POLK COUNTY BROADBAND PLAN
Figure 7. Municipalities in Polk County
Data source: Central Florida Regional Planning Council GIS database
As of 2011, the county’s population was 80.4 percent White; 15.3 percent Black; 1.8 percent Asian; 0.6 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native; 0.1 percent Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; and 1.8 percent
reporting two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.1 percent of the population (see Table 7).
Table 7. Race and Ethnicity, 2011
Data source: U.S. Census Bureau
Polk County
Florida
United States
American Indian and Alaska Native
0.6%
0.5%
1.2%
Asian
1.8%
2.6%
5.0%
Black
15.3%
16.5%
13.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races
1.8%
1.8%
2.3%
White
80.4%
78.5%
78.1%
Hispanic or Latino of any race
18.1%
22.9%
16.7%
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