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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.[1] Its county seat and largest city is Pensacola.[2] 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.

This article is about the county in Florida. For the county in Alabama, see Escambia County, Alabama. For the river, see Escambia River.

Escambia County
U.S. county
Escambia County Courthouse
Seal
Location within the U.S. state of Florida
Florida's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 30°37′N 87°20′W
Country United States
State Florida
FoundedJuly 21, 1821
Named forEscambia River
SeatPensacola
Largest cityPensacola
Government
 • County AdministratorWes Moreno (interim)
Area
 • Total875 sq mi (2,270 km2)
 • Land656 sq mi (1,700 km2)
 • Water218 sq mi (560 km2)  25.0%%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total321,905
 • Density491/sq mi (190/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district1st
Websitehttp://myescambia.com

History


Main article: History of Pensacola, Florida

The area had been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous peoples of varying cultures. Historic American Indian tribes at the time of European-American settlement were the Pensacola and Muscogee, known among the English as the Creek.

Escambia County had been part of Spanish colonial settlement before the United States acquired it in 1818. The county was organized by European-Americans on July 21, 1821; it was named for the Escambia River. The name "Escambia" may have been derived from the Creek name Shambia, meaning "clear water",[3] or the Choctaw word for "cane-brake" or "reed-brake".[4] The Choctaw were another major tribe in the Southeast.

Created on the same date, Escambia and St. Johns Counties were Florida's two original counties, covering the entire territory within modern state boundaries. The Suwannee River was the border between them,[5] following a winding path from the northern border of the state to the Gulf of Mexico. Essentially, the Escambia county government had jurisdiction over the "panhandle" and "big bend" areas, and St. Johns over the remainder of the entire state.

As population increased in the frontier territory, 21 counties were later organized from Escambia county directly or indirectly. They include Jackson (1821), Gadsden (created from Jackson)(1823), Leon (1824), Walton (1824), Washington (created from Jackson and Walton)(1825), Hamilton (1827), Jefferson (1827), Madison (created from Jefferson) (1827), Franklin (1832), Calhoun (1838), Santa Rosa (1842), Wakulla (created from Leon) (1843), Holmes (created from Jackson and Walton) (1848), Liberty (created from Gadsden) (1855), Lafayette and Taylor (created from Madison) (1856), Bay (created from Washington) (1913), Okaloosa (created from Santa Rosa and Walton) (1915), Dixie (created from Lafayette) (1921), and Gulf (created from Calhoun) (1925). The number of counties in Florida since 1925 has been stable at 67.


Geography


According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 875 square miles (2,270 km2), of which 656 square miles (1,700 km2) is land and 218 square miles (560 km2) (25.0%) is water.[6]

The county jurisdiction includes the island of Santa Rosa south of Pensacola; it is not part of Santa Rosa County proper. Escambia County is part of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area.


Adjacent counties


Escambia County, Florida, and Escambia County, Alabama, are two of 22 counties or parishes in the United States with the same name to border each other across state lines.


National protected areas



Demographics


Historical population
CensusPop.%±
18303,386—
18403,99317.9%
18504,3519.0%
18605,76832.6%
18707,81735.5%
188012,15655.5%
189020,18866.1%
190028,31340.2%
191038,02934.3%
192049,38629.9%
193053,5948.5%
194074,66739.3%
1950112,70650.9%
1960173,82954.2%
1970205,33418.1%
1980233,79413.9%
1990262,79812.4%
2000294,41012.0%
2010297,6191.1%
2020321,9058.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9]
1990-2000[10] 2010-2020[11] 2020[1]
Escambia County racial composition as of 2020
(NH = Non-Hispanic)[lower-alpha 1]
Race Pop 2010[14] Pop 2020[15] % 2010 % 2020
White (NH) 196,901 200,962 66.16% 62.43%
Black or African American (NH) 67,443 68,148 22.66% 21.17%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) 2,384 1,998 0.8% 0.62%
Asian (NH) 8,015 9,866 2.69% 3.06%
Pacific Islander (NH) 400 410 0.13% 0.13%
Some Other Race (NH) 472 1,771 0.16% 0.55%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) 7,943 17,957 2.67% 5.58%
Hispanic or Latino 14,061 20,793 4.72% 6.46%
Total 297,619 321,905 100.00% 100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 321,905 people, 122,169 households, and 74,083 families residing in the county.


