When entering Florida on I 75, you might refer to it as the "Interstate 75 Gateway to Florida", you are traveling through the Troop B area of the Florida Highway Patrol. Troop B includes nine of Florida's sixty-seven counties and covers 6,696 square miles. Florida has a total area of 58,560 square miles. Land area is 54,252 square miles and water area is 4,308 square miles. Once entering Florida on I 75 you travel 447 miles before arriving in Key West, that is the North to South distance. The East to West distance is 361 miles. The distance from Pensacola to Key West is 792 miles by road. Troop B is unique in that two interstate highways travel through the area. On Interstate 75 you travel north to south with 93 miles of highway in Troop B. Interstate 10 is the east west link with 62 miles of highway in Troop B. Florida has a population of nearly 15 million. Population within Troop B Counties exceeds 431,000. Florida is the fourth largest state in population and had a 33% increase during the 1980's.