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North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area

The North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL metro area is made up of 2 counties in Florida: Sarasota and Manatee. About 948,158 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 13.7% more than in April 2020.

Manatee County, centralSarasota County, centralNorth PortBradentonSarasota
2 counties in Florida
Population, July 2025
948,158 13.7% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
2, both central
Land area
1,299 sq mi (3,364 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Florida
Combined statistical area
North Port-Bradenton, FL
CBSA code
35840
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Counties in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Sarasota CountyCentral479,95850.6%
Manatee CountyCentral468,20049.4%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. North Port84,605 people
  2. Bradenton57,014 people
  3. Sarasota56,970 people
  4. Lakewood Ranch43,945 people
  5. Venice27,479 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the North Port-Bradenton, FL combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 2 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area217,212 people
  2. Arcadia, FL Micro Area37,078 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area14 mi southeast
  2. Arcadia, FL Micro Area24 mi northeast
  3. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area65 mi north
  4. Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area71 mi north

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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