2010 Census


At the 2010 census there were 297,619 people, 116,238 households, and 74,040 families living in the county. The population density was 449 inhabitants per square mile (173/km2). There were 136,703 housing units at an average density of 206 per square mile (80/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 68.9% White, 22.9% Black or African American, 0.9% Native American, 2.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.3% from other races, and 3.2% from two or more races. 4.7% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.[16] Of the 116,238 households 25.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a male householder with no wife present, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.3% were non-families. 28.9% of households were one person and 10.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.96.

The age distribution was 21.6% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.10 males.

The median household income was $43,707 and the median family income was $54,543. Males had a median income of $38,878 versus $30,868 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,773. About 12.7% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.4% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.


2000 Census


At the 2000 census there were 294,410 people, 111,049 households, and 74,180 families living in the county. The population density was 444 inhabitants per square mile (171/km2). There were 124,647 housing units at an average density of 188 per square mile (73/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 72.4% White, 21.4% Black or African American, 0.9% Native American, 2.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.9% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. 2.7% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.[16] Of the 111,049 households 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.8% were married couples living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 26.9% of households were one person and 9.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.98.

The age distribution was 23.5% under the age of 18, 12.2% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.10 males.

The median household income was $35,234 and the median family income was $41,708. Males had a median income of $31,054 versus $22,023 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,641. About 12.1% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.7% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.


Government


Escambia County government is led by a five-member Board of County Commissioners. Each is elected from a single-member district. The county commission appoints a professional county administrator as chief administrative officer of the county.

The chief law enforcement authority of Escambia County is the Escambia County Sheriff's Office, also an elective office. The sheriff of Escambia County is Chip Simmons, elected in 2020.

The fire protection arm of the Escambia County is the Escambia County Fire Rescue (Florida).


Board of County Commissioners


Escambia County is divided into five districts. One county commissioner is elected from each district to serve a four-year term. Commissioners are chosen in partisan elections by voters from the districts in which they live. The board appoints a county administrator to be chief administrative officer of the county, responsible to the commission for the orderly operations of matters within the board's jurisdiction. The current office holders are,


County jail


In 2011, the US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division issued a letter detailing the results of its investigation into conditions at Escambia County Jail, which houses roughly 1,300 prisoners. The department found that, although Sheriff David Morgan had recently implemented a series of reforms, conditions at the jail still routinely violated prisoners' constitutional rights.[17]

Specifically, the department concluded that known systemic deficiencies, stemming mainly from staffing shortages, subjected prisoners to excessive risk of assault by other prisoners and to inadequate mental health care. Additionally, the department found that, until recently, the jail had an informal policy and practice of segregating its housing units, reserving one for African-American prisoners. According to the Department of Justice, this race-based segregation stigmatized and discriminated against many of the prisoners, and aggravated racial tensions in the jail.[17] Between April 2012 and March 2013, the prison recorded 176 inmate-on-inmate assaults, including 20 serious head wounds.[18]

The investigation released a letter of findings:

The Department of Justice concluded from these facts that Escambia County Jail's practices violated the fourteenth amendment's due process protections for pre-trial detainees, as well as the eighth amendment's protections for those convicted of a criminal offense. Jail officials must refrain from showing deliberate indifference to conditions of confinement posing an excessive risk of harm to prisoners.[18]

Roy L. Austin Jr., deputy assistant attorney general of the Civil Rights Division, commended Sheriff Morgan for his willingness to remedy problems identified during the course of the investigation. The department conducted this investigation under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) to enforce constitutional mandates. The department's investigation was broad-based.[17]

The investigation was conducted by Special Litigation Counsel Avner Shapiro and Senior Trial Attorney David Deutsch of the Civil Rights Division's Special Litigation Section.[17] The findings letter is available on the department's website.


