Highlands County PopulationYearTotalWhiteBlackHispanicNativeAsianOther18801885189019001910192019309,1936,5112,677004193511,0867,8613,224000119409,2877,3391,889230036194516,25213,3552,8930004Sebring Population19201,3131,13717619303,2502,42881819353,6752,6281,04719403,1552,41773719457,1896,0711,115Avon Park Population18901900191028519201,6981,2744041919303,3552,42892719353,4232,48194219403,1652,42374219454,3573,432924Lake Placid (Lake Stearns) Population19201930819536283193594869325519403403221819451,252870382Venus Population19201930193537733740194035526986194524019743Hicoria Population192019305501633871935622287335194012912541945655114Lorida (Istokpoga) Population19201930991935111111019402011891219452362360Bassenger (Ft. Bassenger) Population1920193019351501005019401945Cornwell Population1920193019351940194550500Brighton Population19201930193511092181940194532320DeSoto City Population1920193038029882193529121180194013189923101945246116130Avon Park Lakes Population1920193019351,24979345619401945
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Early Population of Highlands County
“Discovery” of unknown city of 5,471 people stuns Sarasota officials
When the 1960 census showed the town of Hayden, just south of Sarasota, with thousands of residents, it stumped city officials. At a meeting in May 1961, Sarasota City Planning Department director R.W. Pavitt raised a surprising concern. Apparently, there was...