2024 population: 852,878 ( 127,842 from 2020)
Land area: 1797.8 square miles
Population density: 474.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	415,247	48.69%	3.0%
Black:	129,833	15.22%	21.8%
Indian:	2,250	0.26%	18.5%
Asian:	18,155	2.13%	34.8%
2+ races:	16,160	1.89%	31.5%
Hispanic:	271,233	31.80%	44.6%

Total non-White:	437,631	51.31%	35.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	36,740	12.7
Deaths:	36,895	12.7
Net Migration:	107,127	36.9
Net Immigration:	20,375	7.0

Change in White population:	12,132	1.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	115,710	16.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
725,036
403,115	55.60%
106,636	14.71%
1,899	0.26%
13,470	1.86%
12,287	1.69%
187,629	25.88%
321,921	44.40%

2010
602,095
388,769	64.57%
85,336	14.17%
1,658	0.28%
9,805	1.63%
8,912	1.48%
106,532	17.69%
213,326	35.43%

2000
483,924
361,366	74.67%
64,544	13.34%
1,411	0.29%
4,577	0.95%
5,616	1.16%
45,933	9.49%
122,558	25.33%

1990
405,382
332,891	82.12%
53,622	13.23%
1,419	0.35%
2,258	0.56%
n/a
15,192	3.75%
72,491	17.88%

1980
321,652
261,666	81.35%
48,011	14.93%
817	0.25%
1,352	0.42%
n/a
9,685	3.01%
59,986	18.65%

1970
227,222
183,509	80.76%
39,596	17.43%
204	0.09%
137	0.06%
n/a
3,415	1.50%
43,713	19.24%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
69,821	11.6
60,035	10.0
89,337	14.8
23,260	3.9

14,346	2.4
108,595	18.0

Number	Rate
2000's
70,065	14.5
50,723	10.5
70,879	14.6
12,267	2.5

27,403	5.7
90,768	18.8

Number	Rate
1990's
63,612	15.7
47,538	11.7
32,658	8.1
6,557	1.6

28,475	7.0
50,067	12.4

Number	Rate
1980's
56,206	17.5
36,248	11.3
64,197	20.0
n/a

71,225	22.1
12,505	3.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
75,178	33.1
n/a

78,157	34.4
16,273	7.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2024
Number	Percent
39.5
173,947	20.4%
678,931	79.6%
154,193	18.1%

289,425
2.68

197,968	68.4%
140,838	71.1%
19,755	10.0%
91,457	31.6%

2010
Number	Percent
79.7
-318,623	-52.9%
920,718	152.9%
216,592	36.0%

454,970
2.59

318,646	70.0%
232,502	73.0%
33,558	10.5%
136,324	30.0%

2000
Number	Percent
38.7
117,557	24.3%
366,367	75.7%
88,576	18.3%

187,162
2.52

132,948	71.0%
103,505	77.9%
12,605	9.5%
54,214	29.0%

1990
Number	Percent
36.7
97,870	24.1%
307,512	75.9%
75,235	18.6%

155,870
2.54

115,537	74.1%
94,600	81.9%
9,323	8.1%
40,333	25.9%

1980
Number	Percent
32.3
87,872	27.3%
233,780	72.7%
45,965	14.3%

113,896
2.71

87,203	76.6%
74,169	85.1%
6,363	7.3%
26,693	23.4%

2024 Housing Data for Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	14,462	5.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	10,151	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	10,331	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	10,379	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	11,594	4.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	12,317	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	12,624	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	12,386	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	11,410	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	23,806	8.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	33,153	11.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	40,724	14.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	29,889	10.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	17,901	6.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	19,912	6.9%
$200,000 or more	18,386	6.4%

Median Household Income	65,978
Per Capita Income	33,249

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	82

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	16,384	5.7%
Public Assistance	7,786	2.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	44,787	15.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	226,016	68.5%
Unemployed	11,241	3.4%
In Armed Forces	405	0.1%

Total Labor Force	237,662	72.0%
Not in Labor Force	92,420	28.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	140,761	118,287	54.3%
Non-Profit	8,178	14,962	35.3%
Self-Employed	20,066	11,568	63.4%

Local Government	10,189	14,232	41.7%
State Government	2,905	4,558	38.9%
Federal Government	2,376	1,879	55.8%

Total Private + Self	160,827	129,855	55.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	23,648	35,631	39.9%
Total	184,475	165,486	52.7%

Pct. Govt.	10.3%
Pct. Private + Self	83.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	50,529	14.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	80,034	22.8%
Professional, Technical	64,779	18.5%
Service Occupations	65,994	18.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,656	0.8%
All others	89,366	25.5%

