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People QuickFacts | Polk County | Florida
Population, 2012 estimate | 616,158 | 19,317,568
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 602,095 | 18,802,690
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.3% | 2.7%
Population, 2010 | 602,095 | 18,801,310
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.2% | 5.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 23.0% | 20.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 18.8% | 18.2%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.0% | 51.1%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 80.0% | 78.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 15.6% | 16.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.6% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.8% | 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.9% | 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 18.6% | 23.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 63.4% | 57.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.2% | 83.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.6% | 19.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 18.5% | 27.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 82.1% | 85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.0% | 26.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 54,153 | 1,637,466
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.8 | 25.7
Housing units, 2011 | 281,004 | 9,026,965
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 71.7% | 69.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.3% | 29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $133,200 | $188,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 221,975 | 7,140,096
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.63 | 2.56
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,952 | $26,733
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $44,398 | $47,827
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.4% | 14.7%
Business QuickFacts | Polk County | Florida
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 10,718 | 490,851
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 161,846 | 6,732,639
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.7% | 1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 36,274 | 1,717,627
Total number of firms, 2007 | 45,012 | 2,009,589
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.1% | 9.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.3% | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 12.8% | 22.4%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.4% | 28.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 7,178,034 | 104,832,907
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 13,241,719 | 221,641,518
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,420,144 | 262,341,127
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,195 | $14,353
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 699,617 | 41,922,059
Building permits, 2012 | 1,522 | 64,810
Geography QuickFacts | Polk County | Florida
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,797.84 | 53,624.76
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 334.9 | 350.6
FIPS Code | 105 | 12
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts