Bay County (Florida)

administration
Bay County Courthouse
National emblem
seal	flag
US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Panama City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Bay County Commission Office 310 West 6th Street Panama City, Florida 32401
Foundation :	July 1, 1913
Made up from:	Calhoun County Washington County Walton County
Area code :	001 850
Demographics
Residents :	168,852 (2010)
Population density :	85.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2676 km²
Water surface :	698 km²
map

Website : www.co.bay.fl.us

The Bay County is a county in the US state of Florida . The county seat is Panama City .

geography

The county has an area of 2,676 square kilometers, of which 698 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Jackson County , Calhoun County , Gulf County , Walton County, and Washington County .

The county is known as the Panama City Metropolitan Statistical Area by the Office of Management and Budget for statistical purposes .

history

On February 12, 1913, representatives from 5 cities of Saint Andrews Bay in Panama City met to find a name for the proposed new county. The name Bay County was agreed as this was the most characteristic of the territory.

On July 1, 1913, Bay County was then formed from parts of Washington County, Calhoun County and Walton County. The birth of the new county was duly celebrated in the city park. The city park is now known as "McKenzie Park".

The first meeting of the new administration took place on July 10, 1913 in rented rooms above the Bank of Panama City. The foundation stone for the new courthouse was laid in December 1914, which was completed in 1915. On December 20, 1920, it was almost completely destroyed by a strong fire, but it was rebuilt.

Parts of the 1,936 designated National Forest Apalachicola National Forest extend County.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	11,407	-
1930	12.091	6%
1940	20,686	71.1%
1950	42,689	106.4%
1960	67.131	57.3%
1970	75.283	12.1%
1980	97,740	29.8%
1990	126.994	29.9%
2000	148.217	16.7%
2010	168,852	13.9%
1900–1990 2000 2010

AA Payne-John Christo, Sr., House in Panama City, listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census , there were 168,852 people in 99,650 households in Bay County. The population density was 85.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 82.2% white, 10.8% African American , 0.7% Indian and 2.0% Asian Americans . 1.3% were members of other races and 3.1% of different races. 4.8% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 30.6% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 25.8% of all households. 65.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.41 people and the average family size was 2.92 people.

24.5% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 26.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 49.5% of the population were male and 50.5% were female.

The median income for a household in the 47,364 USD , while 13.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 92.29% of the population, 3.37% spoke Spanish and 4.34% had another mother tongue.

Further educational institutions

Florida State University in Panama City
Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City

Places in Bay County

Bay County localities with 2010 census population :

Cities :

Callaway - 14,405 residents
Lynn Haven - population 18,493
Mexico Beach - 1,072 inhabitants
Panama City ( County Seat ) - 36,484 inhabitants
Panama City Beach - 12,018 residents
Parker - 4,317 residents
Springfield - 8,903 residents

Census-designated places :

Cedar Grove - 3,397 inhabitants
Laguna Beach - 3,932 residents
Lower Grand Lagoon - 3,881 inhabitants
Pretty Bayou - 3,206 inhabitants
Tyndall Air Force Base - 2,994 residents
Upper Grand Lagoon - 13,963 residents

Islands

Web links

Commons : Bay County, Florida - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Bay County Board of County Commissioners (Engl.)

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 295738. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ CPH-T-5. Population Change for Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2000 to 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2016 .

↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011

↑ census.gov (2000) ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( MS Excel ; 26 kB) Accessed March 31, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ Extract from census.gov (2010) Retrieved March 31, 2012

^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 17, 2014.

↑ Language distribution 2010 . Modern Language Association . Archived from the original on June 19, 2006. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 17, 2014. @1@ 2

30.239999 -85.629997Coordinates: 30 ° 14 ′ N , 85 ° 38 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 295738. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] CPH-T-5. Population Change for Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2000 to 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2016 .

[3] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011