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Vero Beach, FL vs Lakeland, FL

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- Lakeland is 0% more densely populated than Vero Beach.
- People are 10.4% less likely to be married in Lakeland.
- The Median Age is 12.1 years younger in Lakeland.
 Vero Beach, FLLakeland, FLUnited States
 Population  Unlock110,401329,725,481
 Female Population53.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population47.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock40.938.4
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 Population - 201015,207  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock78,452285,036,114
 Population - 199017,350  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock47.0%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now2.4%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,669.393.4
 Land Area11.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock9.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Vero Beach, FLLakeland, FLUnited States
 Age 0 to 44.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.4%6.1%
 Age 10 to 142.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.3%3.9%
 Age 18 to 202.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.3%5.2%
 Age 25 to 349.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock12.0%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5411.7%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 649.9%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock11.6%9.6%
 Age 75 to 848.0%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock3.7%1.9%
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 Race
 Vero Beach, FLLakeland, FLUnited States
 White81.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock19.4%12.2%
 Asian1.9%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.6%0.4%
 Two or More Races2.6%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock16.9%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Vero Beach, FLLakeland, FLUnited States
 Married Population49.1%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock42.1%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock56.0%50.2%
 Never Married25.3%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock12.7%10.8%
 Widowed8.8%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.462.60
 Households7,608  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock25,67380,755,759
     Married couple, w/children21.6%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock44.2%42.9%
 Non Family Households3,879  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock16.6%15.8%
     Single householder, no children10.0%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Vero Beach    22 Reviews

I grew up in Miami, BEFORE you had to wear a bullet proof vest to live there! I have lived in 9 other states and moved back to Fla over 2 years ago. First to Naples  More

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Over 13 years ago

Thanks for sharing fun facts about Vero Beach but more over: Let it be boring....no fun...no bars... After all...where ever the so called "fun" is... rest  More

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Over 13 years ago

relocating to vero beach, understand quite laid back, what to do, we enjoy endlessly, cards, majong, board games, semi formal dinner dances, are we in the right place,  More

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Reviews for Lakeland    27 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I used to live in Lakeland, It is hot, humid, crowded and getting more crowded, Most of the people are rude and unfriendly. I was born in the area and visit sometimes to  More

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Over 4 years ago

been there a few times i love it and i a m planning to ove this  More

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Over 7 years ago

Perhas if one is from this area, it is different I don't know. It is so dull and seems comfortable being so. There isn't much of a variety of people here, which I   More

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