County · Florida

Sarasota County, Florida

Sarasota County, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 87 out of 100 (very high), ranking #398 of 3,143 US counties. Within Florida it ranks #2 of 67 counties. It ranks best on reading scores (high), new homes permitted (high) and math scores (high). It ranks worst on rent-burdened households (high), rent as share of income (high) and income inequality (Gini index) (high).

87Very high

Quality-of-life score: #398 of 3,143 counties
Florida: #2 of 67 in FL
Population: 479,958 (2025)
Land area: 556 mi²
Density: 863.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 12115

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety78#690/3,096
Economy88#374/3,143
Housing6#2,960/3,140
Health94#196/3,144
Healthcare87#402/3,143
Environment42#1,804/3,108
Education94#186/3,144
Infrastructure96#142/3,144
Community73#843/3,144
Leisure & amenities92#240/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sarasota County, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Reading scores · high3.46
97/100Florida 3.17United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New homes permitted · high11.5 /1k
97/100Florida 7.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Math scores · high3.52
96/100Florida 3.28United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · high33.0%
96/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Food insecurity · low10.2%
96/100Florida 17.9%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Life expectancy · high81.0 yrs
96/100Florida 78.5 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high59.3%
1/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · high35.0%
2/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.505
3/100Florida 0.485United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Hot days · high118 days
3/100Florida 102 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Natural hazard risk · high95.2
4/100Florida 75.92025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
436,262 (2020) → 479,958 (2025)
+10%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 92% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+92 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
2 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drug overdose deathsImproving
33.9 /100k (2021) → 11.3 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−67%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
1,525 /100k (2020) → 761 /100k (2025)
−50%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
3.6 /100k (2021) → 2.1 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−42%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Sarasota County, Florida improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 12 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Weekly wage+31%$993 → $1,300
Bachelor's++5.4 points35.4% → 40.8%
Overdose deaths−67%33.9 /100k → 11.3 /100k
Uninsured−2.9 points16.0% → 13.1%
Violent crime−41%223 /100k → 131 /100k

Declined6

Students / teacher+1.0×15.0× → 15.9×
Firearm deaths+36%10.8 /100k → 14.7 /100k
Price / income+0.9×4.0× → 4.9×
Rent / income+3.4 points31.6% → 35.0%
Inequality+0.0240.481 → 0.505

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Sarasota County, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.8 /10k2020	7.0 /10k2025	+20%	Improved	72%
Average commute time	24.5 min2015-2019	24.5 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	57%
Average weekly wage	$9932020	$1,3002025	+31%	Improved	86%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%2015-2019	40.8%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Improved	87%
Broadband subscriptions	85.1%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Improved	29%
Child poverty rate	12.0%2019	11.6%2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Distance to an airport	13 mi2020	13 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	33.9 /100k2020	11.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−67%	Improved	90%
Effective property tax rate	0.83%2015-2019	0.72%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	51%
Firearm deaths	10.8 /100k2020	14.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+36%	Declined	12%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+3.2%	Within the margin of error	67%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.6 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	67%
High school diploma or higher	93.1%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Home price to income ratio	4.0×2015-2019	4.9×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	13%
Homicide rate	2.3 /100k2020	2.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8.7%	Within the margin of error	29%
Income adjusted for local prices	$70,5422019	$91,8782024	+30%	Improved	41%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4812015-2019	0.5052020-2024	+0.024	Declined	19%
Median household income	$66,2582019	$83,3672024	+26%	Improved	55%
New business applications	16.2 /1k2020	21.4 /1k2025	+32%	Improved	35%
Pharmacies	2.6 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−5.9%	Within the margin of error	48%
Poverty rate	7.8%2019	8.6%2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Property crime rate	1,525 /100k2020	761 /100k2025	−50%	Improved	75%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	+0.5%	Within the margin of error	60%
Public transit commuters	0.8%2015-2019	0.4%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	36%
Rent as share of income	31.6%2015-2019	35.0%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Declined	16%
Rent-burdened households	53.0%2015-2019	59.3%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Declined	20%
Restaurants and bars	12.8 /10k2020	12.6 /10k2025	−1.1%	Within the margin of error	46%
Students per teacher	15.0×2019	15.9×2024	+1.0×	Declined	9%
Suicide rate	18.1 /100k2020	21.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+19%	Within the margin of error	22%
Traffic deaths	13.5 /100k2015-2019	12.8 /100k2020-2024	−5%	Within the margin of error	62%
Unemployment rate	7.3%2020	4.3%2025	−3 points	Improved	62%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.0%2019	13.1%2024	−2.9 points	Improved	82%
Violent crime rate	223 /100k2020	131 /100k2025	−41%	Improved	80%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Sarasota County, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sarasota County, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Sarasota County, Florida itself moved +1 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

