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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_K%C5%ABn_(Florida)" title="Highlands Kūn (Florida) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Highlands Kūn (Florida)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Хайландс (окръг, Флорида) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хайландс (окръг, Флорида)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_County,_Florida" title="Highlands County, Florida – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Highlands County, Florida" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_County" title="Highlands County – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Highlands County" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_County,_Florida" title="Highlands County, Florida – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Highlands County, Florida" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_County" title="Highlands County – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Highlands County" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlandsi_maakond" title="Highlandsi maakond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Highlandsi maakond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Highlands" title="Condado de Highlands – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Highlands" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_konderria_(Florida)" title="Highlands konderria (Florida) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Highlands konderria (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B2%D8%8C_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="شهرستان هایلندز، فلوریدا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان هایلندز، فلوریدا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Highlands" title="Comté de Highlands – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Highlands" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Highlands,_Florida" title="Contae Highlands, Florida – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Highlands, Florida" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B2_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7)" title="هایلندز ٚ شأرستان (فلؤريدا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="هایلندز ٚ شأرستان (فلؤريدا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%EC%9D%BC%EB%9E%9C%EC%A6%88%EA%B5%B0" title="하일랜즈군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="하일랜즈군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%BD_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%96%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%A1)" title="Հայլենդս շրջան (Ֆլորիդա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հայլենդս շրջան (Ֆլորիդա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_Comitatus" title="Highlands Comitatus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Highlands Comitatus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_megye" title="Highlands megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Highlands megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80,_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE" title="हायलँड्स काउंटी, फ्लोरिडा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="हायलँड्स 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title="Хайлендс (гуо, Флорида) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Хайлендс (гуо, Флорида)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_County_(Florida)" title="Highlands County (Florida) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Highlands County (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_County" title="Highlands County – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Highlands County" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88%D8%B2_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DA%A9" title="ہائیلینڈز کاؤنٹک – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ہائیلینڈز کاؤنٹک" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_County" title="Highlands County – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Highlands County" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Highlands" title="Hrabstwo Highlands – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Highlands" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Map_of_Florida_highlighting_Highlands_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Florida_highlighting_Highlands_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Map_of_Florida_highlighting_Highlands_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Florida_highlighting_Highlands_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1130" data-file-height="1126" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Florida's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Florida" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Florida_in_United_States.svg/300px-Florida_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Florida_in_United_States.svg/450px-Florida_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Florida_in_United_States.svg/600px-Florida_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Florida's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Highlands_County,_Florida&params=27.34_N_81.34_W_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">27°20′N</span> <span class="longitude">81°20′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">27.34°N 81.34°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">27.34; -81.34</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/23px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/35px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/45px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">April 23, 1921</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data">county's terrain</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sebring,_Florida" title="Sebring, Florida">Sebring</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">Sebring</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,106 sq mi (2,860 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">1,017 sq mi (2,630 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">89 sq mi (230 km<sup>2</sup>)  8.1%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">101,235<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">101/sq mi (39/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 18th congressional district">18th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hcbcc.net">www<wbr />.hcbcc<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Highlands County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located in the Florida Heartland region of the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, the population was 101,235.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Sebring,_Florida" title="Sebring, Florida">Sebring</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Highlands County comprises the Sebring, FL <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Statistical Area">Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>. The SMA was first defined in 2003 as the Sebring, Florida <a href="/wiki/Micropolitan_statistical_area" title="Micropolitan statistical area">Micropolitan Statistical Area</a> (μSA), consisting of Highlands County. The status of the area was changed to a metropolitan statisitical area (MSA) in 2013. The MSA was renamed the Sebring-Avon Park, Florida MSA in 2018. The name reverted to Sebring, Florida MSA in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Highlands County was created in 1921 along with <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_County,_Florida" title="Charlotte County, Florida">Charlotte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glades_County,_Florida" title="Glades County, Florida">Glades</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hardee_County,_Florida" title="Hardee County, Florida">Hardee</a>, when they were separated from <a href="/wiki/DeSoto_County,_Florida" title="DeSoto County, Florida">DeSoto County</a>. It was named for the terrain of the county. It boasted the fifth-oldest population in America in 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 1,106 square miles (2,860 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 1,017 square miles (2,630 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 89 square miles (230 km<sup>2</sup>) (8.1%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-censusarea_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censusarea-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In area, it is the 14th largest county in Florida. Highlands County is bounded on the east by the <a href="/wiki/Kissimmee_River" title="Kissimmee River">Kissimmee River</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lake_Istokpoga" title="Lake Istokpoga">Lake Istokpoga</a>, the largest lake in the county, is connected to the Kissimmee River by two canals; the Istokpoga canal, and the C41 (outflow) canal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osceola_County,_Florida" title="Osceola County, Florida">Osceola County, Florida</a> - northeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okeechobee_County,_Florida" title="Okeechobee County, Florida">Okeechobee County, Florida</a> - east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glades_County,_Florida" title="Glades County, Florida">Glades County, Florida</a> - south</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_County,_Florida" title="Charlotte County, Florida">Charlotte County, Florida</a> - southwest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeSoto_County,_Florida" title="DeSoto County, Florida">DeSoto County, Florida</a> - west</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardee_County,_Florida" title="Hardee County, Florida">Hardee County, Florida</a> - west</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Florida" title="Polk County, Florida">Polk County, Florida</a> - north</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_protected_area">National protected area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: National protected area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wales_Ridge_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge">Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge</a> (part)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>9,192</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>9,246</td><td></td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>13,636</td><td></td><td>47.