2022 population: 185,134 ( 16,282 from 2010 , 9,930 from 2020)
Land area: 758.6 square miles
Population density: 244.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	138,316	74.71%	3.4%
Black:	20,761	11.21%	16.3%
Indian:	1,106	0.60%	7.1%
Asian:	4,564	2.47%	32.8%
2+ races:	5,683	3.07%	28.7%
Hispanic:	14,704	7.94%	81.4%

Total non-White:	46,818	25.29%	33.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,434	12.7
Deaths:	5,245	15.0
Net Migration:	10,048	28.7
Net Immigration:	697	2.0

Change in White population:	4,526	2.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	11,756	7.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
168,852
133,790	79.24%
17,844	10.57%
1,033	0.61%
3,438	2.04%
4,417	2.62%
8,107	4.80%
35,062	20.76%

2000
148,217
122,708	82.79%
15,526	10.48%
1,096	0.74%
2,645	1.78%
2,487	1.68%
3,591	2.42%
25,509	17.21%

1990
126,994
108,112	85.13%
13,240	10.43%
980	0.77%
2,251	1.77%
n/a
2,411	1.90%
18,882	14.87%

1980
97,740
82,728	84.64%
11,523	11.79%
512	0.52%
1,217	1.25%
n/a
1,611	1.65%
15,012	15.36%

1970
75,283
63,573	84.45%
9,815	13.04%
111	0.15%
213	0.28%
n/a
1,457	1.94%
11,710	15.55%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
20,302	13.7
13,666	9.2
10,025	6.8
691	0.5

11,082	7.5
9,553	6.4

Number	Rate
1990's
20,421	16.1
12,311	9.7
10,213	8.0
985	0.8

14,596	11.5
6,627	5.2

Number	Rate
1980's
18,862	19.3
9,115	9.3
20,128	20.6
n/a

25,384	26.0
3,870	4.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
12,828	17.0
n/a

19,155	25.4
3,302	4.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Bay County, FL

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.2
37,708	20.4%
147,426	79.6%
32,777	17.7%

74,678
2.39

48,754	65.3%
35,360	72.5%
5,193	10.7%
25,924	34.7%

2010
Number	Percent
39.5
37,076	22.0%
131,776	78.0%
24,559	14.5%

68,438
2.41

44,451	65.0%
31,826	71.6%
4,897	11.0%
23,987	35.0%

2000
Number	Percent
37.4
35,644	24.0%
112,573	76.0%
19,673	13.3%

59,594
2.43

40,653	68.2%
31,722	78.0%
4,298	10.6%
18,941	31.8%

1990
Number	Percent
33.3
32,216	25.4%
94,778	74.6%
15,258	12.0%

48,791
2.54

35,726	73.2%
29,287	82.0%
3,094	8.7%
13,065	26.8%

1980
Number	Percent
29.7
28,560	29.2%
69,180	70.8%
9,164	9.4%

34,818
2.75

27,260	78.3%
22,881	83.9%
2,232	8.2%
7,558	21.7%

2022 Housing Data for Bay County, FL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,125	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,541	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,733	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,991	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,550	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,375	3.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,887	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,314	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,959	5.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	7,376	9.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	8,510	11.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	10,766	14.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,102	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,705	6.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,648	6.2%
$200,000 or more	5,096	6.8%

Median Household Income	65,999
Per Capita Income	36,868

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	90
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,813	5.1%
Public Assistance	2,008	2.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	10,278	13.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	73,719	69.2%
Unemployed	3,233	3.0%
In Armed Forces	2,727	2.6%

Total Labor Force	79,679	74.8%
Not in Labor Force	26,801	25.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	28,725	25,428	53.0%
Non-Profit	1,489	2,819	34.6%
Self-Employed	6,708	4,041	62.4%

Local Government	2,919	4,332	40.3%
State Government	1,417	1,731	45.0%
Federal Government	3,380	1,695	66.6%

Total Private + Self	35,433	29,469	54.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,205	10,577	46.5%
Total	44,638	40,046	52.7%

Pct. Govt.	18.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	12,303	14.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	20,188	23.8%
Professional, Technical	18,801	22.1%
Service Occupations	15,462	18.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	346	0.4%
All others	18,145	21.4%

White Collar		60.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	11,309	13.3%
Health care and social assistance	9,608	11.3%
Accommodation and food services	8,824	10.4%
Construction	7,731	9.1%
Public administration	7,566	8.9%
Educational services	6,116	7.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,209	6.1%
Manufacturing	5,014	5.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,597	5.4%
Other services	4,403	5.2%
Transportation and warehousing	3,129	3.7%
Finance and insurance	2,731	3.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,607	3.1%
Wholesale trade	1,903	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,545	1.8%
Information	1,132	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	620	0.7%
Utilities	505	0.6%
Management	178	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	172	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,515	2.49%
Puerto Rican	3,111	1.72%
Cuban	545	0.30%
Dominican	199	0.11%

