voting...

 (NFL), Beth Barr

Beth Barr

Elizabeth Cynthia Barr is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...

 (Olympics), Reggie Johnson

Reggie Johnson (American football)

Reginald Roosevelt Johnson is a former professional American football player who played tight end for seven seasons for the Denver Broncos , the Green Bay Packers , the Philadelphia Eagles , and the Kansas City Chiefs ....

(NFL), Joe Durant

Joe Durant

Joseph Scott Durant is an American professional golfer.Durant was born in Pensacola, Florida. He attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama, where he majored in Marketing and graduated in 1987. At Huntingdon, he was a three-time NAIA All-American and won the 1987 NAIA Championship.Durant...

 (PGA), Nick Green (MLB), and Joel Anthony

Joel Anthony

Joel Vincent Anthony is a Canadian professional basketball player in the NBA who is currently a member of the Miami Heat. He is also a key member of the Canadian national men's basketball team.-High school career:...

(NBA).