The
Jacksonville metropolitan area, also called
Greater Jacksonville or
Metro Jacksonville, is the
metropolitan area centered on the principal city of
Jacksonville, Florida and including the
First Coast of
North Florida. The U.S.
Office of Management and Budget designates the area as the
Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, a
metropolitan statistical area used for statistical purposes by the
United States Census Bureau and other government agencies. The OMB defines the metropolitan statistical area as consisting of five
counties:
Duval,
Clay,
St. Johns,
Nassau, and
Baker. According to the
2010 United States Census, the total population was 1,345,596. The Jacksonville metropolitan area is the 40th largest in the country and the fourth largest in the state of Florida, behind the
Miami,
Tampa, and
Orlando metropolitan areas.