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Fort Collins, CO vs Sarasota, FL

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- Sarasota is 0% more densely populated than Fort Collins.
- People are 0.1% more likely to be married in Sarasota.
- The Median Age is 19.0 years older in Sarasota.
 Fort Collins, COSarasota, FLUnited States
 Population  Unlock53,786329,725,481
 Female Population49.4%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.6%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock4938.4
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 Population - 2010145,123  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock52,715285,036,114
 Population - 199087,758  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock11.7%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now91.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,653.093.4
 Land Area56.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock9.4264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Fort Collins, COSarasota, FLUnited States
 Age 0 to 44.1%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock4.1%6.1%
 Age 10 to 145.3%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock2.7%3.9%
 Age 18 to 209.5%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock4.5%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3418.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock10.0%12.9%
 Age 45 to 549.4%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 644.8%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock14.5%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.0%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock5.2%1.9%
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 Race
 Fort Collins, COSarasota, FLUnited States
 White78.1%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock14.9%12.2%
 Asian3.2%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.2%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.7%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock15.5%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Fort Collins, COSarasota, FLUnited States
 Married Population41.6%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock40.1%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.7%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock58.3%50.2%
 Never Married46.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock16.8%10.8%
 Widowed3.3%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.102.60
 Households67,270  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock12,14380,755,759
     Married couple, w/children33.6%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock52.2%42.9%
 Non Family Households32,201  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock16.3%15.8%
     Single householder, no children8.0%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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