Gulf County

Current time for most counties: 08:18, July 23, 2026 EDT [refresh] Current time for some panhandle counties: 07:18, July 23, 2026 CDT [refresh] Most of Florida is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC−05:00, DST UTC−04:00). The following parts of the Florida panhandle in northwest Florida are in the Central Time Zone (UTC−06:00, DST UTC−05:00): Bay, 2010 population 168,852 Calhoun, 2010 population 14,625 Escambia, 2010 population 297,619 Holmes, 2010 population 19,927 Jackson, 2010 population 49,746 Okaloosa 2010 population 180,822 Santa Rosa, 2010 population 151,372 Walton, 2010 population 55,043 Washington, 2010 population 24,935 Northern part of Gulf County The 2010 population of all counties that are entirely in the Central Time Zone was 995,882 out of a total state population of 18,801,310 at that time, or 5. via Wikipedia ↗