Moving to Sarasota, Florida

About Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota

Sarasota () is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is located in Southwest Florida, the southern end of the Tampa Bay area, and north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda. Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Sarasota is a principal city of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 U.S. census, Sarasota had a population of 54,842, up from 51,917 at the 2010 census.

The Sarasota city limits contain several islands, called keys, including Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Otter Key, Coon Key, Bird Key, and the northern portion of Siesta Key as well as Bay Island. Longboat Key is the largest key separating Sarasota Bay from the Gulf of Mexico but is a separate municipality.

The city limits expanded significantly with the real estate rush of the early twentieth century, reaching almost 70 square miles (180 km2). The speculation boom began to crash in 1926 and the city limits began to contract, shrinking to less than a quarter of that area.

Gender
Gender Sarasota Florida Country
Female 52.5% 51.1% 50.8%
Male 47.5% 48.9% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.053%48%Female52.5%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.06%6%9%12%13%16%10%14%5%8%$50K to $75K16.3%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Sarasota Florida Country
Less than $10,000 6.4% 6.2% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 5.7% 4.2% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 9.3% 9.3% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 11.8% 9.9% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 12.8% 13.8% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 16.3% 18.3% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 10.2% 12.5% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 14% 13.7% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 5.1% 5.6% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 8.4% 6.4% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.04%6%27%19%7%21%9%4%3%High School or GED27%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Sarasota Florida Country
< 9th Grade 4% 5% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 6% 7% 7.0%
High School or GED 27% 28% 27.0%
Other College 19% 20% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 7% 10% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 21% 19% 20.0%
Master's Degree 9% 8% 9.0%
Professional Degree 4% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 3% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Sarasota Florida  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K6.46.25.85.74.24.19.39.38.511.89.98.612.813.81216.318.317.210.212.512.81413.715.65.15.67.18.46.48.3
Education
 Sarasota Florida  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade4556772728271920207109211920989422311
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.065%14%0%2%17%0%2%0%White64.9%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Sarasota Florida Country
White 64.9% 53.4% 60.1%
African American 14.5% 15.2% 12.2%
American Indian 0.2% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 2.1% 2.7% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.2% 0.4% 0.3%
Multiracial 1.7% 2.2% 2.8%
Hispanic 16.6% 25.8% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Sarasota Florida  Country
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