Editing Gonzalez, Florida

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'''Gonzalez''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Escambia County, Florida]]. Gonzalez is located north of [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]], and is considered to be within [[Cantonment, Florida|Cantonment]]. [[J. M. Tate High School|Tate High School]], the largest public school in [[Escambia County, Florida|Escambia County]], is located in the Gonzalez area. As of the [[2020 United States census]], the population was 14,586, up from 13,273 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pensacola—[[Ferry Pass, Florida|Ferry Pass]]—[[Brent, Florida]] [[Pensacola metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Leonora |title=A Life Sketch of Don Manuel Gonzalez, of Florida. A.D. 1767-1838 |journal=Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia |date=March 1903 |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=28–32 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44208909 |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>

During the [[American Civil War]], Gonzalez was home to a Confederate storage facility run by Manuel Gonzalez’s son, Samuel Z. Gonzalez.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pearce |first1=George F. |title=Pensacola during the Civil War : a thorn in the side of the Confederacy |date=2000 |publisher=University Press of Florida |location=Gainesville, FL |isbn=9780813017709 |page=77}}</ref> The Gonzalez farm was also the location of a military skirmish between Union forces headquartered out of [[Fort Barrancas]] and Confederate troops.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marsh |first1=Sharon D. |title=The 1st Florida Union Cavalry Volunteers in the Civil War : the men and the regimental history, and what that tells us about the area during the war |date=2016 |isbn=9780692793589 |edition=1st|page=29}}</ref>

==Geography==
Gonzalez is located at {{coord|30|34|28|N|87|17|24|W|type:city}} (30.574386, -87.290031).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|39.7|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|39.1|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.5|km2|disp=flip}}, or 1.37%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1226700|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212180801/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1226700|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Gonzalez CDP, Florida|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder|accessdate=April 2, 2013}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1990 = 7669
| 2000 = 11365
| 2010 = 13273
| 2020 = 14586
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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According to the [[2020 United States census]],<ref>{{cite web |title=QuickFacts Gonzalez CDP, Florida |url=https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?q=Gonzalez%2C+Florida&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&_charset_=UTF-8 |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref> 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]].

==References==
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{{Escambia County, Florida}}

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[[Category:Pensacola metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Escambia County, Florida]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Florida]]