Lakeland is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 115,425 people and 65 constituent neighborhoods, Lakeland is the 22nd largest community in Florida.
Unlike some cities, Lakeland isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Lakeland are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lakeland is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lakeland who work in office and administrative support (13.66%), sales jobs (10.42%), and management occupations (7.81%).
Also of interest is that Lakeland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
In terms of college education, Lakeland is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.78% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Lakeland in 2018 was $29,398, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,592 for a family of four. However, Lakeland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lakeland is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lakeland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lakeland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lakeland also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.34% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lakeland include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Lakeland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.