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<span>Voter registration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Voter_registration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Party_statistics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Party_statistics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Party statistics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Party_statistics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government_officials" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government_officials"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Government officials</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Government_officials-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-United_States_Senate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States_Senate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>United States 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href="#Florida_House_of_Representatives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.4</span> <span>Florida House of Representatives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Florida_House_of_Representatives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sarasota_County_Commission" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sarasota_County_Commission"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.5</span> <span>Sarasota County Commission</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sarasota_County_Commission-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sarasota_County_School_Board" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sarasota_County_School_Board"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.6</span> <span>Sarasota County School Board</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sarasota_County_School_Board-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_K%C5%ABn_(Florida)" title="Sarasota Kūn (Florida) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sarasota Kūn (Florida)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Сарасота (окръг, Флорида) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сарасота (окръг, Флорида)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County,_Florida" title="Sarasota County, Florida – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Sarasota County, Florida" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County" title="Sarasota County – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Sarasota County" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County,_Florida" title="Sarasota County, Florida – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Sarasota County, Florida" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County" title="Sarasota County – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sarasota County" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_maakond" title="Sarasota maakond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sarasota maakond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Sarasota" title="Condado de Sarasota – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Sarasota" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_konderria_(Florida)" title="Sarasota konderria (Florida) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sarasota konderria (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%8C_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="شهرستان ساراسوتا، فلوریدا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان ساراسوتا، فلوریدا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Sarasota" title="Comté de Sarasota – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Sarasota" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Sarasota,_Florida" title="Contae Sarasota, Florida – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Sarasota, Florida" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7)" title="ساراسوتا شأرستان (فلؤريدا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="ساراسوتا شأرستان (فلؤريدا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%88%EB%9F%AC%EC%86%8C%ED%83%80%EA%B5%B0" title="새러소타군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="새러소타군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%A1_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%96%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%A1)" title="Սարասոտա շրջան (Ֆլորիդա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սարասոտա շրջան (Ֆլորիդա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE" title="সারাসোটা কাউন্টি, ফ্লোরিডা – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="সারাসোটা কাউন্টি, ফ্লোরিডা" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Sarasota" title="Contea di Sarasota – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Sarasota" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_Comitatus" title="Sarasota Comitatus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Sarasota Comitatus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_megye" title="Sarasota megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Sarasota megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80,_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE" title="सारासोटा काउंटी, फ्लोरिडा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="सारासोटा काउंटी, फ्लोरिडा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%89_(%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7)" title="ساراسوتا كاونتى (فلوريدا) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ساراسوتا كاونتى (فلوريدا)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7)" title="ساراسوتا شهرستان (فلوریدا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="ساراسوتا شهرستان (فلوریدا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_G%C3%B4ng_(Florida)" title="Sarasota Gông (Florida) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Sarasota Gông (Florida)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County" title="Sarasota County – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sarasota County" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A9%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%80%E5%B7%9E)" title="サラソータ郡 (フロリダ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="サラソータ郡 (フロリダ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Сарасота (гуо, Флорида) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Сарасота (гуо, Флорида)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County_(Florida)" title="Sarasota County (Florida) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Sarasota County (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County" title="Sarasota County – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sarasota County" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="ساراسوٹا کاؤنٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ساراسوٹا کاؤنٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County" title="Sarasota County – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Sarasota County" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Sarasota" title="Hrabstwo Sarasota – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Sarasota" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Sarasota" title="Condado de Sarasota – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Sarasota" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Sarasota,_Florida" title="Comitatul Sarasota, Florida – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Sarasota, Florida" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Сарасота (округ) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сарасота (округ)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County" title="Sarasota County – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Sarasota County" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County,_Florida" title="Sarasota County, Florida – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Sarasota County, Florida" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Округ Сарасота (Флорида) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Округ Сарасота (Флорида)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County,_Florida" title="Sarasota County, Florida – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Sarasota County, Florida" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasotan_piirikunta" title="Sarasotan piirikunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Sarasotan piirikunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County" title="Sarasota County – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Sarasota County" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Сарасота (округ, Флорида) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Сарасота (округ, Флорида)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_County" title="Sarasota County – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Sarasota County" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Сарасота (округ) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Сарасота (округ)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%88%D8%A7" title="سیراسوٹا کاؤنٹی، فلوریڈا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="سیراسوٹا کاؤنٹی، فلوریڈا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%E1%BA%ADn_Sarasota,_Florida" title="Quận Sarasota, Florida – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Quận Sarasota, Florida" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_han_Sarasota,_Florida" title="Condado han Sarasota, Florida – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Condado han Sarasota, Florida" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%96%A9%E6%8B%89%E7%B4%A2%E5%A1%94%E7%B8%A3_(%E4%BD%9B%E7%BE%85%E9%87%8C%E9%81%94%E5%B7%9E)" title="薩拉索塔縣 (佛羅里達州) – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="薩拉索塔縣 (佛羅里達州)" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sarasota_County,_Florida&params=27.19_N_82.37_W_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">27°11′N</span> <span class="longitude">82°22′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">27.19°N 82.37°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">27.19; -82.37</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">May 14, 1921</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sarasota,_Florida" title="Sarasota, Florida">Sarasota</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Port,_Florida" title="North Port, Florida">North Port</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">725 sq mi (1,880 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">556 sq mi (1,440 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">169 sq mi (440 km<sup>2</sup>)  23.4%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">469,013<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">781/sq mi (302/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">34223, 34229–34278, 34284–34289, 34292-34293, 34295</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">941</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_17th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 17th congressional district">17th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scgov.net">www<wbr />.scgov<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sarasota County</b> is a county located in <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Florida" title="Southwest Florida">Southwest Florida</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 US census</a>, the population was 434,006.