Education


Main article: Escambia County School District

Public primary and secondary education schools in Pensacola are administered by the Escambia County School District, the county's only school district.[19]

The University of West Florida, Pensacola State College, and Pensacola Christian College are in Escambia County.


Media



Newspapers


The largest daily print newspaper in the area is the Pensacola News Journal. There is also a weekly print newspaper, The Independent News.[20] An online-only newspaper, NorthEscambia.com,[21] serves the entire county while concentrating on its northern half.


Television


One major network broadcasts from Pensacola, ABC affiliate WEAR. Several major networks are broadcast from nearby Mobile, such as CBS affiliate WKRG, NBC affiliate WPMI-TV, and Fox affiliate WALA. The following is a list of broadcast television stations in the Mobile, Alabama – Pensacola – Fort Walton Beach, Florida market.[22] Cox Communications provides cable television service in the county's urbanized areas, and television advertising through its subsidiary, Cox Media. Spectrum holds the cable television franchise for the county's mainland rural areas, while Mediacom serves the Pensacola Beach community on Santa Rosa Island.


Radio


Radio stations in the Pensacola / Mobile market:[23]


Transportation



Airports



Transit


Escambia County is served by buses run by Escambia County Area Transit.[24]


Major highways


See also: List of county roads in Escambia County, Florida

Railroads


Pensacola was a scheduled stop on the route of Amtrak's Los Angeles-Orlando Sunset Limited from 1993 to 2005, when damage to railroad bridges and tracks caused by Hurricane Katrina resulted in cancellation of the route east of New Orleans. Escambia County has had no passenger train service since then.

Before the creation of Amtrak in 1971, Pensacola was served by the New Orleans-Jacksonville Gulf Wind, operated jointly by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.

The following freight railroads serve Escambia County:


Politics



Voter registration


According to the secretary of state's office, Republicans constitute a plurality of registered voters in Escambia County.

Escambia County voter registration & party enrollment as of September 30, 2015[25]
Political party Total voters Percentage
Republican 85,628 43.89%
Democratic 68,844 35.29%
Independent 35,334 18.11%
Third Parties 5,274 2.70%
Total 195,080 100.00%

Statewide elections


Politically, Escambia County is a very conservative region, like the rest of the Western Panhandle. Before 1994, the area traditionally voted Democratic in local elections and sent Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives and the state legislature. This was particularly the case in the decades of the 20th century when most African Americans were disenfranchised by the state constitution until passage of the federal Voting Rights Act.

In 1994 incumbent representative Earl Hutto declined to run for reelection. That year, Republican Joe Scarborough was elected to the House of Representatives.

Voters of the county have not supported a Democratic presidential candidate since John F. Kennedy in 1960. In 1964 a majority of voters supported Barry Goldwater, although he was a Republican. In 1968 third-party candidate George Wallace won Escambia County with 54% of the vote. In 1972, Republican Richard Nixon received 80% of the vote in the county. Since 1972, Republican candidates in every presidential election have won an absolute majority in Escambia County, but in recent years, the Democratic Party has increased its share of the presidential vote. In 2020, Joe Biden was the first Democratic presidential candidate to win over 40% of the county's vote since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

