Bay County (Florida)
The Bay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Panama City.
History
On 12 February 1913, representatives of five cities in the Saint Andrews Bay in Panama City met with the purpose to find a name for the proposed new County. They agreed on the name of Bay County, as this was the kennzeichendsten for the territory.
On 1 July 1913, the Clay County was formed from parts of Washington County, Calhoun County and Walton County. The birth of the new county was celebrated in the city park due. The city park is now known as " McKenzie Park".
The first meeting of the new administration was on 10 July 1913 in rented rooms above the Bank of Panama City. The foundation stone for the new courthouse was laid in December 1914, which was completed in 1915. On 20 December 1920, it was almost completely destroyed by a strong fire, but rebuilt.
Parts of the 1936 designated National Forest Apalachicola National Forest extend County.
Geography
The county has an area of 2,676 square kilometers, of which 698 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Jackson County, Calhoun County, Gulf County, Walton County and Washington County.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Bay County 168 852 people in 99 650 households. The population density was 85.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 82.2 % White, 10.8 % African American, 0.7 % Indigenous and 2.0% Asian Americans. 1.3% were members of other ethnic groups and 3.1% in different ethnic groups. 4.8% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 25.8 % of all households lived in 30.6 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 65.0 % of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring ). The average size of a household was 2.41 persons and the average family size is 2.92 people.
24.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.2% were 20-39 years old, 28.9 % were 40-59 years old and 20.4 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 40 years. 49.5 % of the population were male and 50.5 % female.
The median income for a household was $ 47,364, while 13.3 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 92.29 % of the population spoke Spanish 3.37% and 4.34% had a different mother tongue.
Further education institutions
- Florida State University in Panama City
- Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City
Places in Bay County
Places in Bay County with populations of the census of 2010:
Cities:
- Callaway - 14,405 inhabitants
- Lynn Haven - 18 493 inhabitants
- Mexico Beach - 1,072 inhabitants
- Panama City ( County Seat) - 36 484 inhabitants
- Panama City Beach - 12,018 inhabitants
- Parker - 4,317 inhabitants
- Springfield - 8,903 inhabitants
Census-designated places:
- Cedar Grove - 3,397 inhabitants
- Laguna Beach - 3,932 inhabitants
- Lower Grand Lagoon - 3,881 inhabitants
- Pretty Bayou - 3,206 inhabitants
- Tyndall Air Force Base - 2,994 inhabitants
- Upper Grand Lagoon - 13,963 inhabitants
Islands
- Audubon Iceland
- Cedar Hammock
- Crash Iceland
- Crooked Iceland
- Goose Iceland
- Pitts Iceland
- Poley Islands
- Raffield Iceland
- Shell Iceland