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Sarasota,_Florida" title="Sarasota, Florida">Sarasota</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its largest city is <a href="/wiki/North_Port,_Florida" title="North Port, Florida">North Port</a>. Sarasota County is part of the <a href="/wiki/Sarasota_metropolitan_area" title="Sarasota metropolitan area">North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, FL metropolitan statistical area.</a> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Sarasota,_Florida" title="History of Sarasota, Florida">History of Sarasota, Florida</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Onetower.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Onetower.JPG/220px-Onetower.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Onetower.JPG/330px-Onetower.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Onetower.JPG/440px-Onetower.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Downtown Sarasota, the county seat, from the <a href="/wiki/John_Ringling_Causeway" title="John Ringling Causeway">John Ringling Causeway</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The area that is now known as Sarasota County has been inhabited by humans for some 10,000 years. Evidence of human remains as well as a burned out log at the <a href="/wiki/Warm_Mineral_Springs_(spring)" title="Warm Mineral Springs (spring)">Warm Mineral Springs</a>, in <a href="/wiki/North_Port,_Florida" title="North Port, Florida">North Port</a>, were discovered that date to the early <a href="/wiki/Archaic_period_(North_America)" title="Archaic period (North America)">Archaic period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the name was associated with the area from the beginning of European contacts, the origin of the name "Sarasota" is unknown. In the early twentieth-century, a fanciful story was created to go hand-in-hand with a pageant held in Sarasota. The story held that the town was named after the daughter of famous explorer <a href="/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto_(explorer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hernando de Soto (explorer)">Hernando de Soto</a>'s daughter Sara.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An early map of the area from 1763 shows the word "Zarazote" across present day Sarasota.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following exploration, the area was occupied by fishing camps, called ranchos.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1842, the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Occupation_Act" title="Armed Occupation Act">Armed Occupation Act</a> was passed, which deeded land to settlers who were willing to cultivate land in Florida. The act brought settlers to Sarasota but also led to the <a href="/wiki/Seminole_Wars" title="Seminole Wars">Second Seminole War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the war, the area was occupied by the U.S. army and Fort Armistead was built.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sarasota County was created in 1921 from the southern part of <a href="/wiki/Manatee_County,_Florida" title="Manatee County, Florida">Manatee County</a>. After acquisition by the United States as a territory, the area now included in Sarasota county had been part of <a href="/wiki/St._Johns_County,_Florida" title="St. Johns County, Florida">St. Johns County</a> (1821), <a href="/wiki/Alachua_County,_Florida" title="Alachua County, Florida">Alachua County</a> (1824), <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_Florida" title="Hillsborough County, Florida">Hillsborough County</a> (1834), and <a href="/wiki/Manatee_County,_Florida" title="Manatee County, Florida">Manatee County</a> (1855) as new counties were created from older counties to accommodate population growth and settlement in new areas.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Egret_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Great_Egret_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg/220px-Great_Egret_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Great_Egret_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg/330px-Great_Egret_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Great_Egret_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg/440px-Great_Egret_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1807" data-file-height="1387" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Great_egret" title="Great egret">great egret</a> in <a href="/wiki/Myakka_River_State_Park" title="Myakka River State Park">Myakka River State Park</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Black-necked_Stilt_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Black-necked_Stilt_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg/220px-Black-necked_Stilt_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Black-necked_Stilt_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg/330px-Black-necked_Stilt_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Black-necked_Stilt_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg/440px-Black-necked_Stilt_-_Myakka_River_State_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1293" data-file-height="974" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Black-necked_stilt" title="Black-necked stilt">Black-necked stilt</a> in Myakka River State Park</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 725 square miles (1,880 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 556 square miles (1,440 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 169 square miles (440 km<sup>2</sup>) (23.4%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manatee_County,_Florida" title="Manatee County, Florida">Manatee County</a> – north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeSoto_County,_Florida" title="DeSoto County, Florida">DeSoto County</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_County,_Florida" title="Charlotte County, Florida">Charlotte County</a> – south</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parks_and_preserves">Parks and preserves</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Parks and preserves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to local parks there are several preserve areas including: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bayonne_Parcel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bayonne Parcel (page does not exist)">Bayonne Parcel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circus_Hammock" title="Circus Hammock">Circus Hammock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curry_Creek_Preserve" title="Curry Creek Preserve">Curry Creek Preserve</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deer_Prairie_Creek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deer Prairie Creek (page does not exist)">Deer Prairie Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jelks_Preserve" title="Jelks Preserve">Jelks Preserve</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lemon_Bay_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lemon Bay Preserve (page does not exist)">Lemon Bay Preserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legacy_Trail_(Florida)" title="Legacy Trail (Florida)">Legacy Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasota_Scrub_Preserve" title="Manasota Scrub Preserve">Manasota Scrub Preserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myakkahatchee_Creek_Environmental_Park" title="Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park">Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Myakka_Islands_Point&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Myakka Islands Point (page does not exist)">Myakka Islands Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Miakka_Preserve" title="Old Miakka Preserve">Old Miakka Preserve</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinelands_Reserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pinelands Reserve (page does not exist)">Pinelands Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pocono_Trail_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pocono Trail Preserve (page does not exist)">Pocono Trail Preserve</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_Bug_Slough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Red Bug Slough (page does not exist)">Red Bug Slough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleeping_Turtles_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleeping Turtles South">Sleeping Turtles South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleeping_Turtles_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleeping Turtles North">Sleeping Turtles North</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Lemon_Bay_Preserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Lemon Bay Preserve (page does not exist)">South Lemon Bay Preserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Mabry_Carlton_Reserve" title="T. Mabry Carlton Reserve">T. Mabry Carlton Reserve</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Sarasota County has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a>, bordering on a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_savanna_climate" title="Tropical savanna climate">tropical savanna climate</a>, with hot, humid summers and warm, drier winters. The high temperatures and high humidity in the summer regularly push the <a href="/wiki/Heat_index" title="Heat index">heat index</a> over 100 °F (38 °C). There are distinct rainy and dry seasons, with the rainy season lasting from March to November and the dry season from December to February.</p><div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Sarasota, Florida (<a href="/wiki/Sarasota%E2%80%93Bradenton_International_Airport" title="Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport">Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport</a>), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1911–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.6<br />(28.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.6<br />(28.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.1<br />(30.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.7<br />(32.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.4<br />(34.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.9<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.2<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.3<br />(35.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.0<br />(34.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.3<br />(32.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.2<br />(30.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.6<br />(28.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">96.6<br />(35.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.5<br />(22.