459,547 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+1.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

459,547 residents

Sarasota County, Florida
Florida share

White80%367,787
Black3.9%17,786
Hispanic or Latino11%48,971
Asian1.9%8,790
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†494
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%211
Other or two or more races3.4%15,508

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

369,342 residents (±141)

Sarasota County, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma5.2%19,340
High school or GED25%92,343
Some college19%71,280
Associate degree9.6%35,638
Bachelor's degree24%87,514
Graduate degree17%63,227

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (−3.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

212,204 households (±1,723)

Sarasota County, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k12%25,519
$25k–50k17%35,778
$50k–75k17%35,394
$75k–100k13%27,605
$100k–150k19%40,964
$150k–200k8.4%17,834
$200k or more14%29,110

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−6.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

212,204 households (±1,723)

Sarasota County, Florida
Florida share

Own77%162,776
Rent23%49,428

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

45,982 households (±1,374)

Sarasota County, Florida
Florida share

Under $7505.2%2,374
$750–1,0005.1%2,325
$1,000–1,50022%9,906

Home values

162,776 homes (±1,864)

Sarasota County, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k7.6%12,369
$150k–250k12%20,160
$250k–400k28%45,895

Age of homes

266,492 homes (±163)

Sarasota County, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later15%40,605
2000–200918%46,649
1980–199932%84,101

Size of homes

266,492 homes (±163)

Sarasota County, Florida
Florida share

Studio1.3%3,477
1 bedroom7.7%20,532
2 bedrooms40%107,029

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

185,688 workers (±2,324)

Sarasota County, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone71%132,745
Carpool8.5%15,858
Public transit0.4%†743
Walk1.0%1,915
Bike0.5%841
Work from home17%30,813
Other1.5%2,773

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−10.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

154,875 workers (±2,347)

Sarasota County, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min23%36,123
15–29 min43%65,946
30–44 min23%35,646

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Sarasota County has 15,989 employer establishments, 339 for every 10,000 residents (1.36× the US rate of 248; 1.20× Florida's), with 162,310 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,765. The Census Bureau also counts 59,161 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 15,989; 59,161 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 339; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 162,310
Average annual pay: $55,765; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Sarasota County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,534	32.5	1.56×More than typical	13,227	$71,914	3,189
Specialty trade contractors	1,474	31.2	2.02×More than typical	11,412	$58,458	3,655
Lessors of real estate	1,290	27.3	2.22×More than typical	3,452	$61,495	8,557
Restaurants and other eating places	907	19.2	1.05×About typical	19,874	$27,421	221
Services to buildings and dwellings	808	17.1	2.54×More than typical	4,678	$38,330	4,224
Real estate agents and brokers	771	16.3	3.35×More than typical	1,198	$68,587	3,084
Management, scientific and technical consulting	610	12.9	1.93×More than typical	2,212	$90,764	2,815
Construction of buildings	581	12.3	1.63×More than typical	2,986	$78,961	2,080
Offices of physicians	539	11.4	1.76×More than typical	4,957	$102,338	621
Full-service restaurants	516	10.9	1.42×More than typical	13,433	$30,996	101
Offices of other health practitioners	506	10.7	1.76×More than typical	2,125	$49,992	1,279
Building finishing contractors	490	10.4	2.73×More than typical	1,947	$47,770	1,494

