City profile · Mid-size City
Lakeland, Florida
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Lakeland, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Sara Roberts McCarley
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 115,922
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcelakelandgov.net/government/mayor-city-commission ↗
- Official leadership pagelakelandgov.net/government/mayor-city-commission ↗
- City websitelakelandgov.net ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Sara Roberts McCarley CurrentMayor · added Jul 2, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
- Bill Mutz FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 115,922
- Median household income
- $58,290
- Median age
- 40.6
- Land area
- 66.58 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,741.1 per sq mi
- County
- Polk County
- Metro area
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
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