Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $883 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $657 (0.5%)
Area name: Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bay County is $519 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $594 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $820 a month.
Cities in this county include: Panama City
, Callaway
, Lynn Haven
, Upper Grand Lagoon
, Springfield
, Panama City Beach
, Opa-locka North
, Cedar Grove
, Parker
, Lower Grand Lagoon
.
2005 air pollution in Bay County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.086 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.078 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
Annual: 21 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3):
48 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
11.4 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
28 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Calhoun County
, Gulf County
, Jackson County
, Walton County
, Washington County
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Bay County: Nobleknob
Camp
(A),
Oakledge Camp
(B),
College Station
(C),
Beachwalk Center
(D),
County Line Landing
(E),
McAllaster Landing
(F),
McAllister Landing
(G),
Camp Flowers
(H)
Shopping Center: Regency
Mall
(1).
Churches in Bay County include: Bayou
George Church
(A),
Bear Creek Assembly of God Church
(B),
Bear Creek Church
(C),
Sandy Mount Church
(D),
Callaway Assembly of God Church
(E),
Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses
(F),
First Baptist Church of Parker
(G),
First Baptist Church of Southport
(H)
Cemeteries: Porter
Cemetery
(1),
Farmdale Cemetery
(2)
Lakes and swamps: Bush
Pond
(A),
Tyson Lake
(B),
Clearwater Pond
(C),
Mabel Porter Pond
(D),
Court Martial Lake
(E),
Bay Gall Ponds
(F),
Bear Pond
(G),
Tank Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Buckhorn
Creek
(A),
Buckhead Branch
(B),
Sandy Creek
(C),
Broomstraw Branch
(D),
Branning Branch
(E),
Boutwell Branch
(F),
Botheration Bayou
(G),
Moccasin Creek
(H),
Boggy Creek
(I)
Park in Bay County: Point
Washington Wildlife Management Area
(1).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 6,965
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 5,382 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Bay
County: |
3.6% | | Whole
state: | 16.7% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 888
- 1990
to 1994: 650
- 1985
to 1989: 574
- 1980
to 1984: 619
- 1975
to 1979: 611
- 1970
to 1974: 440
- 1970
to 1974: 335
- 1965
to 1969: 1,265
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Mean travel time to work: 21.6 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 95.0%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 41,986
- One,
attached: 3,746
- Two:
2,544
- 3
or 4: 4,219
- 5
to 9: 3,723
- 10
to 19: 2,221
- 20
or more: 6,842
- Mobile
homes: 12,926
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 228
Housing units in Bay County with a mortgage: 20,076 (2,059 second mortgage, 1,630 home equity loan, 80 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10,504 Agriculture
in Bay County
Average size of farms: 94 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $18592
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $1497.78
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 70.81%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 12.77%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $16476
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 11.56%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $20307
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 90.52%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 6.05
Vegetables: 27 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 18 acresBay
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Florida state average. It is 3.4 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 4 fatalities and 145 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 12/10/1967, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 50 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(15%)
- Accommodation
and food services (10%)
- Public
administration (9%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health
care (4%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational
services (3%)
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Most
common industries for females:
|
- Health
care (16%)
- Accommodation
and food services (14%)
- Educational
services (11%)
- Finance
and insurance (6%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males
|
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Retail
sales workers except cashiers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail
sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Waiters
and waitresses (4%)
|
Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- United
Kingdom (11%)
- Germany
(10%)
- Philippines
(9%)
- Canada
(8%)
- Vietnam
(7%)
- Korea
(5%)
- Mexico
(3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Bay County:
|
- United
States or American (22%)
- Irish
(11%)
- German
(11%)
- English
(11%)
- Italian
(3%)
- French
(except Basque) (3%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 54,694 (81%)
- Carpooled:
8,841 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 125 (0%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 7 (0%)
- Railroad:
5 (0%)
- Taxi:
75 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
133 (0%)
- Bicycle:
357 (1%)
- Walked:
1,111 (2%)
- Other
means: 639 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 1,561 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Bay County, Florida
- 1495
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 747
people in nursing homes
- 413
people in military barracks, etc.
