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Sarasota County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 15 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12115

Within Florida
Sarasota County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Sarasota, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
479,958
+43,696 (+10.0%) since 2020
Land area
556.1
square miles. A further 43.0% of the total area is water
Population density
863
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sarasota
Seat of county government.
Established
1921
104 years ago
Largest city
North Port city
Population 96,551.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Sarasota County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Sarasota County, Florida from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 694 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Sarasota County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Florida, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn FloridaNationally
Population479,95815th of 67156th of 3,144
Land area556.1 sq mi52nd of 671,866th of 3,144
Population density863 per sq mi10th of 67182nd of 3,144
Median household income$83,4169th of 67471st of 3,143

Full data for Sarasota County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population479,958Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020436,262Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?434,008Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area556.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area419.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area975.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?863 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$83,416American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$411,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age57.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households212,204American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units266,492American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-3,259
3,061 births, 6,320 deaths
Net migration
+7,341
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 3 areas bordering Sarasota County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Manatee CountyFlorida61 mi468,200
Charlotte CountyFlorida37 mi217,212
DeSoto CountyFlorida12 mi37,078

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.