Sarasota County

administration
Sarasota County Courthouse
US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Sarasota
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 8 Sarasota, FL 34230-0008
Foundation :	May 14, 1921
Made up from:	Manatee County
Area code :	001 941
Demographics
Residents :	379,448 (2010)
Population density :	256.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1878 km²
Water surface :	398 km²
map

Website : www.co.sarasota.fl.us

The Sarasota County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Sarasota .

history

Sarasota County was formed on May 14, 1921 from parts of Manatee County. It was named after a word from the Calusa Indian language, which means rock marking .

geography

The county has an area of 1,878 square kilometers, of which 398 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Manatee County , DeSoto County, and Charlotte County . Together with Manatee County, the county forms the metropolitan area of Sarasota .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1930	12,440	-
1940	16,106	29.5%
1950	28,827	79%
1960	76,895	166.7%
1970	120,413	56.6%
1980	202.251	68%
1990	277.776	37.3%
2000	325,957	17.3%
2010	379,448	16.4%
1930–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census , Sarasota County had 379,448 people in 228,117 households. The population density was 256.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 90.2% white, 4.7% African American , 0.2% American Indian and 1.3% Asian Americans . 2.0% were members of other ethnic groups and 1.6% of different ethnic groups. 7.9% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 and 46.2% of all households lived in 19.2% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 60.9% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.13 people and the average family size was 2.64 people.

17.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 16.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 39.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 53 years. 47.7% of the population were male and 52.3% were female.

The median income for a household in the 48,900 USD , while 11.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 87.61% of the population, 6.17% spoke Spanish and 6.22% had another mother tongue.