† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupNorth Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FLFloridaUnited States
German15.0%8.9%12.5%
English12.4%8.2%9.5%
Irish12.1%8.2%9.4%
American8.7%7.7%5.3%
Italian7.8%5.6%4.8%
Polish3.6%2.1%2.2%
French2.8%1.7%1.6%
Scottish2.0%1.3%1.3%
Mexican5.1%3.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.3%5.6%1.8%
Cuban2.2%7.3%0.7%
Colombian0.7%2.1%0.4%
Guatemalan0.5%—0.5%
Dominican0.4%1.3%0.7%
Venezuelan0.4%1.6%—
Honduran0.3%0.6%0.3%
African American†4.3%9.5%9.9%
Haitian0.7%2.3%0.3%
Jamaican0.3%1.5%0.4%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
Vietnamese0.5%0.4%0.6%
Chinese0.5%0.5%1.3%
Asian Indian0.4%0.9%1.4%
Filipino0.3%0.5%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
Florida
United States
Median age
53.6
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
6.0%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
33.2%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
Florida
United States
Median household income
$81,019
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.2%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.2%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.2%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
10.5%
22.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.2%
2.7%
0.7%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.6%
0.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
Florida
United States
Catholic
20.2%
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
15.1%
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.5%
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+83.3%
1896
+54.3%
1900
+69.0%
1904
+58.6%
1908
+60.6%
1912
+63.4%
1916
+48.1%
1920
+31.6%
1924
+18.9%
1928
−23.4%
1932
+42.3%
1936
+40.3%
1940
+41.8%
1944
+29.7%
1948
−12.6%
1952
−37.1%
1956
−42.4%
1960
−36.1%
1964
−18.2%
1968
−36.5%
1972
−60.0%
1976
−18.1%
1980
−37.2%
1984
−47.2%
1988
−32.6%
1992
−8.3%
1996
−3.2%
2000
−7.0%
2004
−10.7%
2008
−3.0%
2012
−9.6%
2016
−14.0%
2020
−12.9%
2024
−20.6%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
39.3%Harris199,342
59.9%Trump303,705
0.3%Oliver1,469 +5
R+20.6
R+7.7
R+19.1
506,726
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican59.9%303,705
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic39.3%199,342
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%1,469
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%1,373
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%338
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%260
Randall TerryIndependent0.0%226
OtherAll other candidates0.0%13
R
43.1%Biden210,276
56.1%Trump273,357
0.8%
R+12.9
D+1.1
R+17.4
487,533
R
41.4%Clinton169,094
55.5%Trump226,382
3.1%
R+14.0
R+4.5
R+16.1
408,021
R
44.8%Obama161,622
54.3%Romney196,131
0.9%
R+9.6
R+6.5
R+13.4
360,971
R
48.1%Obama172,720
51.1%McCain183,618
0.8%
R+3.0
D+7.7
R+10.3
359,347
R
44.1%Kerry149,704
54.8%Bush186,010
1.0%
R+10.7
R+3.7
R+8.2
339,273
R
45.0%Gore122,095
52.0%Bush141,140
3.0%
R+7.0
R+3.8
R+7.5
271,321
R
42.9%Clinton105,556
46.1%Dole113,349
11.0%
R+3.2
D+5.1
R+11.7
245,864
R
34.5%Clinton88,393
42.7%Bush109,580
22.8%
R+8.3
D+24.4
R+13.8
256,572
R
33.4%Dukakis68,723
66.1%Bush135,789
0.5%
R+32.6
D+14.6
R+24.9
205,522
R
26.4%Mondale51,414
73.6%Reagan143,564
0.0%
R+47.2
R+10.1
R+29.0
195,053
R
28.7%Carter47,300
65.9%Reagan108,600
5.4%
R+37.2
R+19.1
R+27.5
164,841
R
40.2%Carter50,635
58.4%Ford73,457
1.4%
R+18.1
D+41.9
R+20.2
125,838
R
19.9%McGovern20,293
79.9%Nixon81,603
0.2%
R+60.0
R+23.5
R+36.9
102,150
R
22.4%Humphrey18,413
59.0%Nixon48,407
18.6%
R+36.5
R+18.3
R+35.8
82,075
R
40.9%Johnson27,011
59.1%Goldwater39,064
