Sarasota County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 367,787 80.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 48,971 10.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 17,786 3.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 8,790 1.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 13,099 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 494 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 211 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,409 0.5%

• Under 18 64,325 14.0%
• 18–24 25,880 5.6%
• 25–44 78,293 17.0%
• 45–64 118,687 25.8%
• 65 and over 172,362 37.5%

Median household income

$83,367

90% interval $79,035–$87,699

+$5,680 vs FL · 14th of 67

Below poverty line

8.6%

90% interval 7.4%–9.8%

−3.5 pp vs FL · 66th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.48 pp vs. state

County GDP

$35.9B

2.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$67,603

Establishments

20,974

• Education & health services 48,142 24.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 35,989 18.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 28,394 14.6%
• Professional & business services 26,599 13.7%
• Construction 18,829 9.7%
• Financial activities 10,562 5.4%
• Manufacturing 8,308 4.3%
• Public administration 7,657 3.9%
• Other services 7,360 3.8%
• Information 2,283 1.2%
• Natural resources & mining 257 0.1%
• Unclassified 119 0.1%

Home ownership

76.7%

+9.1 pp vs FL · 30th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,818

+$149 vs FL · 7th of 67

Owner-occupied

162,776

Renter-occupied

49,428

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $126,145/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $37,027/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 163,219 58.7%
• Democratic 112,668 40.5%
• Other / third-party 1,970 0.7%

• Spanish 33,782 7.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 9,434 2.1%
• German or other West Germanic 4,865 1.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 4,385 1.0%
• Chinese 1,666 0.4%
• Vietnamese 1,051 0.2%
• Tagalog 913 0.2%
• Arabic 706 0.2%
• Korean 145 0.0%

Households

212,204

Family households

133,717

63.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

22,998

17.2% of families

Single-mother families

7,204

5.4% of families

Veterans

34,867

8.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 117,487 27.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 77,915 18.0%
• Mainline Protestant 23,015 5.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,836 3.2%
• Black Protestant 3,194 0.7%
• Orthodox 965 0.2%

Health insured

90.1%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

9.9%

±0.5 pp

50th of 67

With a disability

15.1%

±0.5 pp

45th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

40.8%

±0.9 pp

+6.7 pp vs FL · 5th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.1%

90% interval 12.1%–14.1% · 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

56

14.17 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

52