Desoto Acres is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in northwestern

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, Florida, United States. It is north of downtown

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and is bordered to the east by Desoto Lakes. Desoto Acres was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The population was 720 at the 2020 census. It is part of the

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area The Sarasota metropolitan area is a metropolitan area located in Southwest Florida. The metropolitan area is defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropol ...

Demographics

As of the 2020 census, Desoto Acres had a population of 720 with a total of 296 households. The median household income was $68,986. 30.3% of the population 25 years and older had a bachelor's degree or higher. The CDP had an employment rate of 73.1%. 10.9% of the population lived without healthcare coverage.

References

Census-designated places in Sarasota County, Florida Census-designated places in Florida {{SarasotaCountyFL-geo-stub