Population - Lakeland Economic Development Council

Population

2000-2010 Growth Rate
Lakeland: 13.94%
Polk County: 23.67%
Florida: 18.26%

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Lakeland Economic Snapshot (Moody's)

Demographic Atlas

With a current estimated population of 94,163 (April 2010), Lakeland is the principal city in Polk County. With the unincorporated areas included, greater Lakeland's population is approximately 236,721.

HISTORIC POPULATION GROWTH
	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
Florida	6,791,418	9,746,961	12,938,071	15,982,378	18,901,197
Polk County	228,515	321,652	405,382	483,924	598,465
Lakeland	42,803	47,406	70,576	78,452	94,163

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
ANNUAL POPULATION DATA
Florida	16,650,114	16,959,416	17,260,294	17,510,550	18,349,132	18,360,271	18,599,579	18,879,636	18,901,197
Polk County	504,984	513,754	523,502	528,389	564,868	565,049	579,879	569,861	598,465
Lakeland	87,167	88,741	89,731	90,851	91,623	91,623	93,427	93,508	94,163

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	2015	2020
POPULATION PROJECTIONS
Florida	21,000,000	22,600,000
Polk County	613,900	655,300
Lakeland	106,577	115,050

Source: 2008 Florida Statistical Abstract (BEBR): City of Lakeland, Community Development, 2010

Into Lakeland	Number of Migrants
MIGRATION FLOWS
Orlando, FL	7,264
Tampa, FL	4,525
Ft. Lauderdale, FL	938
New York, NY	1,025
Miami, FL	963
West Palm Beach, FL	474
North Port, FL	326
Jacksonville, FL	322
Atlanta, GA	296
Cape Coral, FL	280
Total In-Migration	31,441
From Lakeland	Number of Migrants
Orlando, FL	5,819
Tampa, FL	3,778
Atlanta, GA	471
Miami, FL	470
Fort Lauderdale, FL	435
Jacksonville, FL	400
New York, NY	325
North Port, FL	266
West Palm Beach, FL	257
Palm Bay, FL	233
Total Out-Migration	27,908
Net Migration	3,533

Source: Moody's Economy.com, March 2010

Square Miles
Lakeland City Limits:74.40
Polk County: 2,010
Data is based on individual income tax returns, therefore is understated due to a large number of elderly and foreign immigration.

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	33801	33803	33805	33809	33810	33811	33812	33813	33815	33860	TOTAL	POLK	FLORIDA
POPULATION STATISTICS BY ZIP CODE
2015 PROJECTION	33,911	32,662	23,307	34,132	45,993	22,365	13,407	36,258	15,053	22,258	258,564	656,262	20,384,896
2010 TOTAL	32,496	30,292	22,056	31,047	40,829	20,142	11,638	32,861	14,053	20,295	236,721	598,465	18,901,197
2005 TOTAL	31,726	28,019	19,731	27,557	34,541	16,797	N/A	37,890	14,628	18,238	210,889	513,989	17,260,294
2000 TOTAL	31,535	26,088	19,745	26,167	30,829	16,135	8,751	35,666	12,849	16,802	201,843	483,924	15,982,378
1990 TOTAL	31,804	23,835	19,818	18,321	22,046	11,545	6,207	28,582	12,817	12,952	171,429	405,382	12,937,926
% GROWTH CHANGE 10-15	4.35%	7.82%	5.67%	9.94%	12.65%	11.04%	15.20%	10.34%	7.12%	9.67%	9.23%	9.66%	7.85%
% GROWTH CHANGE 00-10	3.05%	12.76%	8.88%	18.44%	32.18%	22.55%	39.46%	19.67%	9.37%	20.79%	17.28%	23.67%	18.26%
% GROWTH CHANGE 90-00	-0.85%	8.84%	-0.51%	41.07%	40.32%	37.80%	42.36%	20.52%	0.25%	29.73%	17.74%	19.37%	23.53%

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	33801	33803	33805	33809	33810	33811	33812	33813	33815	33860	TOTAL	POLK	FLORIDA
POPULATION BY AGE 2010
	32,496	30,292	22,056	31,047	40,829	20,142	11,638	32,861	14,053	20,295	236,721	598,465	18,901,197
0-4	2,413	1,922	2,027	1,980	2,991	1,511	877	2,136	1,297	1,697	17,232	43,210	1,176,841
5-9	2,238	1,847	1,674	1,918	2,832	1,445	853	2,069	1,126	1,541	16,081	40,368	1,128,867
10-14	2,096	1,749	1,610	1,828	2,708	1,375	863	1,971	1,046	1,472	15,322	38,128	1,112,573
15-17	1,045	983	970	1,256	1,535	775	621	1,558	558	874	9,351	23,164	720,111
18-20	1,498	1,489	880	1,077	1,353	736	484	1,285	512	801	9,352	22,182	707,008
21-24	1,625	1,527	1,104	1,446	1,863	954	646	1,706	605	1,025	11,533	28,682	929,845
25-34	5,167	4,201	3,296	4,095	5,084	2,878	1,399	4,317	1,989	2,947	32,565	80,976	2,352,810
35-44	4,580	4,079	2,598	3,910	5,341	2,853	1,542	3,652	1,551	2,849	30,227	75,186	2,491,041
45-54	3,967	3,603	2,531	4,240	5,240	2,997	1,943	5,270	1,433	2,667	31,380	75,063	2,671,980
55-64	3,002	3,121	1,997	3,439	4,458	2,280	1,224	4,253	1,200	2,086	25,183	65,540	2,249,588
65-74	2,189	2,397	1,416	2,579	4,038	1,259	615	2,334	1,155	1,307	18,180	52,177	1,660,647
75-84	1,794	2,221	1,276	2,034	2,564	789	382	1,683	1,124	750	13,946	37,803	1,161,372
85>	882	1,153	677	1,245	822	290	189	627	457	279	6,369	15,986	538,514
MEDIAN AGE TOTAL POPULATION	35.36	38.50	33.38	39.92	38.84	36.39	35.80	38.80	34.46	34.29	37.29	38.0	40.31

