• Money Magazine’s “Best Small City in America”
• Inc. Magazine’s third-best medium-sized city for doing business
• Ranked fourth among its “15 Best Places to Live the Good Life” by AARP
• 37th “Best Place for Business and Careers” out of 200 metro areas nationwide by Forbes
• Expansion Management chose the Sarasota/Bradenton area as the only community in Florida worthy of its “Five Star Community” ranking, scoring high for its “Quality of Life Quotient”
• The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ranked the Sarasota/Bradenton area third in the nation in job growth.
• Sixth-best market in the country for creation of start-up businesses (SalesGenie.com, a service of InfoUSA)
• The only school district given a “Gold Medal” ranking by Expansion Management–among the top 17 percent in the nation
• BestJobsUSA.com named Sarasota the "number one place to live and work."

POPULATION TRENDS

• 528,803 population, 161,800 households (Sarasota County)
• 681,197 population, 270,000 households (Sarasota and Manatee Counties)
• 176 neresidents per week
  Source: University of Florida 2001 Population Study February 200

PURCHASING POWER

• Approximately 30,000 Sarasota area households earn more than $150,000—11% of the market
  • Among Florida’s highest in per capita income and per capita retail sales
  • Fourth highest attendance at cultural events in the U.S.
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