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Population (year 2000): 5,691. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,742 (+0.9% change)
Males: 2,776 (48.8%), Females: 2,915 (51.2%)
Polk County
Zip code:
33841
Median resident age: 35.8 years
Median household income: $32,984 (year 2000)
Median house value: $60,400 (year 2000)
Races in Fort Meade:
- White Non-Hispanic (60.4%)
- Black (21.8%)
- Hispanic (17.2%)
- Other race (9.2%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (16.4%), Irish (6.9%),
English (5.9%), German (5.2%), Scotch-Irish (1.6%), Scottish
(1.5%).
Elevation: 129 feet
Land area: 5.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Fort Meade
- High school or higher: 66.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.1%
- Unemployed: 8.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Fort Meade city
- Never married: 23.6%
- Now married: 51.3%
- Separated: 3.4%
- Widowed: 10.4%
- Divorced: 11.3%
11.1% Foreign born (10.0% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +325 (+6.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Fort Meade:
- BARTOW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; BARTOW,
FL)
- FLORIDA HOSPITAL WAUCHULA (about 15 miles; WAUCHULA,
FL)
- WINTER HAVEN HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; WINTER HAVEN,
FL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Fort
Meade:
- LAKELAND LINDER RGNL (about 23 miles; LAKELAND, FL;
ID: LAL)
- MAC DILL AFB (about 51 miles; TAMPA, FL; ID: MCF)
- TAMPA INTL (about 52 miles; TAMPA, FL; ID: TPA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fort Meade:
- BARTOW MUNI (about 13 miles; BARTOW, FL; ID: BOW)
- LAKE WALES MUNI (about 16 miles; LAKE WALES, FL; ID:
X07)
- WAUCHULA MUNI (about 18 miles; WAUCHULA, FL; ID: CHN)
Amtrak station near Fort Meade:
- 18 miles: WINTER HAVEN (1800 7TH ST. S.W.).
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking,
free long-term parking, taxi stand.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Fort Meade:
- TRAVIS TECHNICAL CENTER (about 22 miles; LAKELAND,
FL; Full-time enrollment: 2,057)
- POLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 22 miles; WINTER
HAVEN, FL; FT enrollment: 3,028)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (about 48 miles; TAMPA,
FL; FT enrollment: 26,221)
- HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
TAMPA, FL; FT enrollment: 9,630)
- UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA (about 49 miles; TAMPA, FL; FT
enrollment: 2,963)
- SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles; ST LEO, FL; FT
enrollment: 6,597)
- MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles;
BRADENTON, FL; FT enrollment: 4,539)
Public primary/middle schools in Fort Meade:
- FORT MEADE MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
(Students: 769; Location: 700 EDGEWOOD DRIVE, N; Grades:
06 - 12)
- LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY (Students:
655; Location: 115 S OAK AVENUE; Grades: PK - 05)
- GAUSE RIVERSIDE ACADEMY (Students: 84;
Location: 1002 NE 6TH STREET; Grades: 03 - 05)
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