The Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consisting of Gadsden County, Jefferson County, Leon County and Wakulla County in the state of Florida in the USA. Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas|Table of United States Core Based Statistical AreasIn the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB has produced Gadsden County is a County located in the Panhandle of the US Jefferson County is a County located in the US state of Florida. Leon County is a County located in the state of Florida. In 2000 its population was 239452 Wakulla County is a County located in the US state of Florida. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The principal city in the MSA is Tallahassee, located in Leon County. In 2005 the population of the MSA was 334,886. [1] The Tallahassee Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) was first defined after the 1970 United States Census, and included only Leon County. The United States Census is a decennial Census mandated by the United States Constitution. Wakulla County was added to the SMSA after the 1980 census. After the 1990 census, 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 after the 2000 census.
Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 320,304 people, 125,533 households, and 75,306 families residing within the MSA. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The racial makeup of the MSA was 63. 59% White, 32. 17% African American, 0. 31% Native American, 1. 49% Asian, 0. 06% Pacific Islander, 1. 01% from other races, 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. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country
References
- ^ Tallahassee, FL MSA Population - retrieved July 17 2006
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