Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan Area

Jacksonville metropolitan area
Jacksonville metropolitan area
Jacksonville Jacksonville Metropolitan Area Palatka Micropolitan Area St. Mary's, GA Micropolitan Area
Country	United States
State(s)	Florida
Largest city	Jacksonville
Other cities	St. Augustine Fernandina Beach Jacksonville Beach Orange Park Middleburg Green Cove Springs Macclenny St. Marys
Area
• Total	3,698 sq mi (9,580 km²)
Highest elevation	131 ft (39.92 m)
Lowest elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Population
• Total	Metro: 1,449,481 Combined Statistical Area: 1,573,606
• Rank	40th in the U.S.
• Density	384/sq mi (148/km²)

Metro: 1,449,481

The Jacksonville metropolitan area, also called Greater Jacksonville or Metro Jacksonville, is the metropolitan area centered on the principal city of Jacksonville, Florida and including the First Coast of North Florida. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget designates the area as the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area used for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau and other government agencies. The OMB defines the metropolitan statistical area as consisting of five counties: Duval, Clay, St. Johns, Nassau, and Baker. According to the 2010 United States Census, the total population was 1,345,596, with a 2015 estimate of 1,449,481. The Jacksonville metropolitan area is the 40th largest in the country and the fourth largest in the state of Florida, behind the Miami, Tampa, and Orlando metropolitan areas.

In 2012 the OMB also defined the Jacksonville-St. Marys-Palatka, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area, a Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which included metropolitan Jacksonville as well as the Palatka, Florida and St. Marys, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Areas (comprising Putnam County, Florida and Camden County, Georgia). The CSA had a population of 1,573,606 in 2015 and was the 34th largest CSA.