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Bagdad, Florida

Bagdad is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,467 at the 2020 census, up from 3,761 at the 2010 census. It is part of the PensacolaFerry PassBrent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Bagdad had its start in 1840, when a settler established a sawmill there. The town was named after Baghdad, Iraq by lumber businessman Joseph Forsyth, A post office called Bagdad has been in operation since 1887.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11 km2), of which 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) (16.98%) is water.

The area was hit by Hurricane Dennis in 2005.

As of the 2020 census, Bagdad had a population of 4,467. The median age was 40.4 years. 22.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 20.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 92.2 males age 18 and over.

96.2% of residents lived in urban areas, while 3.8% lived in rural areas.

There were 1,756 households in Bagdad, of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 52.6% were married-couple households, 14.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 1,885 housing units, of which 6.8% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.6% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.3%.

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