Editing Polk County, Florida (section)

===2010 Census===
<u>U.S. Census Bureau 2010 Ethnic/Race Demographics:</u><ref name=POLKdemo>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=Polk County: SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=October 23, 2015 }}</ref><ref name=polkDC>{{cite web |url=http://data.ocala.com/census/florida/polk-county/105/ |title=Polk County Demographic Characteristics |publisher=ocala.com |access-date=October 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719112830/http://data.ocala.com/census/florida/polk-county/105/ |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* White (non-Hispanic) (75.2% when including [[White Hispanic]]s): 64.6%
* Black (non-Hispanic) (14.8% when including [[Black Hispanic]]s): 14.2%
* Hispanic or Latino of any race: 17.7%
* Asian: 1.6%
* [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]]: 2.4%
* American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
* Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 0.1%<ref name=POLKdemo/><ref name=polkDC/>
* [[Race (United States Census)|Other races]]: 5.5%

In 2010, the largest ancestry groups were: 12.2% German, 11.6% American, 11.2% English, 10.8% Irish, 7.6% Mexican, 5.8% Puerto Rican, 4.1% Italian, 2.6% French, 2.1% Polish, 2.0% Scotch-Irish, 1.8% Scottish, 1.5% Dutch, and 1.2% Cuban.<ref name=POLKdemo/>

Of the 227,485 households, 27.3% had children under 18 living with them, 51.1% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.0% were not families. About 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% (3.4% male and 7.6% female) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.59, and the average family size was 3.05.<ref name=polkDC/><ref name=POLKage>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=Polk County: Age Groups and Sex: 2010–2010 Census Summary File 1 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=October 23, 2015 }}</ref>

In the county, the age distribution was 23.5% under 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 or older. The median age was 39.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 93.7 males.<ref name=POLKage/>

The median income for a household in the county was $43,946, and for a family was $51,395. Males had a median income of $37,768 versus $30,655 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $21,881. About 11.5% of families and 15.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.5% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those aged 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=Polk County, Florida: SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 18, 2015 }}</ref>

In 2010, 10.7% of the county's population was [[foreign born|foreign-born]], with 37.8% being [[Naturalized citizen of the United States|naturalized American citizens]]. Of foreign-born residents, 70.4% were born in Latin America, 11.5% Europe, 10.2% Asia, 4.9% North America, 2.6% Africa, and 0.4% were born in Oceania.<ref name=POLKdemo/>