Editing Longboat Key, Florida (section)

===2010 and 2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Longboat Key racial composition'''<br> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br>
!Race
!Pop. 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Longboat Key town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Longboat+Key+town;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop. 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Longboat Key town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Longboat+Key+town;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|6,715
|7,052
|97.49%
|93.96%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|16
|31
|0.23%
|0.41%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|7
|15
|0.10%
|0.20%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|51
|88
|0.74%
|1.17%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH)
|0
|2
|0.00%
|0.03%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH)
|2
|22
|0.03%
|0.29%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races/multiracial]] (NH)
|24
|118
|0.35%
|1.57%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|73
|177
|1.06%
|2.36%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''6,888'''
|'''7,505'''
|
|
|-
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 7,505 people, 3,939 households, and 2,696 families residing in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: Longboat Key town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Longboat+Key+town;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> In the 2020 US Census there was 3,992 females and 3,513 males in the town. The median age was 71 years old overall being 71.7 for males and 70.5 for females. A total of 9,774 housing units existed according to the 2020 US Census with 4,200 being occupied and 5,544 being classified as being vacant. Of the vacant housing units the plurality (48.8% or 4,752) were "For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use".<ref>{{Cite web |title=DP1 {{!}} PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS {{!}} Longboat Key town, Florida |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?q=Longboat+Key+2020+Decennial+Census |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 6,888 people, 3,780 households, and 2,595 families residing in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: Longboat Key town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Longboat+Key+town;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>