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 472,211 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $131.7M on contracts performed in Sarasota County, Florida: $274 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $131.7M; +48% vs FY2025
Per resident: $274; US $1,994
Sole-source: 19%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.9%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$41.6M32%
Transportation Security Administration$32.5M25%
Department of Veterans Affairs$26.7M20%
Departmental Offices$10.3M7.8%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$10.3M7.8%
Department of Education$4.7M3.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$3.6M2.8%
Department of the Navy$1.4M1.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

41.4MFY2017
47.4MFY2018
40.7MFY2019
68.8MFY2020
56.5MFY2021
76.6MFY2022
142.2MFY2023
61.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$36.1M27%
Investigation and security services · 5616$30.2M23%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$25.5M19%
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$18.2M14%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$7.4M5.6%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363

Largest awards

COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY SCREENING SERVICES AT SARASOTA BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SRQ) IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA, IN SUPPORT OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA), SCREENING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (SPP).$64.4M
AVIATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT LLC· Sarasota County, FL· Facilities & utilities· Oct 27, 2022 – Sep 28, 2026· 70T05023F5900N001
HSDR PROJECT VENICE BEACH, SARASOTA CO. THE PROJECT WILL RENOURISH APPROXIMATELY 3.2 MILES OF CRITICALLY ERODED SHORELINE ALONG VENICEBEACH JUST SOUTH OF VENICE INLET IN SARASOTA COUNTY AND IS LOCATED BETWEEN FDEP RANGE MONUMENTS R-116 AND R-133.$27.5M
WEEKS MARINE, INC.· Sarasota County, FL· Construction & real property· Apr 13, 2026 – Apr 17, 2026· W912EP26CA013
HHS PROCESSES IMPROVEMENT & ATO TRANSFORMATION$25.2M
SKYLIGHT INC.· Sarasota County, FL· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2025 – Sep 28, 2026

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Explore contracts in Sarasota County, Florida

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $4.5B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Sarasota County, Florida: $9,309 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $4.5B; −18% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,309; US $12,955
Loan face value: $180.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$3.5B79%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$268.6M6.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$199.9M4.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$195.4M4.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$39.6M0.9%
97.022 · Flood Insurance$39.4M0.9%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$34.5M0.8%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$23.4M0.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

SARASOTA HOUSING AUTHORITY$38.5M0.9%
SARASOTA, FL
STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$37.3M0.8%
TALLAHASSEE, FL
WRIGHT NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE COMPANY$20M0.4%
SAINT PETERSBURG, FL
CHILDREN FIRST, INC.$11.6M0.3%
SARASOTA, FL
SARASOTA, COUNTY OF

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$4B89%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$315.7M7.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$42.2M0.9%
Department of Transportation
Federal Emergency Management Agency$39.4M0.9%
Department of Homeland Security
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

3.5BFY2021
3.7BFY2022
4.1BFY2023
4.4BFY2024
5.5BFY2025
4.5BFY2026

County aggregates

96%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Sarasota County, Florida

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Sarasota County, Florida compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Sarasota County, Florida
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sarasota County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
FY2017	$98.60	$1,436
FY2018	$111	$1,552
FY2019	$93.45	$1,654
FY2020	$158	$1,880
FY2021	$126	$1,810
FY2022	$165	$1,917
FY2023	$301	$2,079
FY2024	$128	$2,047
FY2025	$185	$2,165
FY2026	$274 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sarasota County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
FY2017	$1.14	$93.28
FY2018	$1.61	$105
FY2019	$3.86	$128
FY2020	$29.11	$145
FY2021	$0.12	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sarasota County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$278	$5,748
FY2022	$414	$5,221
FY2023	$598	$5,364
FY2024	$703	$5,501
FY2025	$776	$5,732
FY2026	$416

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sarasota County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$23.17	$298
FY2022	$193	$357
FY2023	$138	$301
FY2024	$28.33	$319
FY2025	$79.36	$360
FY2026	$90.14

