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Highlands County

Highlands County is a county located in the Florida Heartland region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 101,235. Its county seat is Sebring. Highlands County comprises the Sebring, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The SMA was first defined in 2003 as the Sebring, Florida Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), consisting of Highlands County. The status of the area was changed to a metropolitan statistical 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.

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Board of County Commissioners Primary
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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 194475
FIPS state: 12
FIPS county: 055
FIPS place: 99055
Census record name: COUNTY OF HIGHLANDS
Mailing address: PO BOX 1926, SEBRING 33871