Demographics & Statistics
Employees
Downtown is home to 7.3 million square feet of office space (31 percent of the office space in the region), more than 1,100 businesses, three Fortune 500 headquarters, several major company headquarters and more than 50,000 employees. Downtown's most concentrated areas of employment are as follows:
- Northbank Core - 16,300 employees
- Southbank - 11,400 employees
- Riverside Avenue - 7,700 employees
MAJOR EMPLOYERS IN DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE INCLUDE:
- Aetna
- Army Corps of Engineers
- AT&T
- Baptist Healthcare
- City of Jacksonville
- CSX Transportation
- EverBank (relocating Downtown summer 2012)
- Federal Government
- Fidelity National Financial
- Florida State College of Jacksonville
- Florida Times-Union
- Interline Brands
- Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
- JEA
- Medical Services Company
- Prudential Financial
Residents
Downtown Jacksonville is home to more than 3,200 residents and 2,365 residential units. Downtown housing options include everything from luxury riverfront condos to stylish lofts to cozy townhomes.
General Neighborhood Information
Downtown is centrally located in a region of 1.5 million people. As the geographic center of the city and metropolitan area, Downtown includes more than 5.6 miles of riverfront, 50 acres of public park space and plenty of public access to the St. Johns River.
Many of the region's largest public and cultural facilities are located Downtown, including the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center, EverBank Field, Veterans Memorial Arena, Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, and the Main Library.
Parking
Downtown Jacksonville has more than 43,000 parking spaces available at hourly, daily or monthly rates. Please visit our parking map for more information.
MORE INFORMATION
More information on Downtown can be found below:

State of Downtown 2011 | Download PDF

State of Downtown Report 2010 | Download PDF

Downtown Safety Paper | Download PDF

Downtown is a Great Place for Business | Download PDF
For more detailed information on Downtown Jacksonville, email our director of district services, Jennifer Hewett-Apperson.