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sarasota County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$106	$239
FY2022	$67.24	$185
FY2023	$103	$229
FY2024	$525	$229
FY2025	$541	$249
FY2026	$104

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sarasota County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$57.41	$2,304
FY2022	$41.78	$2,197
FY2023	$44.71	$2,274
FY2024	$89.24	$2,267
FY2025	$49.44	$2,397
FY2026	$32.85

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sarasota County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$1,095	$1,186
FY2022	$426	$465
FY2023	$339	$76.52
FY2024	$208	$120
FY2025	$396	$148
FY2026	$184

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Sarasota County, Florida
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Sarasota County, Florida and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
2014	6.2%	2.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Housing assistance · FY2024

$525 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $92.25 (5.7× that).

Compared with 10 similar counties

Sarasota County, Florida
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/12115

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Sarasota County, Florida is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

W. Gregory SteubeR-FL-17 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 3.1%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Sarasota County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL77Central county

Cities and towns in Sarasota County

Places whose residents live mostly in Sarasota County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/12115

Calendar years	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
2014	−4.6%	−4.2%
2015	−1.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.7%	+3.3%
2018	+8.6%	+6.8%
2019	+9.4%	+10.5%
2020	+18.4%	+19.4%
2021	+27.4%	+26.1%
2022	+37.7%	+30.6%
2023	+42.2%	+35.0%
2024	+49.3%	+41.0%
2025	+54.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
2014	−7.4%	−5.5%
2015	−2.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.4%	+4.1%
2018	+13.6%	+8.9%
2019	+19.7%	+13.5%
2020	+25.2%	+20.8%
2021	+36.6%	+32.1%
2022	+38.6%	+35.4%
2023	+52.1%	+42.9%
2024	+59.7%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
2014	5.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	8.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	9.5/1k	3.7/1k
2017	10.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	13.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	12.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	10.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	17.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	15.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	16.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	15.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	13.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
2014	−5.4%	−6.9%
2015	+1.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.1%	+4.7%
2018	+11.9%	+7.5%
2019	+20.3%	+14.0%
2020	+20.1%	+16.9%
2021	+30.0%	+21.0%
2022	+42.2%	+29.7%
2023	+42.0%	+34.9%
2024	+51.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
2014	−16.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.7% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+8.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+17.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+51.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+83.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+82.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+71.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+54.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
2014	6.1%	6.2%
2015	5.1%	5.3%
2016	4.7%	4.9%
2017	4.1%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	7.3%	8.1%
2021	4.2%	5.4%
2022	3.1%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	3.5%	4.0%
2025	4.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
2014	10.8%	15.5%
2015	9.7%	14.7%
2016	10.8%	14.0%
2017	9.2%	13.4%
2018	10.3%	13.1%
2019	7.8%	12.3%
2020	8.7%	11.9%
2021	8.6%	12.8%
2022	8.5%	12.6%
2023	9.5%	12.5%
2024	8.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
2015	−2.8% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.4% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.7% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.4% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+19.3% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+52.8% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+66.3% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+63.7% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+64.6% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+59.7% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
2014	19.8%	13.5%
2015	15.9%	10.9%
2016	15.7%	10.0%
2017	16.3%	10.2%
2018	16.6%	10.4%
2019	16.0%	10.8%
2020	15.8%	10.4%
2021	14.8%	10.2%
2022	13.5%	9.5%
2023	13.1%	9.5%
2024	13.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Sarasota County, Florida	United States
2014	13.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	13.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	14.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	14.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	15.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	15.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	16.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	20.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	20.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	22.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	21.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	21.4/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Sarasota County, Florida	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−16.6%	−16.2%	−17.2% to −14.9%
Year −2	+0.8%	−0.2%	−0.7% to +0.3%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	−6.0%	−1.5%	−4.6% to +0.4%
Year +1	−15.1%	−6.5%	−12.1% to −3.4%

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined6

Counties like Sarasota County, Florida five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 10 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Sarasota County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined6

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 10 similar counties

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)