- State:FloridaCounty:Bay CountyZips:32412,32417,32411,32406,32410,32402,32403,32413,32438,32409,32404,32403,32407,32413,32466,32409,32408,32408,32444,32404,32407,32413,32401,32405Coordinates:30.132460682033525, -85.63319100267506Area total:1033.15 sq. mi., 2675.85 sq. km, 661217.92 acresArea land:758.59 sq. mi., 1964.74 sq. km, 485498.88 acresArea water:274.56 sq. mi., 711.11 sq. km, 175719.04 acresEstablished:1913Capital seat:
Panama City
Address: 840 W 11Th St
County Courthouse
Panama City, FL 32401-2336
Governing Body: County Commission with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Bay County, Florida, United States
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- Population:175,216; Population change: 3.77% (2010 - 2020)Population density:231 persons per square mileHousehold income:$48,779Households:9,657Unemployment rate:6.10% per 82,763 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.50%GDP:$7.77 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Bay County's population of Florida of 9,405 residents in 1930 has increased 3,01-fold to 28,303 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 43.24% female residents and 56.76% male residents live in as of 2020, 61.25% in Bay County, Florida are married and the remaining 38.75% are single population.
As of 2020, 61.25% in Bay County, Florida are married and the remaining 38.75% are single population.
- Housing units:102,971 residential units of which 68.11% share occupied residential units.
23.1 minutes is the average time that residents in Bay County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
80.60% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 12.92% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.29% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.31% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Bay County, Florida 50.46% are owner-occupied homes, another 21.83% are rented apartments, and the remaining 27.71% are vacant.
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The 40.12% of the population in Bay County, Florida who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 69.660%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 29.070%) of those eligible to vote in Bay County, Florida.
