The Venice area is 80 square miles within Sarasota County with an annual population average of 90,000.

City of Venice Population

1970....6,648
1980....12,153
1990....16,922
2000....17,764

Sarasota County Total

1970....120,413
1980....202,215
1990....277,776
2000....325,957
2005....349,740 (projected)

Sarasota County Per Capita Personal Income (In Dollars)

1990....$26,556
1995....$32,294
1998....$37,131

Source: Florida Statistical Abstract 2000
Bureau of Economic & Business Resource
University of Florida

Sarasota County by Age, Sex

00-14....41,898
15-19....25,305
20-39....68,757
40-64....80,780
65+.......104,304

Male.......47%
Female...53%