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.9<br />(23.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.2<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.5<br />(28.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.5<br />(30.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.0<br />(32.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.1<br />(32.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.5<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.2<br />(32.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.3<br />(30.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.0<br />(26.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.2<br />(24.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">83.3<br />(28.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.4<br />(16.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.8<br />(18.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.1<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.6<br />(22.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.8<br />(25.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.8<br />(27.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.1<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.4<br />(28.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.2<br />(27.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.3<br />(25.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.1<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.2<br />(18.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">74.1<br />(23.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.3<br />(11.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.6<br />(12.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.1<br />(14.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.7<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.2<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.6<br />(23.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.2<br />(24.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.3<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.1<br />(23.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.3<br />(20.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.1<br />(15.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.2<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">64.8<br />(18.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.9<br />(1.1) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.5<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.5<br />(5.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.2<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.6<br />(14.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.3<br />(20.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.3<br />(21.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.7<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.1<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.3<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.9<br />(7.2) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.9<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">32.3<br />(0.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(−5) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60<br />(16) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #95FF95; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.79<br />(71) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.92<br />(49) </td> <td style="background: #93FF93; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.85<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.46<br />(62) </td> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.58<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #00EA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.05<br />(179) </td> <td style="background: #00E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.39<br />(188) </td> <td style="background: #00A500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9.11<br />(231) </td> <td style="background: #14FF14; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.00<br />(152) </td> <td style="background: #96FF96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.76<br />(70) </td> <td style="background: #B8FFB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.81<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.33<br />(59) </td> <td style="background: #61FF61; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">49.05<br />(1,246) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8 </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #5B5BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.8 </td> <td style="background: #3E3EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.6 </td> <td style="background: #2727FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.5 </td> <td style="background: #5050FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.7 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0 </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">112.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sarasota County is one of only 20 Florida counties with its own charter, adopted in 1971. Sarasota County is governed by a five-member county commission. Each commissioner serves a four-year term and resides in and represents a single district.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like most of Southwest Florida, Sarasota County has been a stronghold for the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>. It was one of the first parts of Florida to begin to favor the Republicans over the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a>. The last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the county was <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> in <a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election" title="1944 United States presidential election">1944</a>. The closest any Democratic candidate has come since was <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> in <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008</a>, who lost in the county by just 211 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Republican edge has narrowed somewhat since the 1990s, however; Democrats have managed at least 40 percent of the vote in every election since 1996. </p><p>Republicans have historically dominated the county commission and all but two countywide elected positions. Democratic strength is concentrated in Sarasota, which has an all-Democratic city commission. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Sarasota County, Florida<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2024 United States presidential election in Florida">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">163,219 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.48%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">112,668 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.37% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,214 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2020 United States presidential election in Florida">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">148,370 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.71%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">120,110 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.29% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,689 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.99% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2016 United States presidential election in Florida">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">124,438 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.79%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">97,870 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.30% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9,045 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.91% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2012 United States presidential election in Florida">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">110,504 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.14%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">95,119 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.74% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,338 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2008 United States presidential election in Florida">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">102,897 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.47%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">102,686 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.37% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,422 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2004 United States presidential election in Florida">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">104,692 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.51%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">88,442 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.20% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,518 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2000 United States presidential election in Florida">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">83,117 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.63%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">72,869 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.27% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,991 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1996 United States presidential election in Florida">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">69,213 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>46.46%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">63,665 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.73% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">16,108 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1992 United States presidential election in Florida">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">66,855 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>42.76%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">54,552 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.89% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">34,945 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">22.