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–GACSA   City of Tallahassee   Tallahassee, FloridaMSA   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	2,610 sq mi (6,750 km2)
• CSA	3,230 sq mi (8,360 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	384,298
• Estimate  (2023)	392,645
• CSA (2020)	413,665
• CSA (2023)	421,732
GDP [1]
• MSA	$22.394 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)

TheTallahassee metropolitan area is themetropolitan area centered onTallahassee, the capital of theU.S. state ofFlorida, inLeon County. It is located in the center ofNorth Florida in theFlorida panhandle.

TheTallahassee Metropolitan Statistical Area is ametropolitan statistical area (MSA) designated by theOffice of Management and Budget and used by theCensus Bureau and other agencies for statistical purposes. The Tallahassee Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of the following fourFlorida counties:Leon,Gadsden,Wakulla, andJefferson.

TheTallahassee—Bainbridge, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area is acombined statistical area (CSA) is aprimary statistical area that includes the Tallahassee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area and theBainbridge, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), which consists solely of the Georgia county ofDecatur.

Additionally, theThomasville, GAμSA 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.^[2][3]

*denotes principal city in the MSA

TheTallahassee 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.^[5]

The counties of the Tallahassee Metropolitan Area cover an area of around 2,604 sq mi (6,750 km²), of which around 2,390 sq mi (6,1890 km²) is land. Much of that water area is inWakulla andJefferson counties along the coastline ofApalachee Bay. Only 141.33 sq mi (366.04 km²), or 5.92%, of the area is urbanized, with nearly 80% of said urban area belonging to the Tallahassee, FLUrban Area.^[6]

Greater Tallahassee straddles the boundaries of theRed Hills Region, theCody Scarp, and theWoodville 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, andAucilla. The latter three all drain into theGulf 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 seeLeon County Geology

All counties in both the Tallahassee MSA and CSA are inEastern Time Zone, with the western border of Gadsden County withJackson County forming the boundary with theCentral Time Zone.

As of thecensus^[9] 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% wereHispanic orLatino 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. Theper capita income for the MSA was $17,552.

Also seeTallahassee Places of interest andArts and Culture.

• 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

The Tallahassee Metropolitan Area has eight incorporated cities and two incorporated towns, along with thirteen additional populated areas defined as acensus-designated place (CDP) by theU.S. Census Bureau as of the2020 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

• Florida statistical areas

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

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• Geography of Florida
• Tallahassee metropolitan area
• Geography of Gadsden County, Florida
• Geography of Jefferson County, Florida
• Geography of Leon County, Florida
• Geography of Tallahassee, Florida
• Geography of Wakulla County, Florida

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