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Sarasota is the county seat of Sarasota County and had a population of 54,842 in the 2020 census, though its cultural footprint is far larger than its size suggests.

Sarasota's identity was forged by the circus: John Ringling brought the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus winter quarters to Sarasota in 1927, and the circus wintered there for decades.

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, founded by the circus magnate, is the State Art Museum of Florida and anchors a 66-acre bayfront estate.

Ca' d'Zan, John Ringling's 1926 Venetian Gothic mansion on Sarasota Bay, was modeled on the palaces of Venice and remains one of Florida's most famous historic homes.

St. Armands Circle, Sarasota's roundabout shopping district of boutiques and restaurants, was laid out by John Ringling on St. Armands Key, which he developed in the 1920s.

The Sailor Circus, begun in 1949 as a Sarasota High School program, is billed as the oldest continuously running youth circus in the United States.

Sarasota is home to New College of Florida, the state's public honors college, and to Ringling College of Art and Design, founded in 1931.

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, a bayfront garden in downtown Sarasota, is the only botanical garden in the world dedicated to the display and study of epiphytes such as orchids and bromeliads.

Sarasota Jungle Gardens, opened in 1939, is one of Florida's oldest surviving roadside attractions, known for its free-roaming flamingos.

Sarasota fronts Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, with city beaches on Lido Key and the county's Siesta Beach nearby, famous for sand that is 99 percent pure quartz and stays cool underfoot.