Lake Wales, FL -- U.S. city in Florida Population (2000): 10194 Housing Units (2000): 4598 Land area (2000): 13.345262 sq. miles (34.564068 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.664958 sq. miles (1.722234 sq. km) Total area (2000): 14.010220 sq. miles (36.286302 sq. km) FIPS code: 38950 Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12 Location: 27.904707 N, 81.584031 W ZIP Codes (1990): 33853 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Lake Wales, FL Lake Wales