Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL

1971‑1983:		Sarasota, FL SMSA
1983‑1992:		Sarasota, FL MSA
1992‑2003:		Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA
2003‑2006:		Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Manatee County, FL	34,704	69,168	97,115	148,442	211,707	264,002	306,254

Sarasota County, FL	28,827	76,895	120,413	202,251	277,776	325,957	365,117



Total	-	-	-	202,251	277,776	589,959	671,371
Percent Change	-	-	-	-	37.3%	112.4%	13.8%



Total (as currently defined)	63,531	146,063	217,528	350,693	489,483	589,959	671,371
Percent Change	-	129.9%	48.9%	61.2%	39.6%	20.5%	13.8%

Timeline

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Component

Manatee County, FL

Sarasota County, FL

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960	1970	1980		1990		2000		2005


Sarasota, FL	18,896	34,083	40,237	48,868	*	50,961	*	52,715	*	53,711	*

Bradenton, FL	13,604	19,380	21,040	30,170		43,779		49,504	*	53,917	*

Venice, FL	727	3,444	6,648	12,153		16,922		17,764		20,974	*



Total	0	0	0	48,868		50,961		102,219		128,602
Metro	0	0	0	202,251		277,776		589,959		671,371
Percent				24.2%		18.3%		17.3%		19.2%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Sarasota, FL

Bradenton, FL

Venice, FL

Urban/Rural Population



1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			90,615	75.3%
		UA Population		82,595	68.6%
	Rural Population			29,798	24.7%

	Inside Central Cities			40,237	33.4%
	Outside Central Cities			80,176	66.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			120,413	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Sarasota-Bradenton, FL		167,298	82,595	49.4%

	Total			82,595


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			189,432	93.7%
		UA Population		173,413	85.7%
	Rural Population			12,819	6.3%

	Inside Central Cities			48,868	24.2%
	Outside Central Cities			153,383	75.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			202,251	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Sarasota-Bradenton, FL		305,431	173,413	56.8%

	Total			173,413


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			446,720	91.3%
		UA Population		431,506	88.2%
	Rural Population			42,763	8.7%

	Inside Central Cities			94,740	19.4%
	Outside Central Cities			394,743	80.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			489,483	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Sarasota-Bradenton, FL		444,385	431,506	97.1%

	Total			431,506


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			552,290	93.6%
		UA Population		552,290	93.6%
	Rural Population			37,669	6.4%

	Inside Principal Cities			119,983	20.3%
	Outside Principal Cities			469,976	79.7%

	Total Metro Area Population			589,959	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	North Port-Punta Gorda, FL		122,421	23,921	19.5%
	Sarasota-Bradenton, FL		559,229	528,369	94.5%

	Total			552,290


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Nov 1971



-		New SMSA: Sarasota, FL SMSA
-		Sarasota County, FL included as original SMSA component
-		Sarasota, FL designated as original central city of new SMSA


Jun 1977



-		Bradenton, FL designated as original central city of new Bradenton, FL SMSA
-		Manatee County, FL included as original component of Bradenton, FL SMSA


Dec 1992



-		Title of Sarasota, FL MSA changed to Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA
-		Manatee County, FL added, transferred from Bradenton, FL MSA
-		Bradenton, FL designated as central city of MSA, transferred from Bradenton, FL MSA


Jun 2003



-		Title of Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA changed to Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL Metro Area
-		Venice, FL designated as principal city of Metro Area

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