Manatee County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 290,557 67.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 78,657 18.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 32,707 7.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 9,522 2.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 16,215 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 240 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 275 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,619 0.4%

• Under 18 75,182 17.5%
• 18–24 27,679 6.4%
• 25–44 90,991 21.2%
• 45–64 113,401 26.4%
• 65 and over 122,539 28.5%

Median household income

$81,174

90% interval $77,424–$84,924

+$3,487 vs FL · 20th of 67

Below poverty line

9.8%

90% interval 8.4%–11.2%

−2.3 pp vs FL · 57th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

+0.37 pp vs. state

County GDP

$26.3B

1.53% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,511

Establishments

14,720

• Trade, transportation & utilities 31,161 21.3%
• Education & health services 29,880 20.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 21,095 14.4%
• Professional & business services 17,880 12.2%
• Construction 13,962 9.6%
• Financial activities 6,878 4.7%
• Public administration 6,228 4.3%
• Other services 5,411 3.7%
• Natural resources & mining 22 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 90.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.3%

+6.7 pp vs FL · 42nd of 67

Median gross rent

$1,671

+$2 vs FL · 14th of 67

Owner-occupied

131,373

Renter-occupied

45,374

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.4× the lowest ($89,586 vs $38,025/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 140,486 61.4%
• Democratic 86,674 37.9%
• Other / third-party 1,696 0.7%

• Spanish 55,455 13.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5,590 1.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3,938 1.0%
• Vietnamese 2,506 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 1,896 0.5%
• Chinese 1,389 0.3%
• Arabic 1,088 0.3%
• Tagalog 691 0.2%
• Korean 139 0.0%

Households

176,747

Family households

114,631

64.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

23,592

20.6% of families

Single-mother families

6,790

5.9% of families

Veterans

31,972

9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 51,469 12.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 46,953 11.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11,500 2.9%
• Mainline Protestant 10,768 2.7%
• Black Protestant 4,886 1.2%
• Orthodox 1,310 0.3%

Health insured

88.2%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

11.8%

±0.7 pp

30th of 67

With a disability

15.5%

±0.6 pp

42nd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

35.4%

±0.8 pp

+1.3 pp vs FL · 15th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.1%

90% interval 14.0%–16.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

12th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

22 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); County Court judges (limited jurisdiction: claims ≤ $50,000, misdemeanors, traffic) separate. Vintage 2026 flcourts.gov; statutory judgeships are reauthorized annually by the Florida Supreme Court's certification of need under Fla. Stat. § 26.031 and may shift by ±1-2 between sessions. Counts for smaller rural circuits (3rd, 16th) are statutory minimums per § 26.031.)

Court seats

Arcadia, Bradenton, Sarasota

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

61

17.2 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

58