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People QuickFacts | Lake Wales | Florida
Population, 2011 estimate | 14,399 | 19,082,262
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 14,225 | 18,802,690
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 1.2% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 14,225 | 18,801,310
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.0% | 5.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 23.8% | 21.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 23.0% | 17.3%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.6% | 51.1%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 65.0% | 75.0%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 27.5% | 16.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.5% | 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.8% | 2.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.2% | 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 15.6% | 22.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 55.0% | 57.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.3% | 83.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.5% | 19.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 15.7% | 27.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 78.3% | 85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.1% | 26.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,400 | 1,637,466
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.9 | 25.7
Housing units, 2010 | 6,900 | 8,989,580
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 59.8% | 69.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 30.3% | 29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $139,400 | $188,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 5,674 | 7,140,096
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.42 | 2.56
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,155 | $26,733
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $36,049 | $47,827
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 25.5% | 14.7%
Business QuickFacts | Lake Wales | Florida
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,262 | 2,009,589
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 9.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 22.4%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.7% | 28.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 104,832,907
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 165,398 | 221,641,518
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 514,993 | 262,341,127
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $36,418 | $14,353
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 32,893 | 41,922,059
Geography QuickFacts | Lake Wales | Florida
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 18.69 | 53,624.76
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 761 | 350.6
FIPS Code | 38950 | 12
Counties | Polk County
(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