Escambia County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 22 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12033

Within Florida
Escambia County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Pensacola, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
333,834
+11,287 (+3.5%) since 2020
Land area
657
square miles. A further 41.6% of the total area is water
Population density
508
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pensacola
Seat of county government.
Established
1821
204 years ago
Largest city
Pensacola city
Population 53,817.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Escambia County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Escambia County, Florida from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 698 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Escambia County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Florida, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn FloridaNationally
Population333,83422nd of 67224th of 3,144
Land area657 sq mi38th of 671,430th of 3,144
Population density508 per sq mi17th of 67280th of 3,144
Median household income$67,50034th of 671,382nd of 3,143

Full data for Escambia County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population333,834Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020322,547Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?321,905Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area657 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area468.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,126 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?508 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$257,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households129,027American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units149,217American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-147
3,717 births, 3,864 deaths
Net migration
+1,594
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 3 areas bordering Escambia County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Santa Rosa CountyFlorida108 mi211,115
Baldwin CountyAlabama91 mi267,761
Escambia CountyAlabama26 mi36,665

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.