Florida · Census place 1254725

Panama City Beach, Florida

Panama City Beach is a city in Bay County, Florida with an estimated 19,955 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 121st largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,955
#121 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+10.9%
+1,968 people
Land area
19.3 sq mi
+ 0.20 sq mi water
Density
1,033 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Panama City Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Panama City Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Panama City Beach added 1,968 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.9%. In the latest year it moved by +419. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 48th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Panama City Beach is 91% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 18,079. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Panama City Beach covers 19.31 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 1,033 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Panama City Beach is less dense than the typical town.

What county Panama City Beach is in

All of Panama City Beach's residents live in Bay County, which had 199,718 residents in 2024. Panama City Beach holds 10.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Panama City Beach

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Panama City Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32407, 32413. 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 Beach is

The Census internal point of Panama City Beach is at 30.233200, -85.877100. Tallahassee, the capital, is 96.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Panama City, FL (37,024 people), 13.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 98.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.233200, -85.877100
DMS
30°13'59.52"N 85°52'37.56"W
UTM
16N 608050.4E 3345159.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
862P64MF+75

Daylight in Panama City Beach

At 30.23° N, Panama City Beach 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 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Panama City Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Panama City, 13.2 miles away, with 37,024 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Panama City Beach, FL?

19,955 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,968 (10.9%) from 17,987 in July 2020.

What county is Panama City Beach in?

Bay County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Panama City Beach?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32407, 32413.

How far is Panama City Beach from Tallahassee?

96.2 miles (154.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Panama City Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Panama City Beach?

Panama City, FL, with 37,024 residents, 13.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.