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1988 United States presidential election in Florida">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">84,602 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>66.40%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42,099 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.04% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">708 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1984 United States presidential election in Florida">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">87,771 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>74.15%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30,525 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25.79% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">69 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1980 United States presidential election in Florida">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">68,065 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>68.57%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25,621 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25.81% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5,579 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1976 United States presidential election in Florida">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44,157 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.78%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26,293 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.78% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,028 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1972 United States presidential election in Florida">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48,939 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>79.95%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">12,235 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19.99% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">36 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1968 United States presidential election in Florida">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30,160 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.73%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,127 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">21.40% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7,041 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14.88% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1964 United States presidential election in Florida">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21,917 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.13%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">13,937 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.87% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1960 United States presidential election in Florida">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19,995 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>70.70%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">8,287 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.30% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1956 United States presidential election in Florida">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">13,937 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>73.40%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,052 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26.60% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1952 United States presidential election in Florida">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,538 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>70.74%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,945 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.26% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1948 United States presidential election in Florida">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,559 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.95%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,302 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.31% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,264 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17.74% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1944 United States presidential election in Florida">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,109 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37.99% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,443 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.01%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1940 United States presidential election in Florida">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,672 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30.71% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,773 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.29%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1936 United States presidential election in Florida">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,055 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30.38% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,418 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.62%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1932 United States presidential election in Florida">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">667 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.86% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,912 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.14%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1928 United States presidential election in Florida">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,603 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.46%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,181 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.60% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">55 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.94% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1924 United States presidential election in Florida">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">187 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.48% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">204 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>44.16%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">71 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.37% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_safety">Public safety</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Public safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aside from the typical law enforcement and fire departments, Sarasota County also utilizes an Emergency Management agency. The agency's main area of focus is disaster preparedness and response. The agency is responsible for what are called Community Emergency Response Teams as well as the county emergency evacuation shelters.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fire/EMS"><span id="Fire.2FEMS"></span>Fire/EMS</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fire/EMS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sarasota County Fire Department (SCFD) provides fire services to the City of Sarasota and all unincorporated areas of the county with the exception of areas covered by the Nokomis and Englewood fire districts. Additionally, SCFD provides <a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services" title="Emergency medical services">EMS</a> service to the City of Sarasota, all unincorporated areas of the county (including areas covered by the Nokomis and Englewood fire districts) plus the city of Venice.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Sarasota_County_Sheriff%27s_Office" title="Sarasota County Sheriff's Office">Sarasota County Sheriff's Office</a> (SSO) is the county's primary law enforcement agency. It is responsible for patrolling the unincorporated areas of the county along with operating the county's jail and providing courtroom security. SSO also operates the county's primary 911 center. The cities of <a href="/wiki/Sarasota_Police_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarasota Police Department">Sarasota</a>, North Port, and Venice along with the Town of Longboat Key each have their own police departments. The <a href="/wiki/Florida_Highway_Patrol" title="Florida Highway Patrol">Florida Highway Patrol</a> is responsible for patrolling <a href="/wiki/Florida_Department_of_Transportation" title="Florida Department of Transportation">FDOT</a> maintained roads in the county (<a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Highway_System" title="Florida State Highway System">Florida State Highway System</a>) and investigating <a href="/wiki/Traffic_collision" title="Traffic collision">motor vehicle accidents</a> that occur in unincorporated areas.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three <a href="/wiki/Specialist_law_enforcement_agency" title="Specialist law enforcement agency">specialist law enforcement agencies</a> have jurisdiction in the county: the <a href="/wiki/Sarasota-Bradenton_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport">Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport</a> Police Department,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/New_College_of_Florida" title="New College of Florida">New College</a>/<a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Florida_Sarasota%E2%80%93Manatee" title="University of South Florida Sarasota–Manatee">USF Sarasota-Manatee</a> Campus Police Department,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Seminole_Gulf_Railway" title="Seminole Gulf Railway">Seminole Gulf Railway</a> (SGLR) Police Department<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Sarasota County Schools Police Department.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each agency, except for the SCS Police Department, has jurisdiction in neighboring <a href="/wiki/Manatee_County,_Florida" title="Manatee County, Florida">Manatee County</a> as well, as each agency's properties extend into that county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voter_registration">Voter registration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Voter registration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All voter information is since October 31, 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> and provided by Florida Department of Elections:<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Party_statistics">Party statistics</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Party statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Party</th> <th>Registered Voters</th> <th>Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td> <td>159,410</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001474418992235373♠" style="display:none"></span>47.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td> <td>87,587</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001260667061495010♠" style="display:none"></span>26.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">No party affiliation</a></td> <td>79,279</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001235941680480698♠" style="display:none"></span>23.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Minor parties </td> <td>9,735 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000289544092306501♠" style="display:none"></span>2.