Jacksonville metropolitan area

Coordinates: 30°14′N 81°45′W / 30.233°N 81.750°W / 30.233; -81.750
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Jacksonville metropolitan area
Metropolitan statistical area
Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Downtown Jacksonville viewed from the South Bank
Downtown Jacksonville viewed from the South Bank
Map of Jacksonville metropolitan area
in MSA:
  Jacksonville
  Jacksonville Metropolitan Area
in CSA:
    MSA
  Palatka Micropolitan Area
  Kingsland, GA Micropolitan Area
Coordinates: 30°14′N 81°45′W / 30.233°N 81.750°W / 30.233; -81.750
Country United States
State(s) Florida
Georgia
Largest cityJacksonville
Other citiesSt. Augustine
 Fernandina Beach
 Middleburg
 Green Cove Springs
 Macclenny
 Orange Park
 Kingsland
Area
 • Total3,698 sq mi (9,580 km2)
Highest elevation
131 ft (39.92 m)
Lowest elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Population
 • TotalMetro: 1,605,848
Combined Statistical Area: 1,733,937
 • Rank
UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)904, 324, 912, 352, 386

The Jacksonville Metropolitan Area, also called the First Coast, Metro Jacksonville, or Northeast Florida, is the

Tampa, and Orlando
metropolitan areas.

Definitions

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

The Jacksonville

39th largest in the United States and the fourth largest in the state of Florida. The OMB defines the Jacksonville MSA as consisting of five counties. The components of the metropolitan area with their estimated 2020 populations are listed below:[3]

Combined Statistical Area (CSA)

The OMB also defines a slightly larger region as a

Micropolitan Statistical Areas (comprising Putnam County, Florida and Camden County, Georgia
). The CSA had a population of 1,733,937 in 2020 and was the 34th largest CSA. The components of the CSA with their estimated 2020 populations are listed below:

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
190039,733—
191075,16389.2%
1920113,54051.1%
1930155,50337.0%
1940210,14335.1%
1950304,02944.7%
1960529,53274.2%
1970621,51917.4%
1980737,54118.7%
1990925,21325.4%
20001,122,75021.4%
20101,345,59619.8%
20201,605,84819.3%
2021 (est.)1,637,6662.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[2][4]

As of the census

Latino
of any race. The median income for a household in the MSA was $45,143, and the median income for a family was $51,327. Males had a median income of $35,537 versus $25,093 for females.

County 2021 Estimate 2020 Census %± Area Density
Duval County 999,935 995,567 +0.44% 762 sq mi (1,970 km2) 1,312/sq mi (507/km2)
St. Johns County 292,466 273,425 +6.96% 601 sq mi (1,560 km2) 487/sq mi (188/km2)
Clay County 222,361 218,245 +1.89% 604 sq mi (1,560 km2) 368/sq mi (142/km2)
Nassau County 94,189 90,352 +4.25% 649 sq mi (1,680 km2) 145/sq mi (56/km2)
Baker County 28,715 28,259 +1.61% 585.23 sq mi (1,515.7 km2) 49/sq mi (19/km2)
Total 1,637,666 1,605,848 +1.98% 3,201.23 sq mi (8,291.1 km2) 512/sq mi (198/km2)

Education

Higher education

Further information: List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Jacksonville
University of North Florida
Jacksonville University

Higher education in the Jacksonville area is offered at many institutions. There are three public institutions in the area.

Ponce de León Hotel, it is currently included in The Princeton Review's Best 366 Colleges Rankings.[6][7]

Public schools

The

public school districts for Greater Jacksonville are all managed by school boards, with each county having its own board. The Duval County School Board is the largest in the area and the 22nd largest in the United States with over 155,000 students. In 2010, it was home to two of the top 20 high schools in the country, Stanton College Preparatory School and Paxon School for Advanced Studies.[8] The St. Johns County School District, Clay County School District, Nassau County School District, and Baker County School District
manage the public schools in their respective counties.

Transportation

See also:
Jacksonville Transportation

Airports

Jacksonville International Airport Concourse C

Greater Jacksonville is served by one major airport – Jacksonville International Airport, which handled approximately 7.2 million passengers in 2019.[9] The airport has three concourses with only two being operational. Concourse B was demolished in 2009 due to a significant decrease in passengers and flights. It is scheduled to be rebuilt when traffic increases at the airport, which was projected to happen in 2013.[10] The airport has gone through many changes over the recent years. Both Concourse A and Concourse C were both rebuilt with ten gates each and moving walkways. Future plans call for expanding the newly built concourses by 2020 and possibly adding a people mover system to the airport, and connecting the airport with the onsite Clarion Hotel via a moving walkway.

Seaports

Blount Island Marine Terminal of JAXPORT

The

Carnival Elation
.

Public transportation

JTA Skyway in downtown Jacksonville

JTA Skyway, is located in downtown Jacksonville, and operates 8 stations along a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) track. Bus service as well as paratransit service is provided around Duval County and partially in Clay County. JTA operates three trolley lines in three different neighborhoods: Downtown, Riverside, and Jacksonville Beach. The entire JTA system has a daily ridership of over 42,000.[11]

Roadways

The Jacksonville metropolitan area is served by four

I-795
is a future expressway that will connect the southeastern section of I-295 with I-95.

Three other expressways also serve the area and are maintained by

Beach Boulevard (US 90), which continues eastward to Jacksonville Beach. Butler Bouleveard (SR 202) begins in southeast Jacksonville at Philips Highway (US 1) and ends in southern Jacksonville Beach at 3rd Street South (SR A1A
). The road has become one of the busiest roads in the metro area.

Interstates

U.S. Routes

  • US 1
    • U.S. Route 1 Alternate (Jacksonville, Florida)
    • U.S. Route 1 Business (St. Augustine, Florida)
  • US 17
  • US 23
  • US 90
    • U.S. Route 90 Alternate (Jacksonville, Florida)
  • US 301

State Highways

References

  1. ^ "GDP by county in 2021" (PDF). www.bea.gov.
  2. ^ a b "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Totals: 2010-2020". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  3. ^
    United States Office of Management and Budget
    . December 1, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
  4. ^ "2020 Census Data Released". The Jaxson. August 13, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  5. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  6. ^ "Quality of Life: Most Beautiful Campus" Princeton Review.
  7. ^ "The New 2008 Best 366 Colleges" Rankings The Princeton Review.
  8. ^ Mathews, Jay: America's Best High Schools: The List Newsweek magazine, June 13, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
  9. ^ https://www.flyjacksonville.com/PDFs/transportation-report.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  10. Florida Times-Union
    . June 22, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  11. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ Hannan, Larry: "Jacksonville’s scrambled I-10/I-95 intersection transforming traffic until 2011" Florida Times-Union, June 7, 2010

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