<P> Lakeland is a city in Polk County , Florida , located along Interstate 4 east of Tampa . It is part of the Tampa Bay Area . According to the 2013 U.S. Census Bureau estimate , the city had a population of 100,710 . Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland -- Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area ( coterminous with Polk County ) , which had an estimated population of 623,009 in July 2013 based on data from the University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research . It is twinned with Richmond Hill , Ontario ; Imabari , Ehime , Japan ; Bălți , Moldova ; Portmore , Jamaica ; and Chongming County , Shanghai , China through the Lakeland chapter of Sister Cities International . </P>
<P> Lakeland is a city in Polk County , Florida , located along Interstate 4 east of Tampa . It is part of the Tampa Bay Area . According to the 2013 U.S. Census Bureau estimate , the city had a population of 100,710 . Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland -- Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area ( coterminous with Polk County ) , which had an estimated population of 623,009 in July 2013 based on data from the University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research . It is twinned with Richmond Hill , Ontario ; Imabari , Ehime , Japan ; Bălți , Moldova ; Portmore , Jamaica ; and Chongming County , Shanghai , China through the Lakeland chapter of Sister Cities International . </P>
where is lakeland on the map of florida
where is lakeland on the map of florida
located along Interstate 4 east of Tampa
located along Interstate 4 east of Tampa