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Southwest Heartland--DeSoto, Hardee, & Highlands (Northwest) Counties PUMA, FL

159,410 Population
1,684.8 square miles 94.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,104 ±$1,543 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $43,582 ±$267
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,240 ±$5,614 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $77,735 ±$564
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.5% ±2.7% (25,461  ±4,208) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 12.1% 2,758,614 (±0.3% / ±58,688)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.8 minutes ±3.3 (1,581,085  ±211,179) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 28.9 270,952,670 (±0.2 / ±2,105,094)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

66,150 ±2,686 Number of households
  • Florida: 9,141,675 ±28,885
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (154,007  ±3,013) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,888,804
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.5% ±4% (2,561  ±1,237) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 4.7% 241,304 (±0.2% / ±10,582)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

78,054 ±2,009 Number of housing units
  • Florida: 10,629,845 ±2,325
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$242,100 ±$18,147 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $396,900 ±$1,617
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.4% ±3% (21,235  ±4,808.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 13.3% 3,086,717 (±0.2% / ±56,358.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

84.3% ±4.1% (100,290  ±5,737.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 90.4% 15,337,477 (±0.4% / ±70,152)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
18.7% ±2.2% (22,234  ±2,674.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Florida: 35.8% 6,082,851 (±0.3% / ±43,849)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

23.6% ±1.2% (35,043  ±1,834) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 30.6% 6,520,270 (±0.1% / ±25,985.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

13.6% ±2% (21,643  ±3,163) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 23.1% 5,392,412
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

9.9% ±1.3% (12,965  ±1,776) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 7% 1,307,724 (±0.1% / ±20,537)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,965 Total veterans ±1,776 12,238 Male ±1,757 727 Female ±448

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