Florida · Census place 1255925
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola is a city in Escambia County, Florida with an estimated 53,898 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 58th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 53,898
- #58 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- -1.1%
- -583 people
- Land area
- 22.8 sq mi
- + 18.35 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,367 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
Measure from here
Tools and pages that start from Pensacola
Pensacola population, 2020 to 2024
Pensacola lost 583 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +58. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 222nd; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Pensacola is 2.5 times that size.
Pensacola covers 22.77 square miles of land and 18.35 of water, for 2,367 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Pensacola is close to the typical town.
What county Pensacola is in
All of Pensacola's residents live in Escambia County, which had 331,275 residents in 2024. Pensacola holds 16.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pensacola
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pensacola by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32501, 32502, 32503, 32504. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Pensacola is
The Census internal point of Pensacola is at 30.441000, -87.191200. Tallahassee, the capital, is 173.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mobile, AL (201,367 people), 56.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.441000, -87.191200
- DMS
- 30°26'27.60"N 87°11'28.32"W
- UTM
- 16N 481641.3E 3367668.9N
- Geohash
- dj3vpvt79
- Plus code
- 862JCRR5+CG
Daylight in Pensacola
At 30.44° N, Pensacola gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Pensacola
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Gulf Breeze, 5.1 miles away, with 6,955 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pensacola, FL?
53,898 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 583 (1.1%) from 54,481 in July 2020.
What county is Pensacola in?
Escambia County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pensacola?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32501, 32502, 32503, 32504.
How far is Pensacola from Tallahassee?
173.4 miles (279.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Pensacola.
What is the nearest larger city to Pensacola?
Mobile, AL, with 201,367 residents, 56.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.