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>21,338</td><td></td><td>56.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>29,507</td><td></td><td>38.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>47,526</td><td></td><td>61.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>68,432</td><td></td><td>44.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>87,366</td><td></td><td>27.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>98,786</td><td></td><td>13.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>101,235</td><td></td><td>2.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">107,614</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>6.3%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2019<sup id="cite_ref-QF_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Highlands County racial composition as of 2020</b><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th>% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> (NH) </td> <td>69,804 </td> <td>65,511 </td> <td>70.66% </td> <td>64.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> (NH) </td> <td>8,750 </td> <td>9,484 </td> <td>8.86% </td> <td>9.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> (NH) </td> <td>375 </td> <td>291 </td> <td>0.38% </td> <td>0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> (NH) </td> <td>1,402 </td> <td>1,602 </td> <td>1.42% </td> <td>1.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> (NH) </td> <td>37 </td> <td>49 </td> <td>0.04% </td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Some Other Race (NH) </td> <td>100 </td> <td>307 </td> <td>0.1% </td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed/Multi-Racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>1,161 </td> <td>3,048 </td> <td>1.18% </td> <td>3.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> </td> <td>17,157 </td> <td>20,943 </td> <td>17.37% </td> <td>20.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>98,786</b> </td> <td><b>101,235</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 101,235 people, 42,721 households, and 27,169 families residing in the county. </p><p>As of 2015, there were 99,491 people and 39,931 households living in the county. The population density was 97.2 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 85.8% White, 10.4% Black or African American, 0.7% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 1.6% from two or more races. 18.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 51.3% of the entire population are female. The median household income was $35,560 with 20.1% of the population being below the poverty level from 2009 to 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-quickfacts_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quickfacts-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a> for Florida was $11,490 in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-povertyguidelines_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-povertyguidelines-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR8_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 87,366 people, 37,471 households, and 25,780 families living in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 85.00 people per square mile (32.82 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 48,846 housing units at an average density of 47.5 per square mile (18.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 83.47% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 9.33% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.44% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 1.05% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 4.14% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.53% from two or more races. 12.07% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>In 2000 there were 37,471 households, out of which 20.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.20% were married couples living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.20% were non-families. 26.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.70. </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 19.20% under the age of 18, 6.30% from 18 to 24, 19.30% from 25 to 44, 22.20% from 45 to 64, and 33.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.20 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $30,160, and the median income for a family was $35,647. Males had a median income of $26,811 versus $20,725 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $17,222. About 10.20% of families and 15.20% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 25.60% of those under age 18 and 7.40% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highways">Highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_27.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US_27.svg/20px-US_27.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US_27.svg/30px-US_27.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US_27.svg/40px-US_27.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_27_(Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 27 (Florida)">U.S. Route 27</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_17.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Florida_17.svg/20px-Florida_17.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Florida_17.svg/30px-Florida_17.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Florida_17.svg/40px-Florida_17.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_17" title="Florida State Road 17">State Road 17</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_98.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/US_98.svg/20px-US_98.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/US_98.svg/30px-US_98.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/US_98.svg/40px-US_98.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_98_(Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 98 (Florida)">U.S. Route 98</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_64.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Florida_64.svg/20px-Florida_64.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Florida_64.svg/30px-Florida_64.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Florida_64.svg/40px-Florida_64.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_64" title="Florida State Road 64">State Road 64</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_66.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Florida_66.svg/20px-Florida_66.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Florida_66.svg/30px-Florida_66.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Florida_66.svg/40px-Florida_66.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_66" title="Florida State Road 66">State Road 66</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_70.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Florida_70.svg/20px-Florida_70.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Florida_70.svg/30px-Florida_70.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Florida_70.svg/40px-Florida_70.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_70" title="Florida State Road 70">State Road 70</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CR_634A_jct.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/CR_634A_jct.svg/20px-CR_634A_jct.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/CR_634A_jct.svg/30px-CR_634A_jct.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CSX_Transportation" title="CSX Transportation">CSX Transportation</a> (CSXT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> (AMTK)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Highlands County is governed by five elected County Commissioners and an appointed County Administrator. The administrator has executive powers to implement all decisions, ordinances, motions, and policies/procedures set forth by the Board. The FY 2013-2014 adopted budget of the county is approximately $123 million and the county employees over 350 people in 31 departments of the administration. Other organizations of the county include, the Clerk of Courts with about 75 positions, Sheriff's Office with about 340 positions, County Appraisers Office with about 30 positions, Tax Collectors Office with about 40 positions, and Elections Office with 5 positions. In all there are about 860 positions in Highlands County government. