2024 population: 199,718 ( 24,508 from 2020)
Land area: 758.6 square miles
Population density: 263.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	142,936	71.57%	8.1%
Black:	23,240	11.64%	24.3%
Indian:	1,119	0.56%	3.2%
Asian:	5,008	2.51%	19.4%
2+ races:	6,338	3.17%	21.3%
Hispanic:	21,077	10.55%	52.6%

Total non-White:	56,782	28.43%	32.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	8,676	12.4
Deaths:	9,455	13.5
Net Migration:	19,906	28.4
Net Immigration:	5,232	7.5

Change in White population:	10,745	6.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	13,763	7.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
175,210
132,191	75.45%
18,699	10.67%
1,084	0.62%
4,196	2.39%
5,225	2.98%
13,815	7.88%
43,019	24.55%

2010
184,715
145,671	78.86%
20,781	11.25%
1,092	0.59%
3,482	1.89%
4,673	2.53%
8,785	4.76%
39,044	21.14%

2000
161,549
133,200	82.45%
17,773	11.00%
1,177	0.73%
2,704	1.67%
2,666	1.65%
3,861	2.39%
28,349	17.55%

1990
138,498
117,372	84.75%
15,397	11.12%
1,034	0.75%
2,251	1.63%
n/a
2,444	1.76%
21,126	15.25%

1980
108,398
91,133	84.07%
13,594	12.54%
518	0.48%
1,237	1.14%
n/a
1,767	1.63%
17,265	15.93%

1970
85,379
71,117	83.30%
12,237	14.33%
120	0.14%
220	0.26%
n/a
1,571	1.84%
14,262	16.70%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
20,996	11.4
17,062	9.2
-2,168	-1.2
3,938	2.1

-13,480	-7.3
3,975	2.2

Number	Rate
2000's
21,467	13.3
15,074	9.3
11,508	7.1
696	0.4

12,471	7.7
10,695	6.6

Number	Rate
1990's
21,887	15.8
13,845	10.0
13,105	9.5
981	0.7

15,828	11.4
7,223	5.2

Number	Rate
1980's
20,382	18.8
10,164	9.4
20,505	18.9
n/a

26,239	24.2
3,861	3.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
12,405	14.5
n/a

20,016	23.4
3,003	3.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Panama City, FL Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.2
37,708	18.9%
162,010	81.1%
32,777	16.4%

74,678
2.39

48,754	65.3%
35,360	72.5%
5,193	10.7%
25,924	34.7%

2010
Number	Percent
39.8
39,650	21.5%
145,065	78.5%
27,146	14.7%

73,773
2.41

47,980	65.0%
34,494	71.9%
5,178	10.8%
25,793	35.0%

2000
Number	Percent
37.6
38,514	23.8%
123,035	76.2%
21,850	13.5%

64,508
2.43

44,202	68.5%
34,459	78.0%
4,662	10.5%
20,306	31.5%

1990
Number	Percent
33.5
35,018	25.3%
103,480	74.7%
17,008	12.3%

53,134
2.55

38,999	73.4%
31,939	81.9%
3,366	8.6%
14,135	26.6%

1980
Number	Percent
29.8
31,829	29.4%
76,569	70.6%
10,334	9.5%

38,457
2.77

30,157	78.4%
25,379	84.2%
2,467	8.2%
8,300	21.6%

2022 Housing Data for Panama City, FL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,125	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,541	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,733	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,991	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,550	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,375	3.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,887	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,314	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,959	5.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	7,376	9.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	8,510	11.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	10,766	14.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,102	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,705	6.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,648	6.2%
$200,000 or more	5,096	6.8%

Median Household Income	65,999
Per Capita Income	36,868

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,813	5.1%
Public Assistance	2,008	2.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	10,278	13.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	73,719	69.2%
Unemployed	3,233	3.0%
In Armed Forces	2,727	2.6%

Total Labor Force	79,679	74.8%
Not in Labor Force	26,801	25.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	28,725	25,428	53.0%
Non-Profit	1,489	2,819	34.6%
Self-Employed	6,708	4,041	62.4%

Local Government	2,919	4,332	40.3%
State Government	1,417	1,731	45.0%
Federal Government	3,380	1,695	66.6%

Total Private + Self	35,433	29,469	54.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,205	10,577	46.5%
Total	44,638	40,046	52.7%

Pct. Govt.	18.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	12,303	14.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	20,188	23.8%
Professional, Technical	18,801	22.1%
Service Occupations	15,462	18.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	346	0.4%
All others	18,145	21.4%

