Census Data for Hen Scratch

As far as we can tell, Hen Scratch has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Hen Scratch, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Lake Placid
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Placid
  • Lake Placid is located in Highlands County
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• Sebring
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebring
  • Sebring is located in Highlands County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebring <1>
• Avon Park
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Park
  • Avon Park is located in Highlands County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon Park <1>
• Zolfo Springs
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zolfo Springs
  • Zolfo Springs is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zolfo Springs <1>
• Arcadia
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
  • Arcadia is located in DeSoto County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcadia <1>
• Wauchula
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauchula
  • Wauchula is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wauchula <1>
• Frostproof
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostproof
  • Frostproof is located in Polk County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frostproof <1>

Highlands County ...

Hen Scratch is located in Highlands County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Highlands County.

Miscellaneous Information for Hen Scratch ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Highlands County or the community of Hen Scratch:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Hen Scratch:
  • GNIS ID for Hen Scratch: 294801
  • GNIS ID for Highlands County: 295756
  • GNIS ID for State of Florida: 294478

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 12 (Florida)
  • County Code: 055 (Highlands County)
  • Place Code: 29370 (Hen Scratch)
  • State & County Code: 12/055 (Florida / Highlands County)
  • State & Place Code: 12/29370 (Florida / Hen Scratch)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Hen Scratch is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Hen Scratch.