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Total Voters</b></td> <td><b>336,011</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_officials">Government officials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Government officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States_Senate">United States Senate</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: United States Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Office</th> <th>Senator</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>Class 3 Senator</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>Class 1 Senator</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">Rick Scott</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States_House_of_Representatives">United States House of Representatives</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: United States House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>District</th> <th>Representative</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>Florida's 17th Congressional District</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Steube" title="Greg Steube">Greg Steube</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Florida_State_Senate">Florida State Senate</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Florida State Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>District</th> <th>Senator</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>23</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gruters" title="Joe Gruters">Joe Gruters</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Florida_House_of_Representatives">Florida House of Representatives</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Florida House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>District</th> <th>Representative</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>73</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fiona_McFarland" title="Fiona McFarland">Fiona McFarland</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>74</td> <td>James Buchanan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>75</td> <td>Danny Nix</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sarasota_County_Commission">Sarasota County Commission</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sarasota County Commission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Board of County Commissioners include the following:<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Incumbent </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">District 1 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center">Teresa Mast </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">District 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center">Mark Smith </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">District 3 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center">Tom Knight </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">District 4 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center">Joe Neunder </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">District 5 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center">Ron Cutsinger </td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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</th> <th>Incumbent </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">District 1 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Bridget_Ziegler" title="Bridget Ziegler">Bridget Ziegler</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">District 2 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center">Liz Barker </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">District 3 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center">Tom Edwards </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">District 4 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center">Robyn A. Marinelli </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">District 5 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center">Tim Enos </td></tr> </tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sarasota-Bradenton_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport">Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Manatee_County,_Florida" title="Manatee County, Florida">Manatee County</a> (runway), Sarasota County (terminal), and <a href="/wiki/Sarasota,_Florida" title="Sarasota, Florida">Sarasota</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venice_Municipal_Airport" title="Venice Municipal Airport">Venice Municipal Airport</a>, a general aviation airport in <a href="/wiki/Venice,_Florida" title="Venice, Florida">Venice</a>.</li> <li>Hidden River Airport, a private airport in the eastern part of the county.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchan_Airport" title="Buchan Airport">Buchan Airport</a>, in Englewood.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways_and_state_roads">Major highways and state roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Major highways and state roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_county_roads_in_Sarasota_County,_Florida" title="List of county roads in Sarasota County, Florida">List of county roads in Sarasota County, Florida</a></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-75.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/I-75.svg/25px-I-75.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/I-75.svg/38px-I-75.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/I-75.svg/50px-I-75.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_75_in_Florida" title="Interstate 75 in Florida">Interstate 75</a> – north–south <a href="/wiki/Limited-access" class="mw-redirect" title="Limited-access">limited-access</a> <a href="/wiki/Freeway" class="mw-redirect" title="Freeway">freeway</a>, and has ten <a href="/wiki/Interchange_(road)" title="Interchange (road)">interchanges</a> within Sarasota County. A major north–south highway in Sarasota County. It is a high-speed connection with other cities such as <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fort_Myers,_Florida" title="Fort Myers, Florida">Fort Myers, Florida</a>. In Venice, Interstate 75 turns east, passing through <a href="/wiki/North_Port,_Florida" title="North Port, Florida">North Port</a>, before again turning south to cross <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Harbor_(estuary)" title="Charlotte Harbor (estuary)">Charlotte Harbor</a>.</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_41.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/US_41.svg/25px-US_41.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/US_41.svg/38px-US_41.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/US_41.svg/50px-US_41.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_41_in_Florida" title="U.S. Route 41 in Florida">U.S. Highway 41</a> – The main north–south road through the county is known as <a href="/wiki/Tamiami_Trail" title="Tamiami Trail">Tamiami Trail</a>. It was created in the 1920s to connect Tampa with Miami, hence the contracted name.</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_301.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/US_301.svg/25px-US_301.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/US_301.svg/38px-US_301.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/US_301.svg/50px-US_301.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_301_in_Florida" title="U.S. Route 301 in Florida">U.S. Highway 301</a> – This highway begins in the city of Sarasota with an intersection at US-41 just south of Downtown Sarasota, and runs north–south through the county.</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_72.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Florida_72.svg/25px-Florida_72.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Florida_72.svg/38px-Florida_72.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Florida_72.svg/50px-Florida_72.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_72" title="Florida State Road 72">State Road 72</a> – Stickney Point Road and Clark Road</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_681.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Florida_681.svg/25px-Florida_681.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Florida_681.svg/38px-Florida_681.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Florida_681.svg/50px-Florida_681.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_681" title="Florida State Road 681">State Road 681</a> – Venice Connector, this road was formerly the southern terminus of Interstate 75 in the early 1980s</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_758.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Florida_758.svg/25px-Florida_758.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Florida_758.svg/38px-Florida_758.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Florida_758.svg/50px-Florida_758.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_758" title="Florida State Road 758">State Road 758</a> – Midnight Pass Road, Higel Avenue, Siesta Drive, South Osprey Avenue, Bee Ridge Road</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_776.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Florida_776.svg/25px-Florida_776.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Florida_776.svg/38px-Florida_776.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Florida_776.svg/50px-Florida_776.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_776" title="Florida State Road 776">State Road 776</a> – Englewood Road/North Indiana Avenue</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_777.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Florida_777.svg/25px-Florida_777.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Florida_777.svg/38px-Florida_777.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Florida_777.svg/50px-Florida_777.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_777" title="Florida State Road 777">State Road 777</a> – River Road from US-41 to I-75</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_789.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Florida_789.svg/25px-Florida_789.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Florida_789.svg/38px-Florida_789.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Florida_789.svg/50px-Florida_789.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_789" title="Florida State Road 789">State Road 789</a> – Begins at an intersection with US-41 at the Sarasota Bayfront, going west across the <a href="/wiki/John_Ringling_Causeway" title="John Ringling Causeway">Ringling Bridge</a>, connecting to St. Armands Key, before turning north and becoming Gulf of Mexico Drive on <a href="/wiki/Longboat_Key,_Florida" title="Longboat Key, Florida">Longboat Key, Florida</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_780.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Florida_780.svg/25px-Florida_780.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Florida_780.svg/38px-Florida_780.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Florida_780.svg/50px-Florida_780.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_780" title="Florida State Road 780">State Road 780</a> – Fruitville Road</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_transportation">Public transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Public transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Sarasota_County_Area_Transit" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarasota County Area Transit">Sarasota County Area Transit</a></b> (SCAT) provides public transportation for Sarasota County, Florida. SCAT is operated by Sarasota County. It maintains 19 fixed-line bus routes plus a dial-a-ride paratransit service (SCAT Plus).