Gonzalez is a census-designated place (CDP) in Escambia County, Florida. Gonzalez is located north of Pensacola, and is considered to be within Cantonment. Tate High School, the largest public school in 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—Brent, Florida 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.
During the American Civil War, Gonzalez was home to a Confederate storage facility run by Manuel Gonzalez’s son, Samuel Z. Gonzalez. The Gonzalez farm was also the location of a military skirmish between Union forces headquartered out of Fort Barrancas and Confederate troops.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.37%, is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Gonzalez had a population of 14,586. The median age was 42.4 years. 21.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 19.5% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.7 males age 18 and over.
99.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.3% lived in rural areas.
There were 5,578 households in Gonzalez, of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 55.7% were married-couple households, 14.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
QuickFacts also reported 1,242 veterans and that 4.8% of residents were foreign born.