Polk County, Florida is situated in the State of Florida. Bartow, Florida is the seat of the county. The biggest city of this region is Lakeland, Florida. Lake Wales was marked as the main center of population in Florida. It was reported by the U.S.Census Bureau that the county has covered a total area of 2,010 suare miles that is equal to 5,206 square kilometer.
Out of this the total land area is 1,874 square miles and the rest part is covered by water, which marks the 6.75 percent of the total area. Polk County, Florida is the only county located in Lakeland Metropolitan Statistical Area. Imperial Polk County was the nickname given to the Polk County, Florida in the year 1930 for the reason that the most of the important roads of Florida follows through the county.
The county had also received the title of The Lightning Capital of the World because of the major lighting strikes in this region which is reported through out the year. The various adjacent counties, which guards Polk County, Florida are Lake County, Florida in the north, Orange County in the northeast, Osceola County in the eastern part, Okeechobee County in the south east region and many more.
The population of the Polk County, Florida was 483,924 in the year 2000. According to the U.S. Census Bureau 2006 it was reported that the population goes up to 561,606. The number of households were 187,233 and that of the families staying in this county were 132,373. The density of population of the county was marked at 258 people per square mile.
It was reported that the an average density of 121 per square mile, the total number of housing units are 226,376. The major racial group residing in Polk County, Florida were White with a 79.58 percent of the total group. Other races found in this area were 13.54% Black, 0.93% Asian, 0.38% Native American and many more.
Out of the 187,233 households the kids below the age of 18 staying with them cover 29% of the total number of households. The democracy was prevalent in Polk County, Florida similar to many other counties of the southern region, which was effect of the Civil War and Reconstruction that took place.
The economical part of Polk County, Florida was developed on three main industries namely citrus, cattle, and phosphate mining. Phosphate rock was found in abundance in the Peace River that was situated close to the Fort Meade, Florida in the year 1881. This resulted in the establishment of the Bone Valley Deposit considered as the biggest stock of phosphate rock in the world.
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