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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Palmetto

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 245 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 3, 2026
Education & commute · Palmetto Manatee County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 28.1% −2.1 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 245 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +7.7 pp
vs Manatee County −7.4 pp Manatee County: 35.4% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Palmetto · Manatee County · Florida · United States
+7.7 pp since 2014
Palmetto Manatee County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Bachelor's degree or higher · percent
Palmetto
28.1%
Manatee County
35.4%
Florida
34.1%
United States
35.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Palmetto · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 28.1% · 2024
First value 18.5% · 2013
Highest 30.2% · 2023
Lowest 18.5% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearPalmettoChange Manatee CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 28.1% −2.1 pp 35.4% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 30.2% +2.9 pp 34.3% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 27.3% +3.8 pp 32.8% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 23.5% +1.5 pp 32.2% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 22.0% +1.4 pp 30.2% 30.5% —
2019estimate 20.6% −1.0 pp 29.8% 29.9% —
2018estimate 21.6% +0.3 pp 29.3% 29.2% —
2017estimate 21.3% +0.7 pp 29.1% 28.5% —
2016estimate 20.6% +0.3 pp 27.9% 27.9% —
2015estimate 20.3% −0.0 pp 27.7% 27.3% —
2014estimate 20.4% +1.9 pp 27.5% 26.8% —
2013estimate 18.5% 26.6% 26.4% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
320 Alva 14.1%
94 Anna Maria 38.9%
227 Apalachicola 22.6%
124 Apollo Beach 34.2%
50 Atlantic Beach 46.4%
41 Atlantis 50.1%
35 Aventura 50.9%
261 Bagdad 18.9%
37 Bal Harbour 50.6%
369 Baldwin 7.5%
42 Bay Harbor Islands 48.9%
251 Bay Pines 20.0%
346 Bayonet Point 11.2%
332 Bayshore Gardens 13.3%
314 Bell 14.5%
340 Belle Glade 12.4%
32 Belleair 53.1%
45 Belleair Beach 47.6%
93 Belleair Bluffs 39.1%
256 Bellview 19.8%
360 Beverly Hills 9.2%
223 Big Pine Key 22.8%
82 Biscayne Park 41.3%
104 Bloomingdale 37.9%
34 Boca Raton 52.1%
…
130 Palm Harbor 33.6%
294 Palm River-Clair Mel 16.1%
335 Palm Springs 13.0%
245 Palmetto 20.4%
31 Palmetto Bay 53.3%
384 Panacea 0.0%
240 Panama City 20.8%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2014

What it means

The share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.

How it is calculated

Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's, master's, professional or doctoral degree, from the survey.