White Collar		55.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	48,963	14.0%
Health care and social assistance	41,870	11.9%
Accommodation and food services	29,962	8.5%
Construction	29,478	8.4%
Educational services	25,066	7.1%
Transportation and warehousing	23,897	6.8%
Manufacturing	21,779	6.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	20,261	5.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	19,327	5.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	17,326	4.9%
Finance and insurance	17,250	4.9%
Other services	16,531	4.7%
Public administration	12,849	3.7%
Wholesale trade	7,379	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,339	1.8%
Information	4,371	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	3,677	1.0%
Utilities	3,510	1.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	479	0.1%
Management	388	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	58,817	7.44%
Puerto Rican	95,449	12.07%
Cuban	18,764	2.37%
Dominican	10,189	1.29%

Total Central American	13,326	1.69%
Costa Rican	1,241	0.16%
Guatemalan	3,570	0.45%
Honduran	3,181	0.40%
Nicaraguan	2,482	0.31%
Panamanian	1,657	0.21%
Salvadoran	1,195	0.15%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	25,728	3.25%
Argentinean	543	0.07%
Bolivian	267	0.03%
Chilean	592	0.07%
Colombian	8,816	1.11%
Ecuadorian	1,720	0.22%
Paraguayan	78	0.01%
Peruvian	2,335	0.30%
Uruguayan	278	0.04%
Venezuelan	11,036	1.40%
Other South American	63	0.01%

Other Hispanic	8,568	1.08%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	4,307	0.54%
Filipino	3,608	0.46%
Chinese	1,425	0.18%
Vietnamese	1,059	0.13%
Thai	452	0.06%
Japanese	447	0.06%
Korean	360	0.05%
Laotian	330	0.04%
Burmese	319	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	539,109	72.2%
Spanish	172,408	23.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	14,575	2.0%
Other Indo-European	7,318	1.0%
Other Asian	2,451	0.3%
Tagalog	2,127	0.3%
Other	2,044	0.3%
Arabic	1,589	0.2%
German, other Germanic	1,432	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	84,050	10.6%
German	64,993	8.2%
English	63,497	8.0%
Irish	53,695	6.8%
Italian	29,578	3.7%
Haitian	13,020	1.6%
Polish	12,069	1.5%
French	11,235	1.4%
Scottish	10,678	1.4%
European	8,972	1.1%
Jamaican	7,341	0.9%
African	6,435	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	4,516	0.6%
Dutch	4,276	0.5%
French Canadian	3,769	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	737,634	93.3%
Not a citizen	53,060	6.7%

Native	691,321	87.4%
Foreign-born	99,373	12.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
28,516	5.2%	37,820	6.9%	180,897	33.0%	172,513	31.5%	86,729	15.8%	41,891	7.6%
Average years of education: 13.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	28,516	5.2%
9-12 Years	37,820	6.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	180,897	33.0%
Some College	172,513	31.5%
Bach. Degree	86,729	15.8%
Grad Degree	41,891	7.6%
Average years of education: 13.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	405,648	363,646	42,002	10.4%
1991	398,268	357,126	41,142	10.3%
1992	397,316	351,904	45,412	11.4%
1993	401,732	360,980	40,752	10.1%
1994	401,746	367,210	34,536	8.6%
1995	400,100	370,450	29,650	7.4%
1996	402,550	374,614	27,936	6.9%
1997	407,776	380,132	27,644	6.8%
1998	413,942	389,718	24,224	5.9%
1999	419,796	398,062	21,734	5.2%

2000	466,700	447,248	19,452	4.2%
2001	477,406	453,494	23,912	5.0%
2002	473,612	448,802	24,810	5.2%
2003	474,900	451,656	23,244	4.9%
2004	493,580	473,142	20,438	4.1%
2005	511,952	495,818	16,134	3.2%
2006	523,918	509,264	14,654	2.8%
2007	532,944	513,016	19,928	3.7%
2008	542,998	508,918	34,080	6.3%
2009	539,820	483,272	56,548	10.5%

2010	551,914	486,976	64,938	11.8%
2011	550,588	488,704	61,884	11.2%
2012	550,804	496,238	54,566	9.9%
2013	556,252	508,556	47,696	8.6%
2014	556,256	515,086	41,170	7.4%
2015	562,118	526,238	35,880	6.4%
2016	575,686	543,572	32,114	5.6%
2017	586,238	557,828	28,410	4.8%
2018	597,244	572,100	25,144	4.2%
2019	613,082	588,998	24,084	3.9%

2020	633,252	575,958	57,294	9.0%
2021	656,540	620,968	35,572	5.4%
2022	676,644	653,094	23,550	3.5%
2023	688,844	663,694	25,150	3.7%
2024	716,776	686,680	30,096	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	340,748
Median Value	$266,500

Occupied	289,425	84.9%
Vacant	51,323	15.1%

Owned	203,945	70.5%
Rented	85,480	29.5%
Median Rent	$1,363

Single-Family Units	221,408	65.0%
Detached	211,130	62.0%
Attached	10,278	3.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	31,858	9.3%
Mobile Homes	66,739	19.6%

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area