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Graham, NC vs Sarasota, FL

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- Sarasota is 0% more densely populated than Graham.
- People are 8.3% less likely to be married in Sarasota.
- The Median Age is 11.1 years older in Sarasota.
 Graham, NCSarasota, FLUnited States
 Population  Unlock53,786329,725,481
 Female Population53.1%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population46.9%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock4938.4
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 Population - 201014,327  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock52,715285,036,114
 Population - 199010,426  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock11.7%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now51.2%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,653.093.4
 Land Area9.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock9.4264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Graham, NCSarasota, FLUnited States
 Age 0 to 48.1%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock4.1%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.0%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock2.7%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock4.5%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3412.7%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock10.0%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5411.3%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 647.0%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock14.5%9.6%
 Age 75 to 845.3%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock5.2%1.9%
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 Race
 Graham, NCSarasota, FLUnited States
 White51.7%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock14.9%12.2%
 Asian0.1%  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
 Graham, NCSarasota, FLUnited States
 Married Population45.4%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock40.1%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock58.3%50.2%
 Never Married32.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock16.8%10.8%
 Widowed8.0%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.102.60
 Households7,088  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock12,14380,755,759
     Married couple, w/children30.4%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock52.2%42.9%
 Non Family Households2,821  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock16.3%15.8%
     Single householder, no children11.7%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Graham    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I am black and a Marine Veteran and why anyone would want to live in Graham is beyond me you could cut the racial tension in the air with a butter knife. In retrospect  More

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Over 19 years ago

I am originally from Overland Park, KS...a suburb of the greater downtown Kansas City Metro area. I am now 32, and up until a year and a half ago, I lived in the Kansas  More

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Over 19 years ago

I was told when I was considering moving to Graham to think of Mayberry 40 years later. This a pretty good description of Graham. It is a very conservative town, where  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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