- 240
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 103
people in military transient quarters for temporary residents
- 64
people in state prisons
- 63
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 59
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 41
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 35
people in other group homes
- 28
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 26
people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 13
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 11
people in military ships
- 4
people in other types of correctional institutions
- 2
people in religious group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $54,465.
9.18% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,889 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
9.18% | | Florida
average: |
8.71% |
0.46% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,672 average AGI)
| Bay
County: |
0.46% | | Florida
average: |
0.22% |
2.57% relocated from other counties in Florida ($10,500 average AGI)
6.15% relocated from other states ($28,717 average AGI)
| Bay
County: |
6.15% | | Florida
average: |
4.24% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Washington County, FL
|
0.27% ($23,976 average AGI) |
| from
Okaloosa County, FL
|
0.25% ($51,679) |
| from
Gulf County, FL
|
0.19% ($25,655) |
| from
Leon County, FL
|
0.18% ($33,532) |
| from
Walton County, FL
|
0.17% ($62,798) |
| from
Escambia County, FL
|
0.13% ($29,386) |
| from
Jackson County, FL
|
0.13% ($41,910) |
8.44% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,725 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.44% | | Florida
average: |
7.73% |
0.39% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,656 average AGI)
| Bay
County: |
0.39% | | Florida
average: |
0.12% |
2.91% relocated to other counties in Florida ($13,246 average AGI)
5.14% relocated to other states ($24,823 average AGI)
| Bay
County: |
5.14% | | Florida
average: |
3.31% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Washington County, FL
|
0.37% ($36,996 average AGI) |
| to
Leon County, FL
|
0.24% ($27,262) |
| to
Gulf County, FL
|
0.19% ($31,538) |
| to
Okaloosa County, FL
|
0.18% ($36,257) |
| to
Escambia County, FL
|
0.17% ($33,960) |
| to
Orange County, FL
|
0.15% ($29,527) |
| to
Hillsborough County, FL
|
0.14% ($37,941) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.2
Births
per 1000 population in Bay County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.6
Deaths
per 1000 population in Bay County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.9
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Bay County
|
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 25,461 (20,927 aged, 4,534 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 144,882
- In
family households: 121,756 (30,779 male householders, 9,874 female householders)
31,309
spouses, 40,987 children (36,860 natural, 1,253 adopted, 2,874 stepchildren), 2,570 grandchildren, 783 brothers or sisters, 873 parents, 1,882 other relatives, 2,699 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 23,126 (9,213 male householders (6,956 living alone)), 9,728 female householders (8,526 living alone)), 4,185 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 3,335 (2,434 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 18,779 2-persons, 9,856 3-persons, 7,564 4-persons, 3,060 5-persons, 996 6-persons, 398 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 15,482 1-person, 2,924 2-persons, 400 3-persons, 100 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 8 6-persons.
22,302 married couples with children.
9,619 single-parent households (2,080 men, 7,539 women).