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_Enforcement">Law Enforcement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Law Enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Highlands County Sheriffs Office is the primary law enforcement agency for the non incorporated areas of Highlands County, Paul Blackman is the Sheriff. The City of Sebring and Town of Lake Placid have their own respective police departments. Avon Park Police Department closed its doors in 2015, the Sheriffs Office is now the primary law enforcement agency for the town. All public safety in Highlands County utilize a Motorola P25 Trunked Radio System which was initiated by Polk County. Highlands and Hardee Counties have piggybacked onto the system. To date, Highlands County Law Enforcement is the only law enforcement on the entire system to use 24/7 ADP encryption. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Highlands County, like the relatively nearby southwest coast, is strongly Republican: the last Democrat to win a majority in the county was <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry Truman</a> in <a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election" title="1948 United States presidential election">1948</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like North Florida, but unlike the southwest coast, <a href="/wiki/George_Wallace" title="George Wallace">George Wallace</a> was able to outpoll the Democratic Party here in 1968,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and only in 1992 and 1996 has the Republican candidate not won an absolute majority since. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Highlands County, Florida </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2024 United States presidential election in Florida">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36,382 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.92%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">15,227 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.27% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">422 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2020 United States presidential election in Florida">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34,873 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>66.75%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16,938 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.42% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">432 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.83% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2016 United States presidential election in Florida">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29,565 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>64.26%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14,937 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.46% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,509 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2012 United States presidential election in Florida">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25,915 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.92%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16,148 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.96% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">478 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2008 United States presidential election in Florida">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26,221 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.37%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18,135 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.37% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">566 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2004 United States presidential election in Florida">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25,878 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.36%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">15,347 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.98% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">271 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2000 United States presidential election in Florida">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20,207 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.48%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14,169 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.31% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">776 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1996 United States presidential election in Florida">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15,617 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>46.32%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14,250 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.27% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,847 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1992 United States presidential election in Florida">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14,499 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>44.76%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,237 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.69% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,655 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1988 United States presidential election in Florida">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16,723 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>67.05%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">8,091 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.44% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">127 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1984 United States presidential election in Florida">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16,474 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.53%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,217 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30.46% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1980 United States presidential election in Florida">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,925 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.95%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,688 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.74% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">636 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1976 United States presidential election in Florida">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,317 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.86%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,218 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.88% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">198 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1972 United States presidential election in Florida">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,645 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>79.49%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,458 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">20.26% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">30 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.25% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1968 United States presidential election in Florida">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,560 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>42.95%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,582 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">24.32% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,475 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">32.73% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1964 United States presidential election in Florida">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,747 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.86%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,233 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.14% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1960 United States presidential election in Florida">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,369 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.32%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,122 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.68% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1956 United States presidential election in Florida">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,480 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.25%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,296 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.75% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1952 