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Sarasota, FL vs Cocoa, FL

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- Cocoa is 0% more densely populated than Sarasota.
- People are 3.0% less likely to be married in Cocoa.
- The Median Age is 5.6 years younger in Cocoa.
 Sarasota, FLCocoa, FLUnited States
 Population  Unlock18,891329,725,481
 Female Population53.3%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population46.7%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock43.438.4
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 Population - 201052,221  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock16,412285,036,114
 Population - 199050,961  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock13.9%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now15.5%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,416.293.4
 Land Area14.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock2.1264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Sarasota, FLCocoa, FLUnited States
 Age 0 to 43.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock7.5%6.1%
 Age 10 to 144.4%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock2.1%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock3.6%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3412.8%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock10.9%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5411.9%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock7.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 648.3%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock11.9%9.6%
 Age 75 to 848.0%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.8%1.9%
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 Race
 Sarasota, FLCocoa, FLUnited States
 White64.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock28.6%12.2%
 Asian1.9%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races2.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock15.1%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Sarasota, FLCocoa, FLUnited States
 Married Population41.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock37.3%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock59.6%50.2%
 Never Married32.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock19.1%10.8%
 Widowed8.9%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.402.60
 Households23,984  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock4,05980,755,759
     Married couple, w/children17.8%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock48.3%42.9%
 Non Family Households11,841  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock25.7%15.8%
     Single householder, no children13.7%  Unlock10.8%
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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Reviews for Cocoa    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Cocoa benefits = super low property taxes, very little hurricane damage in last 40 years, grow anything (we grow 40% of what we eat in a regular neighborhood lot) 17  More

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Over 14 years ago

We have lived in cocoa FL for 7yrs and rockledge before cocoa for 20yrs,we now live in cocoa,it's a very dirty town has nothing to offer,the crime yet unreported  More

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Over 16 years ago

A great place to  More

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