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The city of Haines City<1> is located in Polk County.
Haines City is 50 feet [15.24 m] above sea level.<2>
Time Zone: Haines City lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.
We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Haines City, but it seems to be unique to this community.
At the time of the 2000 Census, Haines City had a population of 13,174 people<3> (or 2.71% of the total population of Polk County). The population of Haines City represented 0.08% of the total of Florida, making it the state's 121st most populous community.
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Haines City had a population of 19,056 people. This is an increase of 44.65% since the 2000 Census.
The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Haines City.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 19,056 | +44.65% | +1.78% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 18,722 | +42.11% | +4.07% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 17,989 | +36.55% | +5.68% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 17,022 | +29.21% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 13,174 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<4> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Auburndale |  W | 11 mi [17.7 km] | 14,353 | 30.1% increase |
| | Bartow |  SW | 18 mi [28.97 km] | 16,919 | 10.29% increase |
| | Dundee |  S | 6 mi [9.66 km] | 3,276 | 12.5% increase |
| | Eagle Lake | SW | 11 mi [17.7 km] | 2,734 | 9.54% increase |
| | Highland Park | S | 17 mi [27.36 km] | 275 | 12.7% increase |
| | Kissimmee |  NE | 18 mi [28.97 km] | 62,291 | 30.28% increase |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Haines City.
Website for Haines City
| Official Website: | www.ci.haines-city.fl.us/ |
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Footnotes
| <1> | Keep in mind that you might find some variations to Haines City: It's frequently the practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Haines City may originally have been Haine's City. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether. In that case, you may find that a reference to Haine City is actually referring to Haines City. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Haines City - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Haines City. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Haines City and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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