Panama City, Florida metropolitan area

The Panama City-Panama City Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. As of 2023, the MSA includes Bay and Washington counties, and the principal cities of Panama City and Panama City Beach.[1] The MSA was first defined in 1977 as the Panama City, Florida Standard SMA, consisting of Bay County. It was renamed Panama City-Lynn Haven, Florida MSA in 2003, and then as Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida MSA in 2008. Gulf County was added to the MSA in 2013, and the MSA was named Panama City, Florida MSA. Gulf County was removed from the MSA in 2018. Washington County was added to the MSA in 2023, and the name changed to Panama City-Panama City Beach, Florida MSA.[2]

References
  1. "Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Guidance on the Uses of the Delineations of These Areas" (PDF). Executive Office of the President. July 21, 2023. p. 66. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  2. "Metro Area History 1950–2020". U.S. Census Bureau. March 2020. Row 3803. Retrieved July 27, 2023.

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