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People Statistics · City estimate

Population in Lakewood Ranch

2020 – 2024 · 5 data points 15 of 148 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 2, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 – 2024

Population, 2020 – 2024 people

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 – 2024

Compared with Population · people
Lakewood Ranch 43,945
Sarasota County 480K · 2025
Florida 23M · 2025
United States 342M · 2025
World 8.2B · 2025

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Lakewood Ranch · 2020 – 2024
Latest value 43,945 · 2024
First value 26,513 · 2020
Highest 43,945 · 2024
Lowest 26,513 · 2020
Average change +13.5% a year on average
Data points 5

By year

All years · 2020 – 2024

YearLakewood Ranch±Change Sarasota CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 43,945 3,088 +11% 476K 23M 340M 8.1B
2023estimate 39,434 3,100 +15% 472K 23M 337M 8.1B
2022estimate 34,346 2,655 +17% 464K 22M 334M 8B
2021estimate 29,408 2,734 +11% 449K 22M 332M 7.9B
2020estimate 26,513 2,860 436K 22M 332M 7.9B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2020 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
118 Alva 2,986
32 Apollo Beach 26,444
94 Ave Maria 5,895
110 Bagdad 4,359
122 Bay Pines 2,717
40 Bayonet Point 24,628
50 Bayshore Gardens 18,745
43 Bellview 24,035
81 Beverly Hills 9,787
108 Big Pine Key 4,502
42 Bloomingdale 24,103
127 Bokeelia 2,230
3 Brandon 115K
54 Brownsville 17,817
104 Butler Beach 4,831
145 Canal Point 437
148 Captiva 151
20 Carrollwood 36,148
137 Chokoloskee 1,061
85 Citrus Hills 8,599
31 Citrus Park 27,260
77 Citrus Springs 11,074
102 Cortez 5,033
100 Crawfordville 5,268
139 Crystal Springs 973
…
6 Kendall 78,402
73 Key Largo 12,021
26 Lake Magdalene 31,546
23 Lakewood Ranch 34,346
15 Land O' Lakes 40,843
91 Lecanto 6,938
1 Lehigh Acres 124K
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022

What it means

How many people live here — residents, not visitors.

How it is calculated

Official count or estimate of residents for each year: a census plus births, deaths and moves since then. Estimates are revised when a new census comes out.