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Manatee County

Florida · 468,200 residents (2025 est.) · 743 sq mi
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With 429,792 people, Manatee County is a county in Florida. At a median age of 49.6, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Since 2000 the county has risen by half, up 165,790 people. Few US counties rank higher on income. Owners hold 74% of the housing stock. Density works out to 579 people per square mile.

At a glance
Average income
median household income $78,457, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 49.6
US median: 38.9
Average education
35% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 124%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Manatee County

What changed most since 1990

  • Population211,707 → 429,792 (+103%)US over the same years: +35%
  • Median home value (2024 dollars)$189,605 → $391,400 (+106%)US over the same years: +67%

Among the 67 counties in Florida

  • 18th in household income$78,457
  • 15th in share with a bachelor's degree35.4%
  • 10th in home value$391,400
  • 32nd in diversity score62.7
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
429,792
+63%since 2000
from 264,002 in 2000
468,200 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
579 / sq mi
+63%since 2000
from 355 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
49.6
+14%since 2000
from 43.6 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
743 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
190K255K321K386K452K19902000201020202024Manatee County
2024430K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 54.4%(18,722)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 94.9%(21,017)
US avg: 6%
10 to 145%(21,509)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 194.9%(21,200)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 244.7%(20,413)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3410.4%(44,571)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4410.8%(46,420)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5411.6%(49,821)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6414.8%(63,580)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 7415.2%(65,519)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 8410%(43,065)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over3.2%(13,955)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$78,457
+11%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $38,673 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$46,573
+108%since 2000
from $22,388 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
52.0%
+23.3 ptssince 2009
from 28.7% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
9.8%
−0.3 ptssince 2000
from 10.1% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.474
+3%since 2010
from 0.459 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information13.1%
US avg: 10.8%
Wholesale trade9.5%
US avg: 6.9%
Other services7.8%
US avg: 6.7%
Retail trade6.1%
US avg: 9.9%
Finance & insurance4.9%
US avg: 5.9%
Public administration4.4%
US avg: 4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical4.3%
US avg: 5.1%
Transportation & warehousing2.2%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.4%
US avg: 1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.8%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.8%
US avg: 1.2%
Education & health services0.6%
US avg: 0.9%
Manufacturing0%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$391,400
+124%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $96,000 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,671
+44%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $637 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
74.3%
+0.6 ptssince 2000
from 73.8% in 2000
25.7% rent
Vacancy rate
20.1%
−1.2 ptssince 2009
from 21.3% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.40 people
+3%since 2009
from 2.34 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
25.2%
−10.3 ptssince 2009
from 35.5% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
57.0%
+4.6 ptssince 2009
from 52.4% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
5.0
+7%since 2009
from 4.7 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
78
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic80.6%(212,664)
Black8%(21,136)
Hispanic / Latino9.3%(24,540)
Asian0.9%(2,330)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic67.6%(290,557)
Black7.6%(32,707)
Hispanic / Latino18.3%(78,657)
Asian2.2%(9,522)
Other4.3%(18,349)
Diversity Score
63
+25%since 2009
from 50 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
34
−15%since 2020
from 40 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican7.8%(33,312)
Puerto Rican2.9%(12,576)
South American2.3%(10,082)
Cuban2%(8,562)
Central American1.9%(8,208)
Colombian0.9%(4,023)
Guatemalan0.6%(2,780)
Honduran0.6%(2,704)
Venezuelan0.5%(2,257)
Dominican0.5%(2,112)
Peruvian0.4%(1,592)
Spaniard0.3%(1,258)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Nicaraguan0.2%(1,071)
Salvadoran0.2%(1,057)
Ecuadorian0.2%(818)
Argentine0.1%(641)
Bolivian0.1%(452)
Panamanian0.1%(385)
Uruguayan0%(137)
Chilean0%(108)
Asian origin
Vietnamese0.7%(3,221)
Asian Indian0.4%(1,844)
Chinese0.4%(1,703)
Filipino0.3%(1,415)
Korean0.1%(425)
Japanese0.1%(318)
Cambodian0.1%(238)
Thai0%(158)
Laotian0%(75)
Hmong0%(59)
Nepalese0%(37)
+ 3 more asian origin groups with data
Taiwanese0%(34)
Pakistani0%(32)
Burmese0%(18)
Pacific Islander origin
Chamorro0%(85)
Samoan0%(55)
Fijian0%(13)
Ancestry
German14.1%(60,526)
English12.5%(53,631)
Irish11.7%(50,411)
American7.1%(30,582)
Italian7.1%(30,508)
Polish3%(13,080)
French2.4%(10,417)
Scottish1.9%(8,210)
West Indian1.7%(7,186)
Dutch1.4%(5,853)
Swedish1.3%(5,398)
Russian1%(4,408)
+ 47 more ancestry groups with data
Haitian1%(4,176)
