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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Panama City

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 263 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 7, 2026
Education & commute · Panama City Bay County Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 26.4% +0.9 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 263 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +5.7 pp
vs Bay County −3.2 pp Bay County: 29.6% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Panama City · Bay County · Florida · United States
+5.7 pp since 2014
Panama City Bay 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
Panama City
26.4%
Bay County
29.6%
Florida
34.1%
United States
35.7%

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

The series at a glance Panama City · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 26.4% · 2024
First value 20.9% · 2013
Highest 26.7% · 2021
Lowest 20.8% · 2014
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearPanama CityChange Bay CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 26.4% +0.9 pp 29.6% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 25.5% −0.2 pp 28.0% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 25.7% −1.0 pp 26.6% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 26.7% +1.5 pp 25.6% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 25.3% +1.0 pp 24.5% 30.5% —
2019estimate 24.2% +0.9 pp 23.7% 29.9% —
2018estimate 23.3% +0.7 pp 22.8% 29.2% —
2017estimate 22.6% +0.2 pp 22.4% 28.5% —
2016estimate 22.5% −0.4 pp 22.5% 27.9% —
2015estimate 22.9% +2.1 pp 22.2% 27.3% —
2014estimate 20.8% −0.1 pp 21.6% 26.8% —
2013estimate 20.9% 21.1% 26.4% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2020 · 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
225 Alva 27.7%
46 Anna Maria 54.2%
233 Apalachicola 26.8%
96 Apollo Beach 43.4%
55 Atlantic Beach 52.8%
11 Atlantis 65.4%
178 Ave Maria 32.6%
53 Aventura 53.0%
250 Bagdad 24.1%
24 Bal Harbour 59.5%
368 Baldwin 8.7%
38 Bay Harbor Islands 55.8%
219 Bay Pines 28.1%
328 Bayonet Point 14.9%
310 Bayshore Gardens 17.4%
370 Bell 8.5%
364 Belle Glade 10.2%
27 Belleair 58.9%
26 Belleair Beach 59.2%
159 Belleair Bluffs 34.2%
280 Bellview 20.7%
374 Beverly Hills 7.6%
212 Big Pine Key 28.6%
82 Biscayne Park 45.5%
104 Bloomingdale 42.8%
…
271 Palmetto 22.0%
25 Palmetto Bay 59.4%
390 Panacea 0.0%
242 Panama City 25.3%
191 Panama City Beach 31.0%
313 Parker 17.1%
17 Parkland 63.0%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020

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.