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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 30.13
The average living wage for the state of Florida is $32.28/hr, while the states minimum wage is $8.65/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Florida a minimum wage score of 25.7 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $6.98/hr, which gives Florida a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 75.11 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Florida is $173, resulting in a UI benefit score of 19.4 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 26.19

X Florida does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X Florida does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Florida does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Florida does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Florida does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Florida does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Florida does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Florida does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Florida does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Florida does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Florida does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Florida does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Florida does partially extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Florida does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 60

X Florida does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Florida does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Florida does protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Florida does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Florida does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Florida does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Polk County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 25.45% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 56.69%
Democratic: 42.26%
Libertarian: 0.76%
Other: 0.18%
Green: 0.12%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 33801, 33803, 33805, 33809, 33810, 33811, 33812, 33813, 33815
Latitude : 27.945962
Longitude : -81.920921
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 233 ft.
Area Code(s) : 863

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.55
Male Population Estimate : 42.14%
Female Population Estimate : 45.01%
Median Age : 39.6
Male Median Age : 37.8
Female Median Age : 40.2

White Population Estimate : 69.18%
Black Population Estimate : 13.29%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 11.30%
Asian Population Estimate : 2.17%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.16%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.86%
Other Population Estimate : 3.78%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Lakeland specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Polk County: About 5 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Polk County: About 341 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Polk County is about 16% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 15% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.