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- Sarasota is 0% more densely populated than Thornton.
- People are 22.4% less likely to be married in Sarasota.
- The Median Age is 15.3 years older in Sarasota.
 Thornton, COSarasota, FLUnited States
 Population  Unlock53,786329,725,481
 Female Population49.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.4%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock4938.4
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 Population - 2010119,544  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock52,715285,036,114
 Population - 199055,031  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock11.7%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now169.1%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,653.093.4
 Land Area35.3  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock9.4264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Thornton, COSarasota, FLUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.9%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock4.1%6.1%
 Age 10 to 148.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock2.7%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock4.5%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3416.0%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock10.0%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.9%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 644.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock14.5%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.6%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock5.2%1.9%
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 Race
 Thornton, COSarasota, FLUnited States
 White52.7%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock14.9%12.2%
 Asian5.1%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.2%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.3%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock15.5%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Thornton, COSarasota, FLUnited States
 Married Population53.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock40.1%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock58.3%50.2%
 Never Married32.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock16.8%10.8%
 Widowed3.2%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.102.60
 Households47,599  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock12,14380,755,759
     Married couple, w/children40.7%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock52.2%42.9%
 Non Family Households13,584  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock16.3%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.8%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 6 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 11 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  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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