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Minneola is a city in Lake County, Florida in East Central Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 9,403. Minneola is approximately 22 miles west of  Orlando (population 238,300), 16 miles from Apopka (population 41,542) and east of Lake Minneola.  The city is a part of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Much of the small town is rural, and it's status in the citrus industry has made it the namesake of the Minneola tangelo. The English translation of the town's name is "much water", named by American Indians native to the area because of it's many beautiful lakes. The late 19th century brought settlers to the town, like Henry Wilson, who planted a grove there in 1881, establishing it's place in the citrus industry.

The median age for residents of Minneola is 34.5. Around 47.1% of Minneola households include school aged children and 18.5% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 76.5% of the Minneola population are White, 11.2% are Black or African American, .6% American Indian, 2.4% Asian and 3.5% are Two or more Races. Minneola has a significant Hispanic population. 20.2% (1,908) of Minneola residents are of Hispanic or Latino origin. Of these 16.09% are of Mexican origin, 52.09% Puerto Rican, 7.02% Cuban and 24.79% are of other Hispanic or Latino origin.

There are 3,558 housing units in Minneola. 344 (9.6%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. There are 844 residential rental units in Minneola. 756 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of 10.1%.