Editing Polk County, Florida (section)

==Economy==
Polk County's economy is supported by a workforce of over 275,000 in 2010.<ref name="Polk County Profile">{{cite web
| url = http://www.eflorida.com/profiles/CountyReport.asp?CountyID=34&Display=all One [[Fortune 500]] company, [[Publix Super Markets]], has headquarters in the county.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

| title = Polk County Profile
| access-date = October 27, 2011
| publisher = Enterprise Florida
}}</ref> Traditionally, the largest industries in Polk County's economy have been [[phosphate]] [[mining]], [[agriculture]], and [[tourism]].<ref name="Polk's Profile">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.polk-county.net/subpage.aspx?menu_id=8&nav=res&id=120
 |title       = Polk's Profile
 |access-date  = October 27, 2011
|publisher   = Polk County Board of County Commissioners
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111011053629/http://polk-county.net/subpage.aspx?menu_id=8&nav=res&id=120
 |archive-date = October 11, 2011
}}</ref>

Notable companies headquartered in Polk County include [[Publix]] (an employee-owned grocery chain) and [[Florida's Natural]] (an agricultural cooperative).

===Top employers===
The top employers of Polk County are as follows:<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.cfdc.org/data-research/top-employers/ | title=Top Employers ‹ Central Florida Development Council}}</ref>
# [[Polk County Public Schools]] (13,000)
# [[Publix]] (11,721)
# [[Lakeland Regional Medical Center|Lakeland Regional Health]] (5,605)
# [[Walmart]] (5,100)
# [[Lakeland, Florida|City of Lakeland]] (2,300)
# [[GEICO]] (2,222)
# Polk County Board of County Commissioners (2,200)
# [[Winter Haven Hospital]] (2,079)
# Polk County Sheriff's Office (1,955)
# Watson Clinic (1,851)
# [[Southeastern University]] (1,557)
# [[Legoland Florida]] (1,500)
# [[The Mosaic Company]] (1,380)
# [[Sykes Enterprises|Sykes]] (1,150)
# [[State Farm Insurance]] (1,000)
# [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] (1,000)
# GC Services (1,000)
# [[Polk State College]] (932)
# [[Rooms to Go]] (900)
# [[Florida's Natural Growers]] (645)
# [[CSX Transportation]] (599)
::''{{small|Employers and statistic last updated April 23, 2018}}''