Fun Facts:

·         Polk County became Florida's 39th county on February 8, 1861, when the State of Florida divided Hillsborough County into eastern and western halves.

·         Polk County is also known as Florida’s lake country with 554 lakes.

·         Polk County is “Central Florida’s food capital.”

·         Polk County is the largest County north of the Everglades.

·         Polk County is known as the phosphate, water skiing, citrus capital and bass fishing capital of the world.

·         Polk County is the center for sand mining and distribution.

2009 Regional Progress Report - Polk County Facts:

·   Gasoline consumption per vehicle registered in Polk County decined by 21% between 2000 and 2008.

·   90% of all Polk county students entering kindergarten in 2008 met the state readiness standards.

·   Polk County saw a decline in violent crime rate and in traffic fatality rate between 2000 and 2008.

Click Here for further information on how Polk County compares to the rest of Central Florida in the six Regional Priority areas in Where in the World Are We? The 2009 Progress Report for the Central Florida Region.

Link to Polk County website. 

Link to Polk Vision website.