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>12,440</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>16,106</td><td></td><td>29.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>28,827</td><td></td><td>79.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>76,895</td><td></td><td>166.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>120,413</td><td></td><td>56.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>202,251</td><td></td><td>68.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>277,776</td><td></td><td>37.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>325,957</td><td></td><td>17.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>379,448</td><td></td><td>16.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>434,006</td><td></td><td>14.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">469,013</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>8.1%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790–1960<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900–1990<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990–2000<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2020<sup id="cite_ref-QF_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Sarasota County racial composition as of 2020</b><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th>% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> (NH) </td> <td>321,978 </td> <td>349,700 </td> <td>84.85% </td> <td>80.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> (NH) </td> <td>17,036 </td> <td>16,165 </td> <td>4.49% </td> <td>3.72% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> (NH) </td> <td>667 </td> <td>695 </td> <td>0.18% </td> <td>0.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> (NH) </td> <td>4,818 </td> <td>8,407 </td> <td>1.27% </td> <td>1.94% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> (NH) </td> <td>102 </td> <td>168 </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Some Other Race (NH) </td> <td>545 </td> <td>1,902 </td> <td>0.14% </td> <td>0.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed/Multi-Racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>4,269 </td> <td>13,733 </td> <td>1.13% </td> <td>3.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> </td> <td>30,033 </td> <td>43,236 </td> <td>7.91% </td> <td>9.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>379,448</b> </td> <td><b>434,006</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 434,006 people, 189,228 households, and 117,532 families residing in the county. 3.5% of that population was under the age of 5 years old, 14.0% was under 18 years old, and 37.4% was 65 years or older. 52.4% was female. </p><p>The median household income was $64,644 with a per capita income of $44,402. 8.7% of population below the poverty threshold. The median value of owner-occupied housing-units between 2016 and 2020 was $269,300 and the median gross rent was $1,342. </p><p>There were 41,215 veterans living in the county. 12.2% of the population was foreign born. 93.2% of the population that was 25 years or older had completed a high school education, and 36.4% of those 25 years or older had a bachelor's degree or higher. </p><p>As of 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, according to the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA), the percentage of religious affiliations in Sarasota County were:<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Religion<br />or denomination </th> <th>Percentage<br /> of adherents </th></tr> <tr> <td>Catholic </td> <td>27.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Protestant </td> <td>18% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mainline Protestant </td> <td>5.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other </td> <td>1.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Judaism </td> <td>1.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black Protestant </td> <td>0.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Buddhism </td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hinduism </td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Orthodox </td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Islam </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_private_employers">Top private employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Top private employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of January 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the top private employers for Sarasota County are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-EDC_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EDC-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Sarasota Memorial Health Care System (4,563)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=PGT_Innovations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PGT Innovations (page does not exist)">PGT Innovations</a> (2,000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Publix" title="Publix">Publix</a> (1,733)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venice_Regional_Bayfront_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Venice Regional Bayfront Health">Venice Regional Medical Center</a> (812)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sun_Hydraulics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sun Hydraulics (page does not exist)">Sun Hydraulics</a> (632)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tervis_Tumbler" title="Tervis Tumbler">Tervis Tumbler</a> (570)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shared_services_center" title="Shared services center">Shared Services Center Sarasota</a> (455)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=FCCI_Insurance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FCCI Insurance (page does not exist)">FCCI Insurance</a> (426)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctors_Hospital_(Sarasota,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctors Hospital (Sarasota, Florida)">Doctors Hospital</a> (415)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Hewitt" title="Jackson Hewitt">Jackson Hewitt, Inc.</a> (337)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_public_and_private_employers">Top public and private employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Top public and private employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of October 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the top employees for Sarasota County, including <a href="/wiki/Public_sector" title="Public sector">public sector</a> jobs, are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-FY2019_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY2019-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Sarasota_County_Public_Schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarasota County Public Schools">School Board of Sarasota County</a> (4,563)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarasota_Memorial_Hospital" title="Sarasota Memorial Hospital">Sarasota Memorial Hospital</a> (4,244)</li> <li>Sarasota County Government (3,533)</li> <li>Publix Supermarkets (2,793)</li> <li>PGT Industries (2,079)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports_and_recreation">Sports and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Sports and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sarasota County is home to the <a href="/wiki/Sarasota_Paradise" title="Sarasota Paradise">Sarasota Paradise</a>, a soccer team established in 2023, competing in <a href="/wiki/USL_League_Two" title="USL League Two">USL League Two</a>. The team played its first two seasons at Cleland Stadium at Ihrig Field at Sarasota High. In its 2024 Season the Sarasota Paradise took home a Division championship<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and qualified for playoffs for the first time in the team's history on July 15th, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The City of Sarasota recognized August 19th, 2024 as Sarasota Paradise Day to commemorate the achievement.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sarasota County is home to <a href="/wiki/Ed_Smith_Stadium" title="Ed Smith Stadium">Ed Smith Stadium</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> currently have spring training. The Orioles also have minor league facilities at Twin Lakes Park. In January 2017, the Braves announced a formal agreement to move their Spring Training home to <a href="/wiki/North_Port,_Florida" title="North Port, Florida">North Port</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SHT2_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHT2-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/CoolToday_Park" title="CoolToday Park">CoolToday Park</a> opened on March 24, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-firstgame_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstgame-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sarasota County is also home to <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Benderson_Park" title="Nathan Benderson Park">Nathan Benderson Park</a>. The facility has played host to the 2017 World Rowing Championships and subsequent World Rowing events in 2018 and 2019. It has also been the host of the 2016 Olympic Time Trials - Rowing and will host the delayed 2020 Olympic rowing time trials. NBP has also been the site of multiple NCAA national rowing championship regattas, the USRowing Youth National Championships, and other rowing regattas and dragon boat festivals since 2011. The park will host the 2021 U.S. Dragon Boat Federation National Championships and the 2022 International Dragon Boat Federation Club Crew World Championships, after holding the 2014 International Breast Cancer Paddlers Commission world regatta.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nathan Benderson Park is also the site of Olympic qualifying events in triathlon and paratriathlon, with several ITU Triathlon World Cup and Americas Triathlon Cup events over the years. Numerous community running and walking events, music and food festivals and other community events are held in the park, including the annual NBP Fireworks On The Lake, held every July 3, and NBP Trick Or Treat On The Lake, held the last week of October.