United States presidential election results for Escambia County, Florida[26]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No. %No. %No. %
2020 96,674 56.58% 70,929 41.51% 3,253 1.90%
2016 88,808 57.60% 57,461 37.27% 7,903 5.13%
2012 88,711 59.55% 58,185 39.06% 2,071 1.39%
2008 91,411 59.02% 61,572 39.76% 1,891 1.22%
2004 93,566 65.30% 48,329 33.73% 1,383 0.97%
2000 73,171 62.62% 40,990 35.08% 2,695 2.31%
1996 60,997 56.52% 37,838 35.06% 9,090 8.42%
1992 52,868 50.24% 32,045 30.45% 20,308 19.30%
1988 64,959 68.05% 29,977 31.40% 524 0.55%
1984 66,715 71.32% 26,812 28.66% 22 0.02%
1980 51,794 58.49% 33,513 37.84% 3,252 3.67%
1976 41,471 51.38% 38,279 47.42% 965 1.20%
1972 56,071 79.57% 14,078 19.98% 315 0.45%
1968 15,089 22.07% 16,281 23.81% 37,000 54.12%
1964 32,414 56.09% 25,371 43.91% 0 0.00%
1960 17,925 38.79% 28,288 61.21% 0 0.00%
1956 13,227 37.21% 22,320 62.79% 0 0.00%
1952 12,176 37.27% 20,495 62.73% 0 0.00%
1948 3,267 14.75% 13,982 63.11% 4,907 22.15%
1944 3,191 16.42% 16,240 83.58% 0 0.00%
1940 2,249 12.19% 16,201 87.81% 0 0.00%
1936 1,567 14.64% 9,138 85.36% 0 0.00%
1932 1,658 21.15% 6,182 78.85% 0 0.00%
1928 4,443 53.32% 3,772 45.27% 118 1.42%
1924 1,274 29.34% 2,290 52.74% 778 17.92%
1920 1,227 22.96% 3,485 65.20% 633 11.84%
1916 416 15.05% 2,183 78.95% 166 6.00%
1912 72 3.48% 1,593 77.11% 401 19.41%
1908 718 21.39% 1,887 56.23% 751 22.38%
1904 497 23.02% 1,573 72.86% 89 4.12%
1900 432 19.11% 1,435 63.47% 394 17.43%
1896 233 13.97% 1,285 77.04% 150 8.99%
1892 0 0.00% 2,616 95.37% 127 4.63%


Previous gubernatorial election results
Year Republican Democratic Third parties
2018 57.76% 74,719 40.84% 52,835 1.40% 1,812
2014 61.99% 60,719 34.13% 33,434 3.88% 3,798
2010 56.93% 54,607 38.44% 36,873 4.63% 4,436
2006 59.09% 51,195 38.98% 33,777 1.93% 1,674
2002 64.92% 60,095 34.40% 31,844 0.68% 633
1998 66.83% 50,325 33.14% 24,956 0.03% 23
1994 57.68% 45,261 42.32% 33,210 0.00% 1

Library


Escambia County is served by the West Florida Regional Library System.


Communities


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.
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.

City



Town



Census-designated places



Other unincorporated communities



Ghost towns



See also



Notes


  1. Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.[12][13]

References


  1. "2020 Census Data". data.census.gov.
  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. Escambia County Alabama History - accessed August 18, 2009
  4. Alabama Department of Archives and History - accessed August 18, 2009
  5. Today in Florida History!, July 21, 2012, www.myfloridahistory.org, Florida Historical Society, Cocoa, Florida
  6. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  7. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  8. "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  9. "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  10. "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  11. "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  12. http://www.census.gov [not specific enough to verify]
  13. "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  14. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  15. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  16. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  17. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs (May 22, 2013). "Justice Department Finds Unconstitutional Conditions of Confinement at Escambia County, Fla. Jail". United States Department of Justice.
  18. Roy L. Austin Jr. (May 22, 2013). "Findings Letter of Investigation of Escambia County Jail" (PDF).
  19. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Escambia County, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022. - Text list
  20. "Home". Inweekly. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  21. NorthEscambia.com
  22. (Nielsen DMA#59) Archived 2006-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  23. "Market Ranks". www.arbitron.com.
  24. "Route map" (PDF). Escambia County Area Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  25. "Voter Registration - Current by County - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State". Archived from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  26. Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  27. "Bogia, 1936". fcit.usf.edu.

Further reading



Sources incorporated into this article


 This article incorporates public domain material from Justice Department Finds Unconstitutional Conditions of Confinement at Escambia County, Fla. United States Department of Justice.

 This article incorporates public domain material from Findings Letter of Investigation of Escambia County Jail (PDF). United States Department of Justice.



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[de] Escambia County (Florida)

Das Escambia County[1] ist ein County im US-Bundesstaat Florida. Bei der Volkszählung im Jahr 2020 hatte das County 321.905 Einwohner und eine Bevölkerungsdichte von 187,6 Einwohnern pro Quadratkilometer. Der Verwaltungssitz (County Seat) ist Pensacola.[2]
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