Tallahassee metropolitan area#Combined Statistical Area

{{Short description|Metropolitan area in Florida, United States}}

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| name = Tallahassee metropolitan area

| official_name = Tallahassee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

Tallahassee—Bainbridge, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area

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Combined Statistical Area

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Georgia

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The Tallahassee metropolitan area is the metropolitan area centered on Tallahassee, the capital of the U.S. state of Florida, in Leon County. It is located in the center of North Florida in the Florida panhandle.

The Tallahassee Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) designated by the Office of Management and Budget and used by the Census Bureau and other agencies for statistical purposes. The Tallahassee Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of the following four Florida counties: Leon, Gadsden, Wakulla, and Jefferson.

The Tallahassee—Bainbridge, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area is a combined statistical area (CSA) is a primary statistical area that includes the Tallahassee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Bainbridge, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), which consists solely of the Georgia county of Decatur.

Additionally, the Thomasville, GA μSA is immediately adjacent to the Tallahassee MSA to the northeast. The distance and driving time between the Thomasville and Tallahassee city centers during commuting hours is both five miles and 5-10 minutes shorter than those between the Bainbridge and Tallahassee city centers.{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2024 |title=Bainbridge to Florida State Capitol |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bainbridge,+GA/Florida+State+Capitol,+400+S+Monroe+St,+Tallahassee,+FL+32399/@30.6704843,-84.7591921,94435m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m18!4m17!1m5!1m1!1s0x88ed18e6367094ff:0x738278de52d958a8!2m2!1d-84.5754699!2d30.9037995!1m5!1m1!1s0x88ecf5702e719a89:0x2c056adea62fedec!2m2!1d-84.2825836!2d30.4381328!2m3!6e0!7e2!8j1715846400!3e0?entry=ttu |website=Google Maps}}{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2024 |title=Thomasville to Florida State Capitol |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Thomasville,+GA/Florida+State+Capitol,+400+S+Monroe+St,+Tallahassee,+FL+32399/@30.6362562,-84.4612491,94469m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m18!4m17!1m5!1m1!1s0x88edb432fa37abaf:0x7090105fbb89510!2m2!1d-83.9787808!2d30.8365815!1m5!1m1!1s0x88ecf5702e719a89:0x2c056adea62fedec!2m2!1d-84.2825836!2d30.4381328!2m3!6e0!7e2!8j1715846400!3e0?entry=ttu |website=Google Maps}}

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!County

!Pop. (2020){{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Leon_County,_Florida?g=050XX00US12073 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=data.census.gov}}

!Area (mi²)

!County Seat

Leon

|292,198

|702

|Tallahassee*

Gadsden

|43,826

|529

|Quincy

Wakulla

|33,764

|736

|Crawfordville

Jefferson

|14,510

|637

|Monticello

MSA

|384,298

|2,604

|

Decatur

|29,367

|623

|Bainbridge

CSA

|413,665

|3,227

|

*denotes principal city in the MSA

History

The Tallahassee Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area was first defined in 1965, and at that time included only Leon County. Wakulla County was added to the MSA in 1973. In 1983, Wakulla County was removed from the MSA and Gadsden County was added. Jefferson County and Wakulla County (for the second time) were added to the MSA in 2003.{{Cite web |date=March 2020 |title=Metro Area History 1950–2020 |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/geographies/reference-files/2020/historical-delineation-files/metro_area_history_1950_2020.xls |website=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=July 27, 2023 |at=Row 4179}}

Geography

The counties of the Tallahassee Metropolitan Area cover an area of around 2,604 sq mi (6,750 km²), of which around 2,390 sq mi (6,1890 km²) is land. Much of that water area is in Wakulla and Jefferson counties along the coastline of Apalachee Bay. Only 141.33 sq mi (366.04 km²), or 5.92%, of the area is urbanized, with nearly 80% of said urban area belonging to the Tallahassee, FL Urban Area.{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Urban and Rural |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural.html |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Census.gov}}

Greater Tallahassee straddles the boundaries of the Red Hills Region, the Cody Scarp, and the Woodville Karst Plain. As such, the northern half of the metropolitan area, including much of the city of Tallahassee, is substantially more hilly than the rest of the state of Florida. The area also straddles four watersheds, from west to east: Apalachicola, Ochlockonee, St. Marks, and Aucilla. The latter three all drain into the Gulf of Mexico either within or at the edges of the metropolitan area, with the Ocholockonee and Aucilla Rivers forming parts of the western and eastern borders.