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_and_secondary_education">Primary and secondary education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Primary and secondary education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sarasota_County_Public_Schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarasota County Public Schools">Sarasota County Public Schools</a> – public K–12 School district serving all of Sarasota County</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_College_of_Florida" title="New College of Florida">New College of Florida</a> – public liberal arts college. Honors college of the state of Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ringling_College_of_Art_and_Design" title="Ringling College of Art and Design">Ringling College of Art and Design</a> – private, 4-year, not-for-profit, fully accredited college with concentrations in art and design</li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_College_of_Florida,_Manatee%E2%80%93Sarasota" title="State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota">State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota</a> – South Venice Campus of SCF</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Florida" title="University of South Florida">University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee</a> – branch campus of USF</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_University" title="Florida State University">Florida State University College of Medicine</a> – branch campus for 3rd/4th Year Medical Students and PA Students in Clinical Years</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums_and_libraries">Museums and libraries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Museums and libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sarasota_County_Library_System" title="Sarasota County Library System">Sarasota County Library System</a></div> <p>Library branches:<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library</li> <li>Elsie Quirk Public Library</li> <li>Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Public Library</li> <li>Fruitville Public Library</li> <li>Gulf Gate Public Library</li> <li>North Port Public Library</li> <li>The Osprey Public Library at the Historic Spanish Point</li> <li>Selby Public Library</li> <li>Shannon Staub Library</li> <li>William H. Jervey, Jr. Venice Public Library</li></ul> <p>Sarasota County residents may obtain library cards for free and valid library cards may be used to check out materials at all ten Sarasota County libraries. Manatee and Charlotte County residents, as well as library users from any of the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Library_Consortium" title="Tampa Bay Library Consortium">Tampa Bay Library Consortium</a> libraries may register as reciprocal borrowers and check out materials in Sarasota County. Non-resident cards are available for purchase and offer the same privileges as resident cards. </p><p>The library system provides a variety of services which include adult, teen and children's materials. Computers for public use are available at all ten Sarasota County Libraries and free wireless access in the libraries is provided by the Sarasota County Government. The library system has licensing to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161024204849/http://www.yourcloudlibrary.com/index.php/en-us/">cloudLibrary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hoopla_(digital_media_service)" title="Hoopla (digital media service)">Hoopla</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://scgov.freegalmusic.com/homes/index">Freegal Music</a>. On April 27, 2022, Sarasota County Libraries migrated all digital content to from Overdrive to cloudLibrary to provide a fuller, more streamlined digital collection and discontinued using Overdrive<b>.</b><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ask_a_Librarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Ask a Librarian">Ask a Librarian</a>, the on-line Florida librarian reference system is available through the Sarasota County Public Library System. Sarasota County residents have access to the Pinellas Talking Book Library as well as a Books-by-Mail service.<sup id="cite_ref-scgovlib2_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scgovlib2-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Selby_Public_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Selby Public Library">Selby Public Library</a> has been a selective depository in the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Depository_Library_Program" title="Federal Depository Library Program">Federal Depository Library Program</a> and receives almost 50% of the government publications distributed through the program.<sup id="cite_ref-scgovlib2_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scgovlib2-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the Sarasota County Library System is an organization member of the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Library_Association" title="Florida Library Association">Florida Library Association</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Little_Free_Library" title="Little Free Library">Little Free Library</a> program was introduced to Sarasota County in 2014 as the result of a collaborative effort between the Libraries and Historical Resources department, the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scgov.net/parks/Pages/default.aspx">Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources</a> department and the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu/">UF/IFAS Sarasota County Extension and Sustainability</a> department. The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scgov.net/government/libraries/little-free-libraries">Sarasota County Little Free Libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410134637/https://www.scgov.net/government/libraries/little-free-libraries">Archived</a> April 10, 2018, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> have been placed at thirteen different county parks and recreation centers.<sup id="cite_ref-scgovlib3_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scgovlib3-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="History_2">History</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first library, which was established in 1907 by the Sarasota Town Improvement Society. County libraries have been established in response to community demands and needs. </p><p>The first libraries were autonomous with the Head Librarians reporting directly to the County Administrator. Sarasota Public Library was managed by Betty Service, the Englewood library by Harriet Ives, and Venice by Jean McGuire. Joan Hopkins directed and coordinated library services for the rapidly growing population. She directed the establishment of Gulf Gate Public Library, North Port Public Library, Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Public Library and the new downtown Sarasota library, and laid the groundwork for building future libraries in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2023, the Sarasota County Board of Commissioners voted to cease the Sarasota County library system's membership with the <a href="/wiki/American_Library_Association" title="American Library Association">American Library Association</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Library_Association" title="Florida Library Association">Florida Library Association</a>, referencing concern over Marxist influences and that the associations' were "acting like political action committees."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_media">Local media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Local media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newspapers">Newspapers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Newspapers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>North Port Sun</i> – an edition of the Charlotte Sun newspapers</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sarasota_Herald_Tribune" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarasota Herald Tribune">Sarasota Herald Tribune</a></i> – primarily serves Sarasota County for news, but also serves <a href="/wiki/Manatee_County,_Florida" title="Manatee County, Florida">Manatee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_County,_Florida" title="Charlotte County, Florida">Charlotte</a> and <a href="/wiki/DeSoto_County,_Florida" title="DeSoto County, Florida">DeSoto</a> counties. Circulation is 110,817 daily and 132,185 on Sunday (2005 averages)<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also operates an online news portal, HeraldTribune.com</li> <li><i>Scene Magazine</i>, a civic, business and social publication serving Sarasota and <a href="/wiki/Manatee_County,_Florida" title="Manatee County, Florida">Manatee</a> counties.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Observer_Media_Group" title="Observer Media Group">Observer Media Group</a> newspapers: <i><a href="/wiki/East_County_Observer" class="mw-redirect" title="East County Observer">East County Observer</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Longboat_Observer" title="Longboat Observer">Longboat Observer</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sarasota_Observer" title="Sarasota Observer">Sarasota Observer</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Siesta_Key_Observer" title="Siesta Key Observer">Siesta Key Observer</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-OMG_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OMG-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Sarasota News Leader</i> – online weekly news</li> <li><i>Venice Gondolier Sun</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sarasota County is part of the <a href="/wiki/Template:Tampa_Bay_TV" title="Template:Tampa Bay TV">Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota</a> <a href="/wiki/Designated_market_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Designated market area">DMA</a>, however the following stations have facilities located in the county: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWSB" title="WWSB">WWSB</a> – a local <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> affiliate based in Sarasota, which serves as the primary ABC affiliate for Sarasota County and a Secondary ABC affiliate for the rest of the Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota DMA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSNN-LD" title="WSNN-LD">WSNN-LD</a> – local twenty-four-hour news station based in Sarasota</li> <li>Various government and local access channels. Access 19 (Local Government channel), Education Channel (School Board) and BLAB TV (local programming)</li></ul> <p>Television stations serving all or part of Sarasota County but located in <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida" title="St. Petersburg, Florida">Saint Petersburg</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tampa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampa">Tampa</a> include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WTVT" title="WTVT">WTVT</a> - the local <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> affiliate based in Tampa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFLA-TV" title="WFLA-TV">WFLA</a> - the local <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> affiliate based in Tampa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTSP" title="WTSP">WTSP</a> - the local <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> affiliate based in St. Petersburg</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFTS-TV" title="WFTS-TV">WFTS</a> - the primary ABC affiliate for the Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota DMA, based in St. Petersburg</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WCTQ" title="WCTQ">WCTQ</a> – (92.1 and 103.1 Country)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSLR-LP" title="WSLR-LP">WSLR-LP</a> – (96.5 Community Radio)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSDV" title="WSDV">WSDV</a> - (103.9 