Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle. It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Escambia County, Florida, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 54,312, up from 51,923 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had 509,905 residents in 2020.
Clockwise from top: Pensacola skyline, Pensacola Museum of History, University of West Florida Library, Escambia County Courthouse, William Dudley Chipley Obelisk, National Naval Aviation Museum
The Spanish Navy training ship Juan Sebastian de Elcano fires a 21-gun salute in honor of Pensacola's 450th anniversary in 2009.
Engraving (1783) depicting the Siege of Pensacola
Confederate battery north of Fort McRee at Pensacola, Florida
Escambia County is the westernmost and oldest county in the U.S. state of Florida. It is in the state's northwestern corner. At the 2020 census, the population was 321,905. Its county seat and largest city is Pensacola. Escambia County is included within the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county population has continued to increase as the suburbs of Pensacola have developed.
Escambia County Courthouse
Juan Sebastian de Elcano, a Spanish tall ship, initiates a 21-gun salute in honor of the city of Pensacola's 450th anniversary in 2009.
