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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

2018 · 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
239 Alva 23.2%
70 Anna Maria 45.2%
272 Apalachicola 20.1%
118 Apollo Beach 38.5%
43 Atlantic Beach 52.7%
28 Atlantis 58.4%
41 Aventura 53.6%
224 Bagdad 25.0%
48 Bal Harbour 50.6%
355 Baldwin 10.9%
33 Bay Harbor Islands 55.7%
225 Bay Pines 25.0%
332 Bayonet Point 13.8%
294 Bayshore Gardens 17.8%
344 Bell 13.1%
369 Belle Glade 8.8%
18 Belleair 59.7%
26 Belleair Beach 58.6%
133 Belleair Bluffs 36.3%
243 Bellview 23.0%
377 Beverly Hills 6.2%
171 Big Pine Key 30.7%
95 Biscayne Park 41.3%
87 Bloomingdale 42.4%
39 Boca Raton 54.2%
…
149 Palm Harbor 33.9%
304 Palm River-Clair Mel 16.7%
312 Palm Springs 15.9%
258 Palmetto 21.6%
32 Palmetto Bay 55.9%
353 Panacea 11.1%
235 Panama City 23.3%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2018

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.