Palm Coast metropolitan area

Palm Coast metropolitan area Area metropolitana da Costa Palma
Region of Verona and Metropolitan area
Sierra Skyline
Country	Cartadania
State	Verona
Counties	Andina Lynnhaven Santa Rosa Sierra Victoria
Principal city	Sierra
Other major cities	Hermosa, Jupiter, La Joya, Los Sueños, Lynnhaven, Mirada, Rainier, Rosslyn
Area
• Total	35,930.9 km2 (13,873.0 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	31,678,490
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)

The Palm Coast metropolitan area is the largest urban region in Cartadania, encompassing seven counties in northern Verona. The agglomeration of the urbanized Palm Coast metro area surrounds the urban core of Sierra County, more specifically the city of Sierra.

As a center of many industries, including finance, international trade, new and traditional media, real estate, education, fashion, entertainment, tourism, biotechnology, law, and manufacturing, the Palm Coast metropolitan region is one of the most important economic regions in the world; in 2030, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of nearly $2.98 trillion ranking first nationally by a wide margin.

Utilities and infrastructure

There are six electric utility power companies in the Palm Coast metropolitan area. Meridian Energy serves a large majority of the Palm Coast metropolitan area. There are two natural gas providers in the metropolitan area.

The Palm Coast metropolitan area was formerly served by multiple utility companies, but in an effort to unify Verona's powergrid, the state inadvertently created a mononopoly on power for Meridian Energy. Water continues to be provided by the counties, most of which is pumped from one of Rosslyn's fifteen reservoirs, and treated in Rosslyn or the city Mirada in Sierra County. In fact, Rosslyn (and consequently Santa Rosa County) has the highest pumping capacity of any city in the state, providing water to over 30 million people.

Natural gas in the region is provided by Marín-Helius and Verona Natural Gas. While Verona Natural Gas is the provider for the extreme northwestern portions of the metro, about 350,000 people, the vast majority of the metro area is served by Marín-Helius. It distributes natural gas via pipeline to nearly 30 million residential, commercial, and industrial natural gas users in the area.

Coax cable service is provided in region by Amplus and Azura Communications, while Veritas provides television and internet services via fiber-optics. All three companies provide home-phone service in the region as well. In addition to these three companies, there are several other smaller companies that provide local service via satellite and other medium.

Certain municipalities, such as Buenaventura, Jupiter, Lynnhaven, La Joya, Sierra, the entirety of Santa Rosa County, collect refuse via their Department of Public Works, while others rely on private corporations and self-disposal for residents to dispose of garbage. Waste Management America is the largest private company to do so, and also provides services in the areas that have their own trash service. Due to sanitation guidelines in the region, there is only one landfill in the metro area (western Victoria County), and most trash is transferred via station to landfills and processing facilities in Lençois County.

Demographics

Census	Pop.		%±
1890	1,489,610		—
1900	1,897,994		27.4%
1910	2,538,567		33.8%
1920	3,997,830		57.5%
1930	5,327,166		33.3%
1940	6,916,403		29.8%
1950	10,367,911		49.9%
1960	16,742,696		61.5%
1970	18,463,213		10.3%
1980	24,110,159		30.6%
1990	25,273,720		4.8%
2000	28,365,627		12.2%
2010	34,586,456		21.9%
2020	38,444,162		11.2%
2030	41,394,887		7.7%
State Census data

According to the 2030 Census, the Palm Coast Metropolitan Area had a population of 41,394,887, of which 20,324,890 (49.1% of the population) were male and 21,069,997 (50.9% of the population) were female. Much like Cartadania as a whole, the population of the Palm Coast metropolitan area is majority Pardo people, followed by White people, Audonians, Indigenous peoples, and finally Punthite people. According to the survey, the Palm Coast Metropolitan Area was 50.3% Pardo, 15.6% White, 12.5% Black or Audono-Cartadanian, 0.8% Indigenous, 0.5% Punthite, 20.3% from Some other race.

The age composition of the area is fairly evenly distributed, with the median age being 32.2 years and the modal age range being 25 to 34 years of age.

County	Population	Area	Density
Andina County	6,095,313	5,653.8 km2 (2,182.9 sq mi)	1,078.1/km2 (2,792/sq mi)
Lynnhaven County	3,002,926	5,177.8 km2 (1,999.2 sq mi)	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Santa Rosa County	873,294	1,052.4 km2 (406.3 sq mi)	829.8/km2 (2,149/sq mi)
Sierra County	15,716,939	19,026.8 km2 (7,346.3 sq mi)	826/km2 (2,140/sq mi)
Victoria County	5,990,018	5,020.2 km2 (1,938.3 sq mi)	1,193.2/km2 (3,090/sq mi)
Total	31,678,490	35,930.9 km2 (13,873.0 sq mi)	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)

Transportation

Commercial airports

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SIX sign

Airport	IATA code	County	Enplanements (2022)
Sierra International Airport	SIX	Sierra	XX,XXX,XXX
Los Sueños International Airport	LSA	Victoria	XX,XXX,XXX
Gadsden-Samori-Andina International Airport	GSA	Andina	XX,XXX,XXX
Bordeaux-Columbia Airport	BCA	Sierra	XX,XXX,XXX
Lynnhaven Serenity Field	LSF	Lynnhaven	X,XXX,XXX
Roseland Field	RLF	Santa Rosa	X,XXX,XXX

The primary airport serving the Palm Coast metro area is Sierra International Airport (SIX), the busiest airport in Cartadania and among the top five busiest in the world. SIX is in northeastern Sierra, 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Downtown Sierra. SIX is the only airport to serve as a hub for all three Cartadanian legacy airlines—Azul, Luson, and Premiere.

In addition to SIX, other airports, including Bordeaux-Columbia Airport, Gadsden-Samori-Andina International Airport, Los Sueños International Airport, Lynnhaven Serenity Field, and Roseland Airport, also serve the region.