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Data Collection Summary of Environmental Measures
Demographic and Core Measures Change Rates , Polk County , 2010-2020
The environment surrounding behavioral health and substance abuse issues includes demographic , as well as medical hea pages present high-level data on these environmental issues .
The population of Polk County and its incorporated municipalities has grown since 2010 . Polk County grew from 590,116 from 2010 to 2020 . The other key population factor that rose across the board among Polk County municipalities was the population with a bachelor ’ s degree or higher , which rose 11 %. There was greater variance within its incorporated comm factors like poverty , median age , and median home values , detailed below .
Change Rates , Polk County , 2010-2020
Population ( 2010 )
Population ( 2020 )
Polk County
Auburndale Bartow Davenport
Eagle Lake
Fort Meade
Frostproof
Haines City
Lake Alfred
Lakeland
590,116 13,391 17,230 2,805 1,637 5,709 3,074 19,765 4,921 96,623 13
668,671 15,343 19,063 4,140 2,517 6,013 3,176 23,400 5,565 105,958 15
Change 13.3 % ↑ 14.6 % ↑ 14.5 % ↑ 47.5 % ↑ 53.7 % ↑ 5.3 % ↑ 3.3 % ↑ 18.3 % ↑ 13.1 % ↑ 9.7 % ↑ 13 .
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Median Age ( 2010 )
Median Age ( 2020 )
39.4 35.7 35.7 42.2 33.6 40.4 43.5 31.6 35.9 39.7 4
40.3 38.4 37.4 34.3 40.6 39.8 50.2 33.7 37.5 41.1 3
Change 2.2 % ↑ 7.5 % ↑ 4.7 % ↑ 18.7 % ↓ 20.8 % ↑ 1.4 % ↓ 15.4 % ↑ 6.6 % ↑ 4.4 % ↑ 3.5 % ↑ 8.1
Percent Living in Poverty ( 2010 )
Percent Living in Poverty ( 2020 )
11.5 % 11.3 % 11.1 % 16.6 % 6.7 % 15.6 % 11.9 % 21.0 % 10.1 % 11.1 % 18
12.5 % 11.7 % 11.6 % 10.8 % 5.3 % 11.6 % 11.9 % 22.3 % 16.6 % 12.5 % 17
Change 8.7 % ↑ 12.4 % ↑ 4.5 % ↑ 34.9 % ↓ 20.8 % ↓ 25.6 % ↓ 0.0 % 6.1 % ↑ 65.3 % ↑ 12.6 % ↑ 9.5