0.0%
R+18.2
D+17.9
R+40.8
66,075
R
31.9%Kennedy17,101
68.1%Nixon36,457
0.0%
R+36.1
D+6.3
R+36.3
53,558
R
28.8%Stevenson10,446
71.2%Eisenhower25,841
0.0%
R+42.4
R+5.3
R+27.0
36,287
R
31.4%Stevenson8,528
68.6%Eisenhower18,593
0.0%
R+37.1
R+24.5
R+26.4
27,121
R
34.4%Truman5,068
47.0%Dewey6,930
18.6%
R+12.6
R+42.4
R+17.1
14,735
D
64.9%Roosevelt7,987
35.1%Dewey4,327
0.0%
D+29.7
R+12.1
D+22.2
12,314
D
70.9%Roosevelt8,904
29.1%Willkie3,655
0.0%
D+41.8
D+1.5
D+31.8
12,559
D
70.2%Roosevelt5,905
29.8%Landon2,510
0.0%
D+40.3
R+2.0
D+16.1
8,415
D
71.2%Roosevelt4,806
28.8%Hoover1,947
0.0%
D+42.3
D+65.7
D+24.5
6,753
R
37.5%Smith2,653
60.9%Hoover4,308
1.6%
R+23.4
R+42.3
R+5.9
7,074
D
52.9%Davis1,268
34.1%Coolidge816
13.0%
D+18.9
R+12.7
D+44.1
2,395
D
62.4%Cox1,790
30.8%Harding884
6.7%
D+31.6
R+16.5
D+57.8
2,867
D
66.7%Wilson1,033
18.7%Hughes289
14.6%
D+48.1
R+15.4
D+44.9
1,548
D
68.7%Wilson712
5.3%Taft55
26.0%
D+63.4
D+2.8
D+43.9
1,036
D
70.8%Bryan644
10.2%Taft93
18.9%
D+60.6
D+2.0
D+70.2
909
D
69.2%Parker592
10.6%Roosevelt91
20.1%
D+58.6
R+10.4
D+78.3
855
D
77.8%Bryan535
8.7%McKinley60
13.5%
D+69.0
D+14.7
D+76.6
688
D
75.6%Bryan480
21.3%McKinley135
3.1%
D+54.3
R+28.9
D+60.4
635
D
83.3%Cleveland348
0.0%Harrison0
16.7%
D+83.3
—
D+81.6
418
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
39.3%197,225
59.4%298,256
502,411
2022
R
38.0%148,041
61.1%238,099
389,950
2018
R
44.4%165,850
55.6%207,975
373,888
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+22.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+20.6
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.6 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
544,825
165,864
234,129
142,142
2,690
2018
568,081
173,636
243,143
146,721
4,581
2019
571,658
174,904
243,912
146,728
6,114
2020
615,859
189,283
264,873
152,271
9,432
2021
620,358
184,259
267,509
157,214
11,376
2023
585,912
158,199
271,390
142,459
13,864
2024
626,320
159,912
298,892
148,858
18,658
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+14,471 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +252,867 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+7,057
2012
+10,930
2013
+12,218
2014
+15,732
2015
+20,246
2016
+21,263
2017
+17,484
2018
+17,390
2019
+18,899
2021
+31,923
2022
+31,238
2023
+19,235
2024
+14,781
2025
+14,471
Sarasota and Manatee counties have absorbed decades of Midwestern and Northeastern retirees, producing an older, college-educated electorate that swings presidential margins but anchors Republican lean in down-ballot races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.3 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 60.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.6 points.
A population of 889,339, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,019 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL and Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL.
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How did North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, Florida voted Republican by 20.6 points (R+20.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 506,726 votes cast, 199,342 went Democratic and 303,705 went Republican.
When did North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1944.
How many people live in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, Florida?
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, Florida has a population of 889,339 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, Florida?
Median household income in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, Florida is $81,019 — above the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
