Gonzalez, Florida | |
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Coordinates: 30°34′28″N87°17′24″W / 30.57444°N 87.29000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Florida |
County | Escambia |
Area | |
• Total | 15.35 sq mi (39.76 km2) |
• Land | 15.14 sq mi (39.21 km2) |
• Water | 0.21 sq mi (0.54 km2) |
Elevation | 151 ft (46 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 14,586 |
• Density | 963.34/sq mi (371.96/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 32560 |
Area code | 850 |
FIPS code | 12-26700 [2] |
GNIS feature ID | 0283169 [3] |
Gonzalez is a census-designated place (CDP) in Escambia County, Florida. Gonzalez is located north of Pensacola, and is considered to be within Cantonment. Tate High School, the largest public school in Escambia County, is located in the Gonzalez area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 14,586.
The village of Gonzalez has also been called Gonzalia, named after the Gonzalez family who owned a farm in the area. Manuel Gonzalez, the patriarch of the family, was originally from Spain. He had arrived in the New World sometime around 1790. He served as an Indian Agent under Francisco Bouligny in New Orleans, before eventually arriving in Pensacola. [4]
During the American Civil War, Gonzalez was home to a Confederate storage facility run by Manuel Gonzalez’s son, Samuel Z. Gonzalez. [5] The Gonzalez farm was also the location of a military skirmish between Union forces headquartered out of Fort Barrancas and Confederate troops. [6]
Gonzalez is located at 30°34′28″N87°17′24″W / 30.57444°N 87.29000°W (30.574386, -87.290031). [7]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 15.3 square miles (39.7 km2), of which 15.1 square miles (39.1 km2) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km2), or 1.37%, is water. [8]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2010 | 13,273 | — | |
2020 | 14,586 | 9.9% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [9] |
According to the 2020 United States census, [10] the population of Gonzalez was 14,586 with 5,436 households. There were 2.64 persons per household. The population was 963.3 per square mile.
5.4% of the population were under 5 years old, 23.2% were under 18 years old, and 16.7% were 65 years or over. 55.0% were female.
79.3% were white, 10.7% were black or African American, 3.7% were Asian, 0.1% were Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 4.2% were two or more races, and 7.2% were Hispanic or Latino. There were 1,242 veterans living in the CDP and 4.8% were foreign born persons.
94.5% of the households had a computer and 93.8% had a broadband internet subscription. 94.2% had a highschool or comparable degree. 31.9% had a Bachelor’s degree or higher. Median household income was $76,314 with a per capita income of $35,061. 4.0% of the population lived below the poverty threshold.
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