Panama City, Florida

Panama City population, 2020 to 2024

Panama City added 4,166 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,055. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 40th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Panama City is 1.7 times that size.

Panama City covers 35.47 square miles of land and 6.14 of water, for 1,044 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Panama City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Panama City is in

All of Panama City's residents live in Bay County, which had 199,718 residents in 2024. Panama City holds 18.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Panama City

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Panama City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32401, 32404, 32405. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Panama City is

The Census internal point of Panama City is at 30.166300, -85.670200. Tallahassee, the capital, is 85.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dothan, AL (71,650 people), 75.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 86.9 miles away.

Daylight in Panama City

At 30.17° N, Panama City gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Panama City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Springfield, 4.0 miles away, with 8,495 people.