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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 5, 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

2019 · 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
271 Alva 20.9%
71 Anna Maria 47.3%
247 Apalachicola 22.7%
108 Apollo Beach 40.6%
47 Atlantic Beach 52.7%
12 Atlantis 63.3%
46 Aventura 52.7%
203 Bagdad 27.9%
17 Bal Harbour 61.5%
360 Baldwin 10.3%
42 Bay Harbor Islands 54.2%
197 Bay Pines 28.9%
325 Bayonet Point 15.1%
305 Bayshore Gardens 16.8%
352 Bell 11.8%
376 Belle Glade 8.1%
39 Belleair 55.3%
24 Belleair Beach 59.3%
146 Belleair Bluffs 35.4%
262 Bellview 21.6%
377 Beverly Hills 7.2%
185 Big Pine Key 30.8%
85 Biscayne Park 44.8%
99 Bloomingdale 41.5%
40 Boca Raton 55.3%
…
160 Palm Harbor 34.1%
307 Palm River-Clair Mel 16.6%
314 Palm Springs 15.9%
273 Palmetto 20.6%
27 Palmetto Bay 58.5%
348 Panacea 12.3%
234 Panama City 24.2%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019

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.