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  People QuickFacts Sarasota County Florida
  Population, 2001 estimate 335,32316,396,515
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 2.9%2.6%
  Population, 2000 325,95715,982,378
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 17.3%23.5%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 51.4%48.9%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 87.1%79.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 27.4%22.3%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 21.826.2
  Housing units, 2000 182,4677,302,947
  Homeownership rate, 2000 79.1%70.1%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 25.2%29.9%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $122,000$105,500
  Households, 2000 149,9376,337,929
  Persons per household, 2000 2.132.46
  Median household money income, 1999 $41,957$38,819
  Per capita money income, 1999 $28,326$21,557


  Business QuickFacts Sarasota County Florida
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 11,058424,089
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 146,6765,954,982
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 42.5%29.3%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 28,1541,031,053
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 872,57477,477,510
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 3,606,588151,191,241
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $12,011$10,297
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 3,658155,269
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 2,291,06799,998,376
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 10,853543,525


  Geography QuickFacts Sarasota County Florida
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 57253,927
  Persons per square mile, 2000 570.3296.4
  Metropolitan Area Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA 
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