Also see Leon County Geology

All counties in both the Tallahassee MSA and CSA are in Eastern Time Zone, with the western border of Gadsden County with Jackson County forming the boundary with the Central Time Zone.

Demographics

{{US Census population

| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 14, 2014}}

1970: Only Leon

1980: Leon and Wakulla

1990-2000: Leon and Gadsden

2010-2023: Leon, Gadsden, Wakulla, Jefferson

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| 1970 = 103047

| 1980 = 159542

| 1990 = 233598

| 2000 = 284539

| 2010 = 367413

| 2020 = 384298

| estyear = 2023

| estimate = 392645

| estref = {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}

}}As of the census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}} of 2000, there were 320,304 people, 125,533 households, and 75,306 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 63.59% White, 32.17% African American, and 1.39% from two or more races. 3.72% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $34,728, and the median income for a family was $42,957. Males had a median income of $29,628 versus $24,977 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $17,552.

Places of Interest

Also see Tallahassee Places of interest and Arts and Culture.

= National, State, and Local Protected Areas =

Communities

The Tallahassee Metropolitan Area has eight incorporated cities and two incorporated towns, along with thirteen additional populated areas defined as a census-designated place (CDP) by the U.S. Census Bureau as of the 2020 census. The Combined Statistical Area has an additional three cities, one town, and one CDP. As of 2020, the city of Tallahassee contained 51% and 47% of the MSA and CSA populations, respectively.

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!#

!City

!Type

!County

!2020

population

1

|Tallahassee*

|City

|Leon

| style="text-align:right;" |196,169

2

|Bradfordville

|CDP

|Leon

| style="text-align:right;" |19,183

3

|Bainbridge*

|City

|Decatur

| style="text-align:right;" |14,468

4

|Quincy*

|City

|Gadsden

| style="text-align:right;" |7,970

5

|Crawfordville*

|CDP

|Wakulla

| style="text-align:right;" |4,853

6

|Woodville

|CDP

|Leon

| style="text-align:right;" |4,097

7

|Midway

|City

|Gadsden

| style="text-align:right;" |3,537

8

|Chattahoochee

|City

|Gadsden

| style="text-align:right;" |2,955

9

|Monticello*

|City

|Jefferson

| style="text-align:right;" |2,589

10

|Havana

|Town

|Gadsden

| style="text-align:right;" |1,753

11

|Gretna

|City

|Gadsden

| style="text-align:right;" |1,357

12

|Fort Braden

|CDP

|Leon

| style="text-align:right;" |1,045

13

|Panacea

|CDP

|Wakulla

| style="text-align:right;" |735

14

|Greensboro

|Town

|Gadsden

| style="text-align:right;" |461

15

|Attapulgus

|City

|Decatur

| style="text-align:right;" |454

16

|Sopchoppy

|City

|Wakulla

| style="text-align:right;" |426

17

|Miccosukee

|CDP

|Leon

| style="text-align:right;" |383

18

|Wacissa

|CDP

|Jefferson

| style="text-align:right;" |362

19

|Chaires

|CDP

|Leon

| style="text-align:right;" |308

20

|Climax

|City

|Decatur

| style="text-align:right;" |276

21

|St. Marks

|City

|Wakulla

| style="text-align:right;" |274

22

|Waukeenah

|CDP

|Jefferson

| style="text-align:right;" |259

23

|Capitola

|CDP

|Leon

| style="text-align:right;" |247

24

|Brinson

|Town

|Decatur

| style="text-align:right;" |217

25

|Lloyd

|CDP

|Jefferson

| style="text-align:right;" |187

26

|Lamont

|CDP

|Jefferson

| style="text-align:right;" |170

27

|Faceville

|CDP

|Decatur

| style="text-align:right;" |136

28

|Aucilla

|CDP

|Jefferson

| style="text-align:right;" |103

*denotes largest city and county chair

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120508190341/http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metrodef.html Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area Definitions] - retrieved July 17, 2006

Category:Geography of Gadsden County, Florida

Category:Geography of Jefferson County, Florida

Category:Geography of Leon County, Florida

Category:Geography of Tallahassee, Florida

Category:Geography of Wakulla County, Florida

Tallahassee metropolitan area#Combined Statistical Area

History

Geography

Demographics

Places of Interest

= National, State, and Local Protected Areas =

Communities

See also

References