South Sarasota is a

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(CDP) in

Sarasota County Sarasota County is a county located in Southwest Florida. At the 2020 US census, the population was 434,006. Its county seat is Sarasota and its largest city is North Port. Sarasota County is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, F ...

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, United States. The population was 5,133 at the 2020 census, up from 4,950 at the 2010 census. It is part of the North Port–

Bradenton Bradenton ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population is 55,698, up from 49,546 at the 2010 census. It is a principal city in the Sarasota metropolitan area. Dow ...

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Sarasota, Florida Sarasota () is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is located in Southwest Florida, the southern end of the Tampa Bay area, and north of Fort Myers, Florida, Fort Myers and Punta Gorda, Florida, Punta Gord ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 17.41%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 5,314 people, 2,509 households, and 1,487 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,719 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.97%

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, 0.40%

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, 0.21% Native American, 1.17% Asian, 1.34% from other races, and 0.92% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 4.03% of the population. There were 2,509 households, out of which 20.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.3% were

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living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.7% were non-families. 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.68. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 18.1% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 25.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $53,125, and the median income for a family was $74,907. Males had a median income of $48,409 versus $23,031 for females. The

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for the CDP was $45,217. About 3.9% of families and 6.6% of the population were below the

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, including 9.9% of those under age 18 and 0.6% of those age 65 or over.

References

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