But Manatee and Sarasota looked much more like America in 2010 than they did in 2000. At the beginning of the decade, just 8.4 percent of Manatee's population was born in another country. By the ...

Our newspaper market –– according to data from the U.S. Census and Newspaper Designated Markets –– is about 78% white. Its Black population is about 6%, Asian population is 1.9% and Native ...

In Sarasota County, the population rose by 14.4 percent, from 379,000 in 2010 to 434,000 last year, ... Sarasota FL 34236 Phone: 941.487.1100 • Fax: 941.365.9233 Channels; ...

Leaders at several colleges in Manatee and Sarasota Counties spoke at a nonpartisan political forum on Thursday. An otherwise non-controversial discussion got interesting when the question of ...

Latest figures from the US Census Bureau show Florida is now ranked ninth in the U.S. when it comes to diversity. Florida's white population, now at 51.5% and the Black/African American population ...

When Hurricane Andrew hit Florida in 1992 as a monster Category 5 storm, the state's population was around 13 million. Since then it's ballooned to 21.5 million.