Sarasota is a city located in Southwest Florida in the United States. It serves as the county seat of Sarasota County and is situated on Sarasota Bay, which is a lagoon on the Gulf Coast.
According to the 2020 census, the city had a population of 54,842. The broader two-county Sarasota metropolitan area has an estimated population of 935,000 residents, ranking it as the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Florida and the 61st-largest in the United States.