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Tallahassee metropolitan area
Metropolitan Statistical Area Combined Statistical Area
Tallahassee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area Tallahassee—Bainbridge, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area
Florida Capitol buildings (Old Capitol in foreground)
Interactive Map of Tallahassee–Bainbridge, FL–GA CSA   City of Tallahassee   Tallahassee, Florida MSA   Bainbridge, Georgia
Country	United States
State(s)	Florida Georgia
Counties	Leon Gadsden Wakulla Jefferson Decatur, Georgia
Principal city	Tallahassee
Other cities	Bainbridge, Georgia Quincy Midway Chattahoochee Monticello
Area
• MSA	2,604 sq mi (6,750 km)
• CSA	3,227 sq mi (8,360 km)
Population
• Total	384,298
• Estimate	392,645
• CSA (2020)	413,665
• CSA (2023)	421,732
GDP
• MSA	$22.394 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)

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.

*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.

Geography

The counties of the Tallahassee Metropolitan Area cover an area of around 2,604 sq mi (6,750 km), of which around 2,390 sq mi (6,1890 km) 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 km), or 5.92%, of the area is urbanized, with nearly 80% of said urban area belonging to the Tallahassee, FL Urban Area.

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

As of the census 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

• Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park
• Apalachicola National Forest
• DeSoto Site Historic State Park
• Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
• Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park
• Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park
• Lake Talquin State Forest and Park
• Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park
• Miccosukee Canopy Road Greenway
• Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park
• Ochlockonee River State Park
• San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park
• St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
• St. Marks River Preserve State Park
• Wakulla State Forest

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.

*denotes largest city and county chair

See Also

• Florida statistical areas

References

• Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area Definitions - retrieved July 17, 2006

1. "Total Gross Domestic Product for Tallahassee, FL (MSA)". Federal Reserve Economic Data. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
2. "Bainbridge to Florida State Capitol". Google Maps. May 16, 2024.
3. "Thomasville to Florida State Capitol". Google Maps. May 16, 2024.
4. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
5. "Metro Area History 1950–2020". U.S. Census Bureau. March 2020. Row 4179. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
6. Bureau, US Census. "Urban and Rural". Census.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-17. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
7. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
8. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
9. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

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