Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida

The Gainesville metropolitan area is the metropolitan area in North Central Florida that includes Alachua, Levy, and Gilchrist counties, with Gainesville, Florida the principal city. The metropolitan area had a population of 339,247 in 2020.

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget designates the area as the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), a metropolitan statistical area used for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau and other government agencies. The Gainesville, Florida Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area was first defined in 1971, consisting of only Alachua County. In 1983 Bradford County was added to the MSA. Bradford County was removed from the MSA in 1993. Gilchrist County was added to the MSA in 2003. Levy County was added to the MSA in 2018.

As of 2020, the United States Census Bureau designated the Gainesville-Lake City, Florida Combined Statistical Area, consisting of the Gainesville, Florida MSA and the Lake City, Florida Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Columbia County.

As of 2020, the racial makeup of the MSA was 64.7% White, 16.7% African American, 0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 5.4% Asian, 0.04% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders, 3.4% some other race, and 9.4% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 11.5% of the population.

Counties

References

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v t e Greater Gainesville, Florida Area
Alachua County Gainesville Gilchrist County
Government and infrastructure	Alachua County Public Schools Gainesville Police Department Mayor of Gainesville University of Florida Police Department headquarters UF Health Shands Hospital
Cityscape and cultural centers	A. Quinn Jones House Alachua County Library District Boulware Springs Water Works Civic Media Center Dove World Outreach Center Haile Plantation Hawthorne Historical Museum and Cultural Center National Register of Historic Places listings Northeast Gainesville Residential District Plaza of the Americas Pleasant Street Historic District Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church Southeast Gainesville Residential District The Hub Thomas Center University Auditorium University of Florida buildings University of Florida Campus Historic District
Colleges and universities	City College Florida Gateway College Santa Fe College University of Florida
Parks and recreation	Bivens Arm Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park Dudley Farm Historic State Park Fred Cone Park Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail Haile Homestead Ichetucknee Springs State Park Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Lake Alice Lake Santa Fe Lake Wauburg Lochloosa Lake Lubee Bat Conservancy Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park Morningside Nature Center Newnans Lake Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo Turkey Creek Preserve
Attractions and festivals	34th Street Wall Alfred A. McKethan Stadium Archer Historical Society Museum Baughman Center Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Butler Plaza Cade Museum Century Tower Constans Theatre Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Florida Museum of Natural History Gainesville Raceway Gator Growl Gator Trails Hippodrome State Theatre J. Wayne Reitz Union James G. Pressly Stadium Kika Silva Pla Planetarium Matheson History Museum Matheson House Micanopy Historical Society Museum Mildred's Big City Food O'Connell Center Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art Satchel's Pizza The Fest The Oaks Mall
Transportation	Amtrak Thruway Gainesville Regional Airport Gainesville Regional Transit System Helyx Bridge Old Gainesville Depot

v t e Geography of Florida
Natural features	Beaches Caves Everglades (drainage and development) Keys Lakes Lake Okeechobee Reef Rivers Sinkholes Springs Straits Swamps
Regions	Big Bend region coast Central Florida Emerald Coast Everglades First Coast Forgotten Coast Gold Coast Halifax area Heartland Keys Nature Coast North central Florida North Florida Panhandle South Florida Southwest Florida Space Coast Suncoast Tampa Bay Area Treasure Coast
Metro areas	Cape Coral–Fort Myers Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach Gainesville Homosassa Springs Jacksonville Lakeland–Winter Haven Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton Ocala Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville Panama City Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Port St. Lucie Punta Gorda Sebastian-Vero Beach Sebring Tallahassee Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater The Villages
Largest cities	Jacksonville Miami Tampa Orlando St. Petersburg Hialeah Port St. Lucie Tallahassee Cape Coral Fort Lauderdale Pembroke Pines Hollywood Gainesville Miramar Coral Springs Palm Bay West Palm Beach Clearwater Lakeland Pompano Beach Miami Gardens Davie
Counties	Alachua Baker Bay Bradford Brevard Broward Calhoun Charlotte Citrus Clay Collier Columbia DeSoto Dixie Duval Escambia Flagler Franklin Gadsden Gilchrist Glades Gulf Hamilton Hardee Hendry Hernando Highlands Hillsborough Holmes Indian River Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Lake Lee Leon Levy Liberty Madison Manatee Marion Martin Miami‑Dade Monroe Mosquito (former county) Nassau Okaloosa Okeechobee Orange Osceola Palm Beach Pasco Pinellas Polk Putnam Santa Rosa Sarasota Seminole St. Johns St. Lucie Sumter Suwannee Taylor Union Volusia Wakulla Walton Washington
Other	State forests State parks Wakulla Volcano

v t e North Florida
Region of Florida
Topics	Climate Geography Culture Economy Transportation Partition proposals Pork Chop Gang Laura Street	Map of North Florida
Counties	Alachua Baker Bay Bradford Calhoun Clay Columbia Dixie Duval Escambia Flagler Franklin Gadsden Gilchrist Gulf Hamilton Holmes Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Leon Levy Liberty Madison Marion Nassau Okaloosa Putnam Santa Rosa St. Johns Suwannee Taylor Union Wakulla Walton Washington
Major cities	Jacksonville Tallahassee Gainesville
Cities and towns 50k–100k	Ocala Palm Coast Pensacola
Cities and towns 10k–40k	Atlantic Beach Callaway Crestview Destin Fernandina Beach Fort Walton Beach Jacksonville Beach Lake City Lynn Haven Niceville Palatka Panama City Beach St. Augustine Panama City
Metro areas	Fort Walton Beach–Crestview–Destin Gainesville Jacksonville Ocala Palm Coast Panama City–Lynn Haven–Panama City Beach Pensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent Tallahassee
Regions	Big Bend Emerald Coast First Coast Florida panhandle Forgotten Coast Halifax area Nature Coast North Central Florida Northeast Florida

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