Escambia County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Florida. The 2010 population was 297,619. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 296,772. Its county seat is Pensacola.

The area had been inhabited for thousands of years by indian americans tribes (Esquimos) Arides Luisiana. Historic American Indian tribes at the time of European-American settlement were the Creek.

Escambia County was created by European Americans on July 21, 1821. It was named for the Escambia River. The name "Escambia" may be derived from the Creek name Shambia, meaning "clearwater", or the Choctaw word for "cane-brake" or "reed-brake".

Escambia and St. Johns counties were Florida's original two counties; the Suwannee River was the border between them.^{[citation needed]}

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 875.57 square miles (2,267.7 km²), of which 662.35 square miles (1,715.5 km²) (or 75.65%) is land and 213.21 square miles (552.2 km²) (or 24.35%) is water.

The county includes the island of Santa Rosa, which is separate from Santa Rosa County proper.

Florida (ⁱ/ˈflɒrɪdə/) is a state in the southeastern United States, bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Florida is the 22nd most extensive, the 4th most populous, and the 8th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The state capital is Tallahassee, its largest city is Jacksonville, and the South Florida metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the southeastern U.S.

Much of Florida is situated on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. Its geography is marked by a coastline, by the omnipresence of water and the threat of hurricanes. Florida has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, encompassing approximately 1,350 miles (2,170 km), and is the only state to border both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Much of the state is at or near sea level and its terrain is characterized by sedimentary soils. The climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south. Its symbolic animals like the American alligator, Florida panther and the manatee, can be found in the Everglades, one of the most famous national parks in the world.