Polk City (Florida)

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Polk City
Polk County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Polk City Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
Foundation : 1925
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Polk County
Coordinates : 28 ° 11 ′  N , 81 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 11 ′  N , 81 ° 50 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 1,562 (as of 2010)
Population density : 781 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.0 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 2.0 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 52 m
Postal code : 33868
Area code : +1 863
FIPS : 12-57950
GNIS ID : 0289150
Website : www.mypolkcity.org
Mayor : Joe LaCascia

Polk City is a city in Polk County in the US state of Florida with 1,562 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Polk City is about 35 km north of Bartow and about 50 km southwest of Orlando .

history

In the 1920s, the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad built a railway line from Auburndale via Polk City to Coleman , which was closed again in 1988 shortly after the takeover by CSX . In the course of the railway construction, the Town of Polk City was founded on April 3, 1925 . In 2005 the town became a city . The General James A. Van Fleet State Trail now runs along the section between Polk City and Mabel (47 km north) .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 1562 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 789 households. The population density was 781 inhabitants / km². 92.5% of the population identified themselves as whites, 1.0% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 0.6% as Asian Americans . 3.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.9% to several ethnic groups. 12.1% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 25.7% of all households lived in 37.7% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 74.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.76 people and the average family size was 3.12 people.

27.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 50.1% of the population were male and 49.9% were female.

The median annual income was $ 39,583, with 26.3% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 96.84% of the population and 3.16% spoke Spanish .

traffic

In Polk City that opens Florida State Road 559 into the Florida State Road 33 . The nearest airport is Orlando International Airport (around 65 km northeast).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Coleman to Auburndale. Retrieved September 11, 2015 .
  2. ^ Polk City History. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 8, 2015 ; accessed on September 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mypolkcity.org
  3. ↑ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed August 16, 2015 .
  4. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed August 16, 2015 .