White Collar		60.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	11,309	13.3%
Health care and social assistance	9,608	11.3%
Accommodation and food services	8,824	10.4%
Construction	7,731	9.1%
Public administration	7,566	8.9%
Educational services	6,116	7.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,209	6.1%
Manufacturing	5,014	5.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,597	5.4%
Other services	4,403	5.2%
Transportation and warehousing	3,129	3.7%
Finance and insurance	2,731	3.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,607	3.1%
Wholesale trade	1,903	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,545	1.8%
Information	1,132	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	620	0.7%
Utilities	505	0.6%
Management	178	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	172	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,515	2.49%
Puerto Rican	3,111	1.72%
Cuban	545	0.30%
Dominican	199	0.11%

Total Central American	2,395	1.32%
Costa Rican	133	0.07%
Guatemalan	296	0.16%
Honduran	1,210	0.67%
Nicaraguan	194	0.11%
Panamanian	333	0.18%
Salvadoran	229	0.13%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,318	0.73%
Argentinean	225	0.12%
Bolivian	45	0.02%
Chilean	165	0.09%
Colombian	310	0.17%
Ecuadorian	75	0.04%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	290	0.16%
Uruguayan	46	0.03%
Venezuelan	132	0.07%
Other South American	30	0.02%

Other Hispanic	897	0.50%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	1,109	0.61%
Filipino	933	0.52%
Korean	383	0.21%
Indian	351	0.19%
Thai	341	0.19%
Chinese	213	0.12%
Hmong	51	0.03%
Japanese	16	0.01%
Taiwanese	15	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	154,904	90.6%
Spanish	8,441	4.9%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,522	0.9%
Other Indo-European	1,258	0.7%
Vietnamese	843	0.5%
Tagalog	730	0.4%
Other Asian	702	0.4%
Arabic	676	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	514	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	20,989	11.6%
Irish	20,416	11.3%
German	20,102	11.1%
American	17,214	9.5%
Italian	6,337	3.5%
French	5,137	2.8%
Scottish	3,804	2.1%
Polish	3,591	2.0%
European	3,547	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	3,241	1.8%
British	1,772	1.0%
Norwegian	1,713	0.9%
Dutch	1,544	0.9%
Jamaican	1,146	0.6%
Welsh	1,116	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	174,686	96.5%
Not a citizen	6,369	3.5%

Native	167,845	92.7%
Foreign-born	13,210	7.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
4,142	3.2%	8,327	6.4%	36,364	28.1%	46,114	35.6%	22,211	17.2%	12,255	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	4,142	3.2%
9-12 Years	8,327	6.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	36,364	28.1%
Some College	46,114	35.6%
Bach. Degree	22,211	17.2%
Grad Degree	12,255	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	123,406	111,932	11,474	9.3%
1991	123,582	113,086	10,496	8.5%
1992	127,022	114,764	12,258	9.7%
1993	130,880	118,232	12,648	9.7%
1994	131,368	120,336	11,032	8.4%
1995	129,752	120,978	8,774	6.8%
1996	132,678	124,344	8,334	6.3%
1997	135,250	125,756	9,494	7.0%
1998	137,454	127,690	9,764	7.1%
1999	138,072	129,104	8,968	6.5%

2000	145,308	138,482	6,826	4.7%
2001	146,074	138,668	7,406	5.1%
2002	147,544	139,944	7,600	5.2%
2003	150,478	143,536	6,942	4.6%
2004	156,244	150,480	5,764	3.7%
2005	163,606	159,096	4,510	2.8%
2006	170,222	166,170	4,052	2.4%
2007	172,676	167,454	5,222	3.0%
2008	176,264	167,230	9,034	5.1%
2009	175,780	160,926	14,854	8.5%

2010	170,732	153,366	17,366	10.2%
2011	173,454	155,744	17,710	10.2%
2012	172,308	156,934	15,374	8.9%
2013	172,420	159,300	13,120	7.6%
2014	174,852	163,440	11,412	6.5%
2015	175,768	166,052	9,716	5.5%
2016	176,418	167,926	8,492	4.8%
2017	176,302	168,906	7,396	4.2%
2018	175,868	168,612	7,256	4.1%
2019	168,974	162,404	6,570	3.9%

2020	165,526	155,492	10,034	6.1%
2021	171,562	164,780	6,782	4.0%
2022	175,940	171,218	4,722	2.7%
2023	178,606	173,636	4,970	2.8%
2024	184,994	178,888	6,106	3.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	104,428
Median Value	$246,800

Occupied	74,678	71.5%
Vacant	29,750	28.5%

Owned	51,208	68.6%
Rented	23,470	31.4%
Median Rent	$1,311

Single-Family Units	57,957	55.5%
Detached	53,591	51.3%
Attached	4,366	4.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	26,538	25.4%
Mobile Homes	12,296	11.8%

Panama City, FL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Panama City, FL Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Panama City, FL Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Panama City, FL Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Panama City, FL Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Panama City, FL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Panama City, FL Metro Area