Lakeland, Tennessee

Coordinates: 35°13′50″N 89°44′25″W / 35.23056°N 89.74028°W / 35.23056; -89.74028
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Lakeland, Tennessee
FIPS code
47-40350[3]
GNIS feature ID1313627 [4]
Websitewww.lakelandtn.gov

Lakeland is a city in

2010 census
.

Geography

Lakeland is located at 35°13′50″N 89°44′25″W / 35.23056°N 89.74028°W / 35.23056; -89.74028. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.0 square miles (47 km2), of which 17.6 square miles (46 km2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) (2.33%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1980612—
19901,20496.7%
20006,862469.9%
201012,43081.1%
202013,90411.9%
Sources:[5][6][2]

2020 census

Lakeland racial composition[7]
Race Num. Perc.
White
(non-Hispanic) 		10,110 72.71%
Black or African American
(non-Hispanic) 		1,372 9.87%
Native American
 29 0.21%
Asian
 771 5.55%
Pacific Islander
 4 0.03%
Other/Mixed
 642 4.62%
Latino
 976 7.02%

As of the

2020 United States Census
, there were 13,904 people, 4,148 households, and 3,322 families residing in the city.

2000 census

Current population from the 2010 census is 12,430. At the

racial makeup of the city was 91.56% White, 5.22% African American, 0.13% Native American, 1.78% Asian, 0.50% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.47%.[3]

Of the 2,748 households 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 22.0% of households were one person and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.94.

The age distribution was 24.6% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 37.2% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.5 males.

The median household income was $58,897 and the median family income was $64,444. Males had a median income of $46,750 versus $32,366 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,956. About 2.2% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the

poverty line
, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Lakeland is served by the Lakeland School System (LSS) and Arlington Community Schools.

Assigned schools are as follows:

Lakeland Elementary School (Grades K-4)

Lakeland Preparatory School (Grades 5-10)

Arlington High School (Grades 9-12)

NOTE: Students in grades 10-12 living in Lakeland are zoned attend Arlington High School through an inter-local agreement with Arlington Community Schools.[8]

History

The city was the location of the now defunct Lakeland Amusement Park. The city was originally themed around the Lake now called Garner Lake. It had two railroads within the park property, including the

narrow gauge[9] Huff 'n' Puff Railroad and a separate 16 in (406 mm) miniature railway[10][11] railroad made by the Allan Herschell Company
.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakeland, Tennessee.
  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Lakeland". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  6. ^ "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  7. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  8. ^ "Schools - Lakeland School System".
  9. ^ "Surviving Steam Locomotive Search". Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  10. ^ "Website with picture of Lakeland Amusement Park's smaller railroad". Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  11. ^ "Allan Herschell catalog with model of Lakeland Amusement Park's smaller railroad listed". Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

External links

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