93.6% of residents of Bay County speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 9% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $1,599,092,000 ($10124 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $712,636,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $595,599,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $195,752,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,105,000
Federal grants: $157,014,000
Federal procurement contracts: $290,605,000 ($239,969,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $359,016,000 ($321,432,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,881,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $140,994,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,294,769,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 10,637
| Here: |
66 per 1000 residents | | State: |
63 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 7,568
| Here: |
47 per 1000 residents | | State: | 49
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +699
| Here: |
+4 per 1000 residents | | State: | +30
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +9,795
| Here: |
+61 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+59 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Bay County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 51.17 millions of gallons per day (12% from ground, 88% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 2,261
- 1995
to 1998: 7,797
- 1990
to 1994: 8,024
- 1980
to 1989: 23,629
- 1970
to 1979: 17,287
- 1960
to 1969: 7,695
- 1950
to 1959: 6,407
- 1940
to 1949: 3,413
- 1939
or earlier: 1,922
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Bay County, Florida: |
- 1
room: 154
- 2
rooms: 529
- 3
rooms: 1,882
- 4
rooms: 5,364
- 5
rooms: 9,983
- 6
rooms: 10,998
- 7
rooms: 6,481
- 8
rooms: 3,235
- 9
or more rooms: 2,266
|
Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Bay County, Florida: |
- 1
room: 361
- 2
rooms: 1,428
- 3
rooms: 3,382
- 4
rooms: 5,894
- 5
rooms: 4,483
- 6
rooms: 2,003
- 7
rooms: 734
- 8
rooms: 308
- 9
or more rooms: 112
|
Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bay County:
|
- no
bedroom: 203
- 1
bedroom: 1,596
- 2
bedrooms: 9,237
- 3
bedrooms: 23,539
- 4
bedrooms: 5,613
- 5
or more bedrooms: 704
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Bay County:
|
- no
bedroom: 517
- 1
bedroom: 3,803
- 2
bedrooms: 8,739
- 3
bedrooms: 4,953
- 4
bedrooms: 647
- 5
or more bedrooms: 46
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Bay County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 1,238
- 1
vehicle: 12,905
- 2
vehicles: 18,811
- 3
vehicles: 6,010
- 4
vehicles: 1,522
- 5
or more vehicles: 406
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Bay County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 2,720
- 1
vehicle: 9,409
- 2
vehicles: 5,408
- 3
vehicles: 960
- 4
vehicles: 179
- 5
or more vehicles: 29
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50% of Bay County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 28% lived in Florida.
| Bay
County: |
50.4% | | State
average: | 51.1% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 61077
- Northeast:
12161
- Midwest:
17068
- South:
41746
- West:
7213
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,800 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
|
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Electricity
(73%)
- Utility
gas (18%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood
(1%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(74%)
- Utility
gas (21%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,312
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 508
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 503
Bay
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $12,532,000
Solid Waste Management: $9,353,000
Sewerage: $7,333,000
Parks & Recreation: $3,897,000
Higher Education - Other: $298,000
- Construction
- General: $10,450,000
Regular Highways: $4,763,000
Fire Protection: $3,368,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,968,000
Water Utilities: $2,678,000
- Current
Operations - Police Protection: $16,156,000
Corrections - Other: $13,333,000
General - Other: $11,412,000
Regular Highways: $10,460,000
Solid Waste Management: $8,964,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $7,334,000
Financial Administration: $7,320,000
Sewerage: $6,536,000
Parks & Recreation: $5,590,000
Water Utilities: $4,205,000
Welfare - Other: $2,963,000
Fire Protection: $2,075,000
Central Staff Services: $1,913,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,529,000
Libraries: $1,309,000
Housing & Community Development: $1,210,000
Health Services - Other: $520,000
Other Higher Education: $250,000
Natural Resources - Other: $129,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,404,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $6,025,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Health: $1,350,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $53,130,000
Industrial Revenue: $24,415,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $98,058,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $15,610,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $7,585,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $95,475,000
Water Utilities: $52,278,000
Industrial Revenue: $23,415,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $1,000,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $10,608,000
Water Utilities: $852,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $5,188,000
General Revenue, NEC: $2,016,000
Special Assessments: $379,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $1,860,000
Regular Highways: $1,187,000
Police Protection: $977,000
General - Other: $647,000
Financial Administration: $254,000
Judicial: $252,000
Parks & Recreation: $230,000
Water Utilities: $221,000
Sewerage: $112,000
Health - Other: $91,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $63,000
Central Staff: $53,000
Corrections - Other: $43,000
Welfare - Other: $27,000
Natural Resource - Other: $4,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $112,306,000
- Revenue
- Water Utilities: $8,224,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $23,415,000
- State
Intergovernmental - General Support: $11,745,000
Highways: $4,780,000
All Other: $2,823,000
Public Welfare: $189,000
Health & Hospitals: $17,000
- Tax
- Property: $42,615,000
Total General Sales: $7,524,000
Other Selective Sales: $5,299,000
Motor Fuels Sales: $3,302,000
NEC: $1,584,000
Public Utilities: $711,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $27,737,000
- Water
Utilities - Interest on Debt: $2,954,000
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