United States presidential election in Florida">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,952 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.90%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,736 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.10% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1948 United States presidential election in Florida">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,471 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.53% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,257 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.98%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">532 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1944 United States presidential election in Florida">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">874 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.26% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,113 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>70.74%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1940 United States presidential election in Florida">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">878 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28.39% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,215 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>71.61%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1936 United States presidential election in Florida">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">842 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30.73% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,898 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.27%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1932 United States presidential election in Florida">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">851 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.82% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,525 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.18%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1928 United States presidential election in Florida">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,393 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>66.52%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">669 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.95% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1924 United States presidential election in Florida">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">265 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.38% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">457 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57.56%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">72 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9.07% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_employers">Top employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Top employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The top private employers of Highlands County are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br />1. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Advent_Health_Hospital&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advent Health Hospital (page does not exist)">Advent Health Hospital</a> (1500) <br />2. <a href="/wiki/Walmart" title="Walmart">Walmart</a> (796) <br />3. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agero,_Inc.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agero, Inc. (page does not exist)">Agero</a> (600) <br />4. Highlands Regional Medical Center (413) <br />5. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Delray_Plants&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delray Plants (page does not exist)">Delray Plants</a> (350) <br />6. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Palms_of_Sebring&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palms of Sebring (page does not exist)">Palms of Sebring</a> (257) <br />7. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Jay_Automotive_Network&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alan Jay Automotive Network (page does not exist)">Alan Jay Automotive Network</a> (250) <br />8. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Placid_Health_Care&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Placid Health Care (page does not exist)">Lake Placid Health Care</a> (210) <br />9. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Positive_Medical_Transport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Positive Medical Transport (page does not exist)">Positive Medical Transport</a> (150) <br />10. <a href="/w/index.php?title=E-Stone_USA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E-Stone USA (page does not exist)">E-Stone USA</a> (87) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Libraries">Libraries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Highlands County is part of the Heartland Library Cooperative which serve Highlands County and some of the surrounding counties in the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Heartland" title="Florida Heartland">Florida Heartland</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Glades_County,_Florida" title="Glades County, Florida">Glades</a>, <a href="/wiki/DeSoto_County,_Florida" title="DeSoto County, Florida">DeSoto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hardee_County,_Florida" title="Hardee County, Florida">Hardee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Okeechobee_County,_Florida" title="Okeechobee County, Florida">Okeechobee</a>. Based in Sebring, the cooperative has seven branches within the Heartland region, with three of those branches in Highlands County: Avon Park, Lake Placid and Sebring. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avon_Park,_Florida" title="Avon Park, Florida">Avon Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebring,_Florida" title="Sebring, Florida">Sebring</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Town">Town</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Placid,_Florida" title="Lake Placid, Florida">Lake Placid</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlands_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Florida">Fort Basinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Kissimmee,_Florida" title="Fort Kissimmee, Florida">Fort Kissimmee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hicoria,_Florida" title="Hicoria, Florida">Hicoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorida,_Florida" title="Lorida, Florida">Lorida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Placid_Lakes,_Florida" title="Placid Lakes, Florida">Placid Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Lake,_Highlands_County,_Florida" title="Spring Lake, Highlands County, Florida">Spring Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_%27n_Lake_of_Sebring,_Florida" title="Sun 'n Lake of Sebring, Florida">Sun 'n Lake of Sebring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvan_Shores,_Florida" title="Sylvan Shores, Florida">Sylvan Shores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venus,_Florida" title="Venus, Florida">Venus</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%">Natural features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Beaches_of_Florida" title="Category:Beaches of Florida">Beaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_caves_in_the_United_States#Florida" title="List of caves in the United States">Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everglades" title="Everglades">Everglades</a> (<a href="/wiki/Draining_and_development_of_the_Everglades" title="Draining and development of the Everglades">drainage and development</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Keys" title="Florida Keys">Keys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lakes_of_Florida" title="Category:Lakes of Florida">Lakes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Okeechobee" title="Lake Okeechobee">Lake Okeechobee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Reef" title="Florida Reef">Reef</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Miami_metropolitan_area" title="Miami metropolitan area">Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collier_County,_Florida" title="Collier County, Florida">Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarasota_metropolitan_area" title="Sarasota metropolitan area">North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Florida" title="Marion County, Florida">Ocala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Orlando" title="Greater Orlando">Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brevard_County,_Florida" title="Brevard County, Florida">Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panama_City_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Panama City metropolitan area">Panama City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensacola_metropolitan_area" title="Pensacola metropolitan area">Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasure_Coast" title="Treasure Coast">Port St. Lucie</a></li> <li><a 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