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	33801	33803	33805	33809	33810	33811	33812	33813	33815	33860	TOTAL	POLK	FLORIDA
POPULATION BY RACE 2010
	32,496	30,292	22,056	31,047	40,829	20,142	11,638	32,861	14,053	20,295	236,721	598,465	18,901,197
White	24,137	25,417	9,523	26,833	34,613	16,776	9,195	28,543	7,560	15,892	183,797	447,486	14,159,517
Black	5,144	2,183	10,442	1,933	3,697	1,602	1,050	1,784	4,493	1,845	32,350	82,886	2,876,946
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	206	93	88	95	145	42	26	84	84	70	872	2,636	73,852
Asian	484	643	168	665	500	217	831	1,227	104	184	4,849	9,222	415,496
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	29	10	6	1	33	1	3	13	9	5	106	240	11,712
Some other race	1,567	1,237	1,045	660	1,147	1,020	361	616	1,338	1,811	9,035	40,424	787,411
Two or more races	929	709	784	860	694	484	172	594	465	488	5,712	15,571	576,263

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	33801	33803	33805	33809	33810	33811	33812	33813	33815	33860	TOTAL	POLK	FLORIDA
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
2015 Projection	14,506	14,367	8,839	13,626	18,006	8,802	4,509	13,750	6,024	8,008	103,051	257,705	8,037,534
2010 Total	13,835	13,199	8,311	12,277	15,863	7,889	3,947	12,430	5,669	7,262	93,966	234,128	7,455,767
2005 Total	13,343	12,220	7,428	10,786	13,327	6,563	N/A	13,813	5,729	6,565	83,209	199,053	6,845,041
2000 Total	13,291	11,336	7,403	10,115	11,730	6,244	2,860	10,292	5,577	5,918	79,452	187,233	6,337,929
1990 Total	13,277	10,565	7,280	6,936	7,912	4,075	2,088	8,404	5,874	4,563	66,877	155,969	5,134,869

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	33801	33803	33805	33809	33810	33811	33812	33813	33815	33860	TOTAL	POLK	FLORIDA
HOUSEHOLD SIZE/GROWTH
Growth 2010-2015	4.85%	8.85%	6.35%	10.99%	13.51%	11.57%	14.24%	10.62%	6.26%	10.27%	9.67%	10.07%	7.80%
Growth 2000-2010	4.17%	14.50%	10.27%	21.00%	15,863	23.87%	38.01%	20.77%	7.88%	22.71%	18.27%	25.05%	17.64%
Growth 1990-2000	-5.93%	7.30%	1.69%	45.83%	48.26%	50.28%	36.97%	22.47%	-5.06%	29.70%	18.80%	20.05%	23.43%

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HOUSEHOLD INCOME
	33801	33803	33805	33809	33810	33811	33812	33813	33815	33860	TOTAL	POLK	FLORIDA
2010 Average	$46,018	$62,032	$43,930	$63,862	$59,986	$65,408	$83,083	$87,954	$41,280	$65,014	$61,335	$58,439	$67,175
2010 Median	$36,277	$45,808	$32,589	$52,056	$48,724	$54,280	$68,790	$66,108	$29,710	$52,921	$46,923	$45,279	$48,954
2010 Per Capita	$19,723	$27,262	$16,931	$25,558	$23,391	$25,676	$28,565	$33,401	$16,870	$23,324	$24,540	$23,117	$26,787
2005 Average	$40,347	$55,561	$39,181	$58,250	$53,465	$58,222	N/A	$81,302	$35,652	$55,770	$54,784	$51,512	$59,394
2005 Median	$31,971	$40,990	$29,203	$47,806	$43,663	$47,500	N/A	$61,955	$27,000	$45,980	$41,606	$39,451	$42,794
2005 Per Capita	$17,064	$24,486	$15,185	$23,143	$20,743	$22,785	N/A	$29,859	$14,153	$20,120	$21,824	$20,236	$23,862

Source: 2010 Claritas

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Journey To Work: Polk County Residents

OVERALL COMMUTERS	1990 Census	2000 Census	2008 Data
# of Polk Residents Working In Locations Outside of Polk County	18,598	31,704	40,773
# of Workers From Other Locations Working In Polk County	12,746	17,602	18,792
Net Exporter of Labor	5,852	14,102	21,981

Top Five Counties of Destination In 2008 Data	# of Polk Residents Working In Other Counties
Orange	15,205
Hillsborough	11,962
Osceola	4,967
Lake	1,292
Highlands	1,181

Top Five Counties As Sources of Workers in Polk	# of Residents of Other Counties Working in Polk
Hillsborough	8,992
Orange	1,495
Hardee	1,239
Highlands	1,087
Pasco	869

Source: Private estimating model - Gordon Kettle, Polk County economist, 2010

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