Top-40)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Port,_Florida" title="North Port, Florida">North Port</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarasota,_Florida" title="Sarasota, Florida">Sarasota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venice,_Florida" title="Venice, Florida">Venice</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Town">Town</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Longboat_Key,_Florida" title="Longboat Key, Florida">Longboat Key (part)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bee_Ridge,_Florida" title="Bee Ridge, Florida">Bee Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desoto_Acres,_Florida" title="Desoto Acres, Florida">Desoto Acres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desoto_Lakes,_Florida" title="Desoto Lakes, Florida">Desoto Lakes</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fruitville,_Florida" title="Fruitville, Florida">Fruitville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Gate_Estates,_Florida" title="Gulf Gate Estates, Florida">Gulf Gate Estates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_Park,_Florida" title="Kensington Park, Florida">Kensington Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Sarasota,_Florida" title="Lake Sarasota, Florida">Lake Sarasota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakewood_Ranch,_Florida" title="Lakewood Ranch, Florida">Lakewood Ranch (part)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel,_Florida" title="Laurel, Florida">Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nokomis,_Florida" title="Nokomis, Florida">Nokomis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Sarasota,_Florida" title="North Sarasota, Florida">North Sarasota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Miakka,_Florida" title="Old Miakka, Florida">Old Miakka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osprey,_Florida" title="Osprey, Florida">Osprey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmer_Ranch,_Florida" title="Palmer Ranch, Florida">Palmer Ranch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinecraft,_Florida" title="Pinecraft, Florida">Pinecraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plantation,_Sarasota_County,_Florida" title="Plantation, Sarasota County, Florida">Plantation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge_Wood_Heights,_Florida" title="Ridge Wood Heights, Florida">Ridge Wood Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarasota_Springs,_Florida" title="Sarasota Springs, Florida">Sarasota Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siesta_Key,_Florida" title="Siesta Key, Florida">Siesta Key</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gate_Ridge,_Florida" title="South Gate Ridge, Florida">South Gate Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sarasota,_Florida" title="South Sarasota, Florida">South Sarasota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Venice,_Florida" title="South Venice, Florida">South Venice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southgate,_Florida" title="Southgate, Florida">Southgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Meadows,_Florida" title="The Meadows, Florida">The Meadows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vamo,_Florida" title="Vamo, Florida">Vamo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venice_Gardens,_Florida" title="Venice Gardens, Florida">Venice Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warm_Mineral_Springs,_Florida" title="Warm Mineral Springs, Florida">Warm Mineral Springs</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_unincorporated_communities">Other unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Other unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manasota,_Florida" title="Manasota, Florida">Manasota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellen_Park,_Florida" title="Wellen Park, Florida">Wellen Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodmere,_Florida" title="Woodmere, Florida">Woodmere</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Sarasota_County,_Florida" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Sarasota County, Florida">National Register of Historic Places listings in Sarasota County, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarasota_National_Cemetery" title="Sarasota National Cemetery">Sarasota National Cemetery</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarasota_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sarasotacountyflorida/PST045223">"U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Sarasota County, Florida; United States"</a>. <i>www.census.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Treasure Coast">Treasure Coast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_of_Florida" title="List of metropolitan areas of Florida">Metro areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Florida" title="Lee County, Florida">Cape Coral–Fort Myers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crestview%E2%80%93Fort_Walton_Beach%E2%80%93Destin_metropolitan_area" title="Crestview–Fort Walton Beach–Destin metropolitan area">Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deltona%E2%80%93Daytona_Beach%E2%80%93Ormond_Beach,_Florida_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" title="Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area">Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gainesville_metropolitan_area,_Florida" title="Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida">Gainesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citrus_County,_Florida" title="Citrus County, Florida">Homosassa Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_metropolitan_area" title="Jacksonville metropolitan area">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeland%E2%80%93Winter_Haven_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakeland–Winter Haven metropolitan area">Lakeland–Winter Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_metropolitan_area" title="Miami metropolitan area">Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collier_County,_Florida" title="Collier County, Florida">Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarasota_metropolitan_area" title="Sarasota metropolitan area">North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Florida" title="Marion County, Florida">Ocala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Orlando" title="Greater Orlando">Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brevard_County,_Florida" title="Brevard County, Florida">Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panama_City_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Panama City metropolitan area">Panama City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensacola_metropolitan_area" title="Pensacola metropolitan area">Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasure_Coast" title="Treasure Coast">Port St. Lucie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_County,_Florida" title="Charlotte County, Florida">Punta Gorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_River_County,_Florida" title="Indian River County, Florida">Sebastian-Vero Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highlands_County,_Florida" title="Highlands County, Florida">Sebring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallahassee_metropolitan_area" title="Tallahassee metropolitan area">Tallahassee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_area" title="Tampa Bay area">Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumter_County,_Florida" title="Sumter County, Florida">The Villages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Florida" title="List of municipalities in Florida">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida" title="St. Petersburg, Florida">St. Petersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hialeah,_Florida" title="Hialeah, Florida">Hialeah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_St._Lucie,_Florida" title="Port St. Lucie, Florida">Port St. Lucie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" title="Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Coral,_Florida" title="Cape Coral, Florida">Cape Coral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida" title="Fort Lauderdale, Florida">Fort Lauderdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembroke_Pines,_Florida" title="Pembroke Pines, Florida">Pembroke Pines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Florida" title="Hollywood, Florida">Hollywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gainesville,_Florida" title="Gainesville, Florida">Gainesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miramar,_Florida" title="Miramar, Florida">Miramar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coral_Springs,_Florida" title="Coral Springs, Florida">Coral Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Bay,_Florida" title="Palm Bay, Florida">Palm Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Palm_Beach,_Florida" title="West Palm Beach, Florida">West Palm Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearwater,_Florida" title="Clearwater, Florida">Clearwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeland,_Florida" title="Lakeland, Florida">Lakeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pompano_Beach,_Florida" title="Pompano Beach, Florida">Pompano Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_Gardens,_Florida" title="Miami Gardens, Florida">Miami Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davie,_Florida" title="Davie, Florida">Davie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Florida" title="List of counties in Florida">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alachua_County,_Florida" title="Alachua County, Florida">Alachua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baker_County,_Florida" title="Baker County, Florida">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_County,_Florida" title="Bay County, Florida">Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_County,_Florida" title="Bradford County, Florida">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brevard_County,_Florida" title="Brevard County, Florida">Brevard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broward_County,_Florida" title="Broward County, Florida">Broward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Florida" title="Calhoun County, Florida">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_County,_Florida" title="Charlotte County, Florida">Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citrus_County,_Florida" title="Citrus County, Florida">Citrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Florida" title="Clay County, Florida">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collier_County,_Florida" title="Collier County, Florida">Collier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_County,_Florida" title="Columbia County, Florida">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeSoto_County,_Florida" title="DeSoto County, Florida">DeSoto</a></li> 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