Official Name: | The Meadows, Florida |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Mapsize: | 250x200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Florida |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sarasota |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 6.64 |
Area Land Km2: | 6.16 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.48 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.56 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.38 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.18 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 5037 |
Population Density Km2: | 818.16 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 27.3647°N -82.4731°W[2] |
Elevation M: | 8 |
Elevation Ft: | 26 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 34235[3] |
Area Code: | 941 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 12-71580[4] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1867218[5] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 2119.06 |
The Meadows is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,037 at the 2020 census, up from 3,994 at the 2010 census.[6] The CDP is part of the North Port - Bradenton - Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6km2, of which 5.6sqkm is land and 0.4sqkm, or 6.18%, is water.[6]
As of the 2020 United States census,[6] the Meadows had a population of 5,037 with 3,211 households.
The population was split by age, with 1.4% under 5 years old, 4.7% under 18, and 68.3% were 65 years and older. 52.8% were female persons.
By race, the population was split with 97.5% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% were Asian, 1.6% were two or more races, and 2.0% were Hispanic or Latino.
The median household income was $59,293. 7.8% of the population lived below the poverty threshold. 95.5% of households had a computer, and 91.7% of households had a broadband internet subscription.
19.0% of the population were foreign-born persons. There were 877 veterans living in the CDP.