Sarasota County, Florida: Florida Surge county. In 2024, voted R+18%. Republican peak: R+60 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+18MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Florida SurgeAkashic typology
- Population
- 459,5472024 5-year
- Median household income
- $83,4162024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Brevard County, FL · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sarasota CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sarasota County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | +3.7% |
| 1928 | −14.9% |
| 1932 | +48.3% |
| 1936 | +39.2% |
| 1940 | +38.6% |
| 1944 | +24.0% |
| 1948 | −17.6% |
| 1952 | −41.5% |
| 1956 | −46.8% |
| 1960 | −41.4% |
| 1964 | −22.3% |
| 1968 | −42.3% |
| 1972 | −60.0% |
| 1976 | −25.0% |
| 1980 | −42.8% |
| 1984 | −48.4% |
| 1988 | −33.4% |
| 1992 | −7.9% |
| 1996 | −3.7% |
| 2000 | −6.4% |
| 2004 | −8.3% |
| 2008 | −0.1% |
| 2012 | −7.4% |
| 2016 | −11.6% |
| 2020 | −10.4% |
| 2024 | −18.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 112,593 | 163,188 | 277,757 | ||
| R | 120,110 | 148,370 | 270,575 | ||
| R | 97,870 | 124,438 | 229,063 | ||
| R | 95,119 | 110,504 | 207,480 | ||
| R | 102,686 | 102,897 | 207,353 | ||
| R | 88,442 | 104,692 | 195,652 | ||
| R | 72,869 | 83,117 | 160,977 | ||
| R | 63,665 | 69,213 | 148,986 | ||
| R | 54,552 | 66,855 | 156,352 | ||
| R | 42,099 | 84,602 | 127,409 | ||
| R | 30,525 | 87,771 | 118,365 | ||
| R | 25,621 | 68,065 | 99,265 | ||
| R | 26,293 | 44,157 | 71,478 | ||
| R | 12,235 | 48,939 | 61,210 | ||
| R | 10,127 | 30,160 | 47,328 | ||
| R | 13,937 | 21,917 | 35,854 | ||
| R | 8,287 | 19,995 | 28,282 | ||
| R | 5,052 | 13,937 | 18,989 | ||
| R | 3,945 | 9,538 | 13,483 | ||
| R | 2,302 | 3,559 | 7,125 | ||
| D | 3,443 | 2,109 | 5,552 | ||
| D | 3,773 | 1,672 | 5,445 | ||
| D | 2,418 | 1,055 | 3,473 | ||
| D | 1,912 | 667 | 2,579 | ||
| R | 1,181 | 1,603 | 2,839 | ||
| D | 204 | 187 | 462 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.9%
Irish
12.4%
English
12.4%
American
10.2%
Italian
8.4%
Polish
4.1%
French
3.1%
African American
3.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 57.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$83,416
Sarasota County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Sarasota County$83,416
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Sarasota County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.1%
Working age (18–64)8.1%
Seniors (65+)7.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.2%
speak English only
Spanish7.6%
Other Indo-European5.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sarasota's electorate skews older and college-educated, drawing waves of retirees from the Midwest and Northeast whose arrival has historically reinforced its Republican lean, which stood at R+18.2 in the 2024 presidential race.
The Democratic margin here once reached forty-eight points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved eight points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighteen points.
A population of 459,547, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,416 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Brevard County and Polk County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sarasota County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sarasota County, Florida voted Republican by 18.2 points (R+18), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 277,757 votes cast, 112,593 went Democratic and 163,188 went Republican.
What is Sarasota County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Sarasota County, Florida in the "Florida Surge" typology — Florida coastal and retiree counties that moved sharply Republican across the Trump era. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sarasota County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sarasota County, Florida voted Democratic was 1944.
How many people live in Sarasota County, Florida?
Sarasota County, Florida has a population of 459,547 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sarasota County, Florida?
Median household income in Sarasota County, Florida is $83,416 — above the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Sarasota County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sarasota County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "Florida Surge" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.