Polk County, Florida Demographics

Polk County is 4th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Size in square miles

Polk County is 9th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Polk County is 9th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Households

Polk County is 9th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Polk County is 10th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Polk County is 11th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Polk County is 11th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Polk County is 13th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Polk County is 13th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Polk County is 13th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Florida	US
Current population (2012)	616,158	9th	19,317,568	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,797.8	4th	53,624.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	334.9	19th	350.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	13th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	11th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.8%	29th	18.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.1%	38th	85.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.0%	34th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Florida	US
Race - White	80.0%	46th	78.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	15.6%	24th	16.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	28th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.8%	23rd	2.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	36th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	20th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	15th	23.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	63.4%	50th	57.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Florida	US
Female residents	51.0%	26th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.6%	22nd	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Florida	US
Housing units	281,004	9th	9,026,965	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.3%	29th	29.9%	25.9%
Households	221,975	9th	7,140,096	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.7%	48th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$133,200	43rd	$188,600	$186,200
People per household	2.6	23rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,522	14th	64,810	829,658

Income Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Florida	US
Income per capita	$21,952	38th	$26,733	$27,915
Income per household	$44,398	34th	$47,827	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.4%	29th	14.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Polk County	Rank	Florida	US
Non-farm private establishments	10,718	13th	490,851	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	161,846	10th	6,732,639	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	45,012	13th	2,009,589	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,420,144	11th	$262,341,127	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,195	31st	$14,353	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$699,617	16th	$41,922,059	$613,795,732