Pensacola metropolitan area

Pensacola metropolitan area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Pensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
F-14A Tomcat in front of the National Naval Aviation Museum
Interactive Map of Florida Panhandle with inset of Pensacola MSA   City of Pensacola   Ferry Pass CDP   Brent CDP   Pensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent, FL MSA   Crestview–Ft. Walton Beach–Destin, FL MSA   Panama City–Panama City Beach, FL MSA
Country	United States
State(s)	Florida
Largest city	Pensacola
Other cities	Navarre Gulf Breeze Milton Jay Pace Ensley Warrington Brent Ferry Pass McDavid Pensacola Beach Cantonment Perdido Key Myrtle Grove Walnut Hill West Pensacola Molino Innerarity Point Goulding Gonzalez Barrineau Park
Area
• Total	2,049 sq mi (5,310 km2)
Highest elevation	Jay Florida 290 ft (88.39 m)
Population  (2020 census)
• Total	511,503
• Rank	110 in the U.S.
• Density	219.12/sq mi (230.99/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

The Pensacola metropolitan area is the metropolitan area centered on Pensacola, Florida. 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 in 1958, with Pensacola as the principal city, and included Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. The MSA was renamed Pensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent MSA in 2003, with the unincorporated census-designated places Ferry Pass and Brent added as principal cities.^[1] The population of the MSA in the 2020 census was 511,502.^[2]

The five incorporated cities within the MSA are Pensacola (Population: 54,312), Milton (10,197), Gulf Breeze (6,302), Century (1,713), and Jay (524). In addition, several unincorporated census-designated places account for a great number of the population. Most notable is Navarre (43,540); its population makes it the second largest community in the metro area, only behind Pensacola.^[3][4][5]