The Jacksonville MSA is a five county metro area located in northern Florida, with the anchoring city of Jacksonville, which is the most populated city in the state. It also has the largest land mass of any city in the continental United States.

Jacksonville is a port city in the northeastern Florida. It is the largest port in the south, and one of the largest ports in the nation. Jacksonville, the anchor city of the Jacksonville MSA, has one of the highest percentages of its population living in the metropolitan area's anchor city in the country.

Total Population: 1,449,481

(An increase of 7.72 % in the past 5 years.)

Census Data

• Foreign Born - 103,854
• Language Spoken at Home - 138,096

Quick Facts

• Jacksonville is the most populated city in the state of Florida, and is the 12th most populated city in America.


• Jacksonville is the largest city in the continental United States at over 840 square miles.


• Jacksonville has the largest deep water port in the South, as well as the second largest on the East Coast.


• Approximately fifteen percent of the population of the Jacksonville metro area speak a language other than English at home.


• Asians are the area's largest ethnic group, comprising approximately 40% of the foreign-born population.


• The greater Jacksonville area is estimated to have the country's tenth largest Arab population.


• The greater Jacksonville area has the largest Filipino population in the state of Florida.


• Jacksonville has one of the top ten largest Bosniak populations in the country at over 3,000 people.