Lakeland, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area

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The Lakeland, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consisting of Polk County in the state of Florida in the USA. The principal city in the MSA is Lakeland. In 2005 the population of the MSA was 541,840.[1] The Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area was first defined in 1973. Winter Haven was removed as a principal city and the name changed to its present form in 2003.

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  1. ^ Florida’s Metropolitan Statistical Areas - Population - retrieved July 18 2006