French Canadian0.9%(3,791)
Hungarian0.8%(3,645)
Norwegian0.8%(3,386)
Welsh0.7%(2,992)
Scotch-Irish0.6%(2,676)
Ukrainian0.6%(2,378)
Canadian0.5%(2,197)
Portuguese0.5%(2,125)
Arab0.5%(1,992)
Greek0.4%(1,893)
Brazilian0.4%(1,884)
British0.4%(1,843)
Jamaican0.4%(1,707)
Czech0.4%(1,607)
Austrian0.3%(1,315)
Lithuanian0.3%(1,076)
Danish0.2%(1,009)
Romanian0.2%(957)
Swiss0.2%(906)
Slovak0.2%(888)
Lebanese0.2%(756)
Croatian0.2%(737)
Finnish0.2%(678)
Belgian0.1%(548)
Armenian0.1%(451)
Serbian0.1%(355)
Turkish0.1%(301)
Palestinian0.1%(263)
Guyanese0.1%(235)
Bulgarian0.1%(216)
Slovene0%(201)
Iranian0%(169)
Latvian0%(164)
Syrian0%(138)
Nigerian0%(133)
Ethiopian0%(129)
Macedonian0%(128)
Egyptian0%(87)
Barbadian0%(75)
Israeli0%(42)
Jordanian0%(35)
Moroccan0%(33)
Kenyan0%(10)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
35.4%
+14.7 ptssince 2000
from 20.8% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
90.9%
+9.5 ptssince 2000
from 81.4% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
13.4%
+6.2 ptssince 2000
from 7.3% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
27.3 min
+80%since 2000
from 15.1 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
69.9%
−10.2 ptssince 2009
from 80.1% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
9.9%
−0.7 ptssince 2009
from 10.6% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.3%
−0.4 ptssince 2009
from 0.7% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
15.8%
+10.8 ptssince 2009
from 5.0% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.5%
+0.3 ptssince 2009
from 1.2% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.6%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.7% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
4.4%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 4.3% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.6%
−6.0 ptssince 2011
from 10.6% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
54.9%
−2.0 ptssince 2011
from 56.9% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
71.7%
+2.6 ptssince 2020
from 69.1% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
10.8%
−1.1 ptssince 2009
from 11.9% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
38.8%
+7.3 ptssince 2009
from 31.5% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
48.5%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 48.9% in 2009
Female
51.5%
+0.3 ptssince 2009
from 51.1% in 2009
Foreign born
14.5%
+2.9 ptssince 2009
from 11.5% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
9.0%
−5.1 ptssince 2009
from 14.1% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
15.5%
+2.6 ptssince 2012
from 12.9% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
11.8%
−7.2 ptssince 2013
from 19.0% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
91.7%
+14.1 ptssince 2017
from 77.6% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
96.7%
+2.8 ptssince 2020
from 93.9% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
86.0%
+0.8 ptssince 2020
from 85.3% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
80.2%
−3.4 ptssince 2016
from 83.6% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
13.5%
+1.6 ptssince 2016
from 11.9% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married27.7%(49,298)
Married57.8%(102,787)
Widowed3.9%(7,003)
Divorced10.5%(18,607)
Women 15+
Never married22.7%(43,235)
Married52.5%(100,142)
Widowed11.2%(21,345)
Divorced13.7%(26,127)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
11.8%
−7.2 ptssince 2013
from 19.0% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
46.1%
+0.3 ptssince 2020
from 45.8% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
19.6%
+0.5 ptssince 2020
from 19.1% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
29.6%
+0.7 ptssince 2020
from 28.9% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
13.6%
−1.7 ptssince 2020
from 15.3% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
3.5%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 3.7% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
63.7%
+0.6 ptssince 2020
from 63.1% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
41.3%
−0.7 ptssince 2020
from 42.0% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.9%(5,718)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)20.4%(6,536)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era42.3%(13,517)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.2%(1,657)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.3%(428)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 31,972 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Manatee County, decade by decade

Manatee County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
1990211,707$62,284$189,60515.5%29.3
2000264,002$70,449$174,87920.8%42.0
2010322,833$68,781$307,85425.6%54.0
2020399,710$72,677$303,85830.2%61.8
2024429,792$78,457$391,40035.4%62.7

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Manatee County, Florida?

Manatee County, Florida has about 429,792 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Manatee County, Florida?

The typical household in Manatee County, Florida earns about $78,457 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Manatee County, Florida expensive?

In Manatee County, Florida, the median home is worth about $391,400, and the typical rent is about $1,671 a month.

How educated are people in Manatee County, Florida?

About 35.4% of adults age 25 and over in Manatee County, Florida hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Manatee County, Florida?

About 9.8% of people in Manatee County, Florida live below the federal poverty line.

Has Manatee County, Florida grown since 1990?

Yes, Manatee County, Florida has grown since 1990. The population has added about 218,085 residents, a change of about 103 percent over that period.

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