Total Central American	2,395	1.32%
Costa Rican	133	0.07%
Guatemalan	296	0.16%
Honduran	1,210	0.67%
Nicaraguan	194	0.11%
Panamanian	333	0.18%
Salvadoran	229	0.13%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,318	0.73%
Argentinean	225	0.12%
Bolivian	45	0.02%
Chilean	165	0.09%
Colombian	310	0.17%
Ecuadorian	75	0.04%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	290	0.16%
Uruguayan	46	0.03%
Venezuelan	132	0.07%
Other South American	30	0.02%

Other Hispanic	897	0.50%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	1,109	0.61%
Filipino	933	0.52%
Korean	383	0.21%
Indian	351	0.19%
Thai	341	0.19%
Chinese	213	0.12%
Hmong	51	0.03%
Japanese	16	0.01%
Taiwanese	15	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	154,904	90.6%
Spanish	8,441	4.9%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,522	0.9%
Other Indo-European	1,258	0.7%
Vietnamese	843	0.5%
Tagalog	730	0.4%
Other Asian	702	0.4%
Arabic	676	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	514	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	20,989	11.6%
Irish	20,416	11.3%
German	20,102	11.1%
American	17,214	9.5%
Italian	6,337	3.5%
French	5,137	2.8%
Scottish	3,804	2.1%
Polish	3,591	2.0%
European	3,547	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	3,241	1.8%
British	1,772	1.0%
Norwegian	1,713	0.9%
Dutch	1,544	0.9%
Jamaican	1,146	0.6%
Welsh	1,116	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	174,686	96.5%
Not a citizen	6,369	3.5%

Native	167,845	92.7%
Foreign-born	13,210	7.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
4,142	3.2%	8,327	6.4%	36,364	28.1%	46,114	35.6%	22,211	17.2%	12,255	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	4,142	3.2%
9-12 Years	8,327	6.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	36,364	28.1%
Some College	46,114	35.6%
Bach. Degree	22,211	17.2%
Grad Degree	12,255	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	61,703	55,966	5,737	9.3%	6.2%
1991	61,791	56,543	5,248	8.5%	7.6%
1992	63,511	57,382	6,129	9.7%	8.4%
1993	65,440	59,116	6,324	9.7%	7.4%
1994	65,684	60,168	5,516	8.4%	6.5%
1995	64,876	60,489	4,387	6.8%	5.6%
1996	66,339	62,172	4,167	6.3%	5.3%
1997	67,625	62,878	4,747	7.0%	4.9%
1998	68,727	63,845	4,882	7.1%	4.4%
1999	69,036	64,552	4,484	6.5%	3.9%

2000	72,654	69,241	3,413	4.7%	3.8%
2001	73,037	69,334	3,703	5.1%	4.4%
2002	73,772	69,972	3,800	5.2%	4.9%
2003	75,239	71,768	3,471	4.6%	4.5%
2004	78,122	75,240	2,882	3.7%	3.8%
2005	81,803	79,548	2,255	2.8%	2.9%
2006	85,111	83,085	2,026	2.4%	2.5%
2007	86,338	83,727	2,611	3.0%	3.3%
2008	88,132	83,615	4,517	5.1%	5.7%
2009	87,890	80,463	7,427	8.5%	9.6%

2010	85,366	76,683	8,683	10.2%	10.8%
2011	86,727	77,872	8,855	10.2%	10.0%
2012	86,154	78,467	7,687	8.9%	8.6%
2013	86,210	79,650	6,560	7.6%	7.5%
2014	87,426	81,720	5,706	6.5%	6.4%
2015	87,884	83,026	4,858	5.5%	5.5%
2016	88,209	83,963	4,246	4.8%	4.9%
2017	88,151	84,453	3,698	4.2%	4.2%
2018	87,934	84,306	3,628	4.1%	3.6%
2019	84,487	81,202	3,285	3.9%	3.3%

2020	82,763	77,746	5,017	6.1%	7.7%
2021	85,781	82,390	3,391	4.0%	4.6%
2022	87,970	85,609	2,361	2.7%	2.9%
2023	89,303	86,818	2,485	2.8%	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	104,428
Median Value	$246,800

Occupied	74,678	71.5%
Vacant	29,750	28.5%

Owned	51,208	68.6%
Rented	23,470	31.4%
Median Rent	$1,311

Single-Family Units	57,957	55.5%
Detached	53,591	51.3%
Attached	4,366	4.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	26,538	25.4%
Mobile Homes	12,296	11.8%

Bay County, FL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Bay County, FL

2022 Housing Data for Bay County, FL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Bay County, FL

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Bay County, FL

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Bay County, FL

Historical Labor Force Data for Bay County, FL