The counties of the Tallahassee Metropolitan Area cover an area of around 2,604 sq mi (6,750 km2), of which around 2,390 sq mi (6,1890 km2) is land. Much of that water area is in
Wakulla and
Jefferson counties along the coastline of
Apalachee Bay. Only 141.33 sq mi (366.04 km2), or 5.92%, of the area is urbanized, with nearly 80% of said urban area belonging to the Tallahassee, FL
Urban Area. Greater Tallahassee straddles the boundaries of the
Red Hills Region, the
Cody Scarp, and the
Woodville Karst Plain. As such, the northern half of the metropolitan area, including much of the city of Tallahassee, is substantially more hilly than the rest of the state of Florida. The area also straddles four watersheds, from west to east:
Apalachicola,
Ochlockonee,
St. Marks, and
Aucilla. The latter three all drain into the
Gulf of Mexico either within or at the edges of the metropolitan area, with the Ocholockonee and Aucilla Rivers forming parts of the western and eastern borders.
Also see Leon County Geology All counties in both the Tallahassee MSA and CSA are in
Eastern Time Zone, with the western border of Gadsden County with
Jackson County forming the boundary with the
Central Time Zone. ==Demographics==