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Bay County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 30 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12005

Within Florida
Bay County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
204,479
+29,928 (+17.1%) since 2020
Land area
758.6
square miles. A further 48.3% of the total area is water
Population density
270
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Panama City
Seat of county government.
Established
1913
112 years ago
Largest city
Panama City city
Population 37,806.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Bay County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Bay County, Florida from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 673 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Bay County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Florida, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn FloridaNationally
Population204,47930th of 67353rd of 3,144
Land area758.6 sq mi29th of 671,155th of 3,144
Population density270 per sq mi32nd of 67476th of 3,144
Median household income$73,53323rd of 67945th of 3,143

Full data for Bay County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population204,479Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020174,551Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?175,226Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area758.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area708.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,467 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?270 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,533American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$310,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households78,778American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units108,362American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+260
2,227 births, 1,967 deaths
Net migration
+4,085
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Bay County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Gulf CountyFlorida50 mi15,943
Washington CountyFlorida45 mi26,695
Calhoun CountyFlorida25 mi13,289
Walton CountyFlorida20 mi93,288
Jackson CountyFlorida3.0 mi49,629

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Florida

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.