All About Jax

JACKSONVILLE is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida based on land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits; with a population of 880,623 it is the most populous city proper in Florida and the Southeast, and the twelfth most populous in the United States. Jacksonville is the principal city in the Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan Area, with a population of 1,631,488 as of April 5, 2017. 

Jacksonville is in the First Coast region of northeast Florida and is centered on the banks of the St. Johns River, about 25 miles (40 km) south of the Georgia state line and about 340 miles (547 km) north of Miami. The Jacksonville Beaches communities are along the adjacent Atlantic coast. The area was originally inhabited by the Timucua people, and in 1564 was the site of the French colony of Fort Caroline, one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the continental United States. Under British rule, settlement grew at the narrow point in the river where cattle crossed, known as Wacca Pilatka to the Seminole and Cowford to the British. A platted town was established there in 1822, a year after the United States acquired the colony of Florida from Spain; it was named after Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States.

Harbor improvements since the late 19th century have made Jacksonville a major military and civilian deep-water port. Its riverine location facilitates two U.S. Navy bases and the Port of Jacksonville, Florida's third largest seaport. Significant factors in the local economy include services such as banking, insurance, healthcare and logistics. As with much of Florida, tourism is also important to the Jacksonville area, particularly tourism related to golf.In 2010, Jacksonville was listed as a "High sufficiency" world city in the World Cities Study Group’s inventory. It ranks alongside cities such as Salt Lake City and Portland.

 

STATISTICS

Males: 426,712   (48.5%)
Females: 453,911   (51.5%)

Median resident age:   35.7 years
Florida median age:   42.1 years


Estimated median household income in 2016: $51,298 (it was $40,316 in 2000)

Jacksonville:      $51,298

Florida:                $50,860

Estimated per capita income in 2016: $27,226

For population 25 years and over in Jacksonville:

  • High school or higher: 88.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 8.6%
  • Unemployed: 5.1%
  • Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Jacksonville city:

  • Never married: 34.8%
  • Now married: 42.7%
  • Separated: 2.2%
  • Widowed: 5.6%
  • Divorced: 14.7%

90,641 residents are foreign born (3.8% Latin America, 2.0% Asia, 1.7% Europe). 

This city:   10.3%
Florida:   19.9%


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