Sarasota County, Florida
The Sarasota County is a county located in the state of Florida in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Sarasota.
History
The Sarasota County was formed on 14 May 1921 parts of Manatee County. It was named after a word from the language of the Calusa Indians, which means rock marker.
Geography
The county has an area of 1,878 square kilometers, of which 398 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Manatee County, DeSoto County and Charlotte County. The climate is tropical. The temperatures are consistently warm.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Sarasota County 325 957 people in 149 937 households and 94 460 families. The population density was 220 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 92.65 percent White, 4.18 percent African American, 0.22 percent Native American, 0.77 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.14 percent from other races groups; 1.02 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.34 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 149 957 households out of which 18.3 percent of children and adolescents under 19 years living with them. 52.7 percent were married couples living together, 7.7 percent were single mothers and 37.0 percent were non-families. 30.4 percent of all households and 16.9 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.61 persons.
16.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 5.0 percent between 18 to 24, 21.7 percent between 25 and 44, 25.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 31.5 percent of the population was 65 years or older. The average age was 50 years. For every 100 females there were 90.0 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 41,957, and the median income for a family $ 50,111. Males have a median income of $ 32,114, women $ 25,721. The per capita income was $ 28,326. 5.1 percent of families and 7.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Further education institutions
- Goshen College in North Port
- Eckerd College in Sarasota
- Goshen College in Sarasota
- International College in Sarasota
- Keiser College in Sarasota
- Manatee Community College in Sarasota
- New College of Florida in Sarasota
- Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota
- University of South Florida in Sarasota
- Webster University Sarasota in Sarasota
Places in Sarasota County
- Bee Ridge
- Beverley Terrace
- Desoto Lakes
- Eastgate
- Englewood
- Fordsville
- Fruitville
- Gulf Gate Estates
- Hidden River
- Kensington Park
- Lake Sarasota
- Lakewood Ranch
- Laurel
- Longboat Key
- Manasota
- Manasota Beach
- Nokomis
- Nokomis Beach
- Northport
- North Sarasota
- Old Myakka
- Osprey
- Pinecraft
- Plantation
- Point O'Rocks
- Ridgewood Heights
- Sarasota
- Sarasota Heights
- Sarasota Springs
- Shiney Town
- Siesta Key
- South Gate Ridge
- South Sarasota
- South Trail
- South Venice
- Southgate
- Sunnyland
- Tarpon Point
- Tatum
- The Meadows
- Vamo
- Venice
- Venice Beach
- Venice East
- Venice Gardens
- Venice Groves
- Verna
- Warm Mineral Springs
- White Beach
- Woodmere