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{{About|the ''City of Anna Maria'' on the north end of the island|the entire island |Anna Maria Island}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| name                     = Anna Maria, Florida
| official_name            = City of Anna Maria
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| image_caption            = Beachfront homes in Anna Maria
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Manatee County, Florida|Manatee]]
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| established_title        = [[Settler colonialism|Settled]]
| established_date         = 1893<ref name=":0"/>
| established_title2       = <!-- Incorporated (town) -->
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| established_title3       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date3        = 1923<ref name=AnnMarInc>{{Cite web|title=FLORIDA CITIES BY INCORPORATION YEAR WITH INCORPORATION & DISSOLUTION INFO|url=https://www.flcities.com/docs/default-source/research-institute-reports/2020citiesbyincorporationwithinfo.pdf?sfvrsn=5009d6d5_0|website=www.flcities.com|access-date=January 12, 2026|archive-date=February 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213212456/https://www.flcities.com/docs/default-source/research-institute-reports/2020citiesbyincorporationwithinfo.pdf?sfvrsn=5009d6d5_0|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=AMInc>{{Cite web |url=https://www.flcities.com/directory/ |title=MUNICIPAL DIRECTORY: City of Anna Maria |access-date=January 12, 2026 |archive-date=August 12, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250812025654/https://www.flcities.com/directory/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| government_type          = [[Mayor-council government|Mayor-Commission]]
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]<ref name=AMInc/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mayor|url=https://www.cityofannamaria.com/177/Mayor|website=www.cityofannamaria.com}}</ref>
| leader_name              = Mark Short
| leader_title1            = [[Vice Mayor]]<ref name=AMgov>{{Cite web|title=City Commission|url=https://www.cityofannamaria.com/176/City-Commission|website=www.cityofannamaria.com}}</ref>
| leader_name1             = Charles Salem
| leader_title2            = [[City Council|Commissioners]]<ref name=AMgov/>
| leader_name2             = John Lynch,<br>Gary McMullen,<br>Kathleen Morgan-Johnson, and<br>Christopher Arendt
| leader_title3            = [[City Clerk]]<ref name=AMInc/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cityofeverglades.org/boards-and-committies |title=City Clerk |access-date=March 8, 2026 |archive-date=December 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251217020144/https://www.cityofannamaria.com/Directory.aspx?did=14 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| leader_name3             = Amber M. LaRowe
| leader_title4            = [[City Attorney]]<ref name=AMInc/>
| leader_name4             = Gretchen Vose
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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total         = 968
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US1201475&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Anna Maria city, Florida: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]| access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref>
| population_density_km2   = 508.26
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| postal_code              = 34216
| area_code                = [[Area code 941|941]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 12-01475<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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| blank1_info              = 2403100<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2403100}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|www.cityofannamaria.com}}
| footnotes                = 
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'''Anna Maria''' is a city in [[Manatee County, Florida]], United States. Anna Maria is part of the [[Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area|North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The population was 968 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 1,503 in [[2010 United States census|2010]].

The city occupies the northern part of [[Anna Maria Island]] and is one of three municipalities on the island. The others are [[Holmes Beach, Florida|Holmes Beach]] in the center and [[Bradenton Beach, Florida|Bradenton Beach]] in the south.

==Etymology==
Former Tampa Mayor [[Madison Post]] (1818-1867) named the island for his wife Maria and his sister-in-law Anna.<ref>{{cite web|author=mcbobleonard |url=http://floridahistory.org/annamariaisland.htm |title=Historical Tour of Anna Maria Island, Florida |publisher=Floridahistory.org |access-date=2018-04-23}}</ref> 

In the past, pronunciation of the name differed: old timers said "Anna Mar-EYE-a," but most people today say "Anna Mar-EE-a."<ref name=AMInc/><ref>[http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/reports/names/index.cfm#A Florida state facts]</ref>

==History==

In 1893, George Emerson Bean built a home near the present day Rod & Reel Pier.<ref name=":0">[http://www.cityofannamaria.com/321648.html City of Anna Maria] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120073941/http://www.cityofannamaria.com/321648.html |date=2015-11-20 }}</ref> Two years later in 1895, he filed a homesteaded claim of {{convert|160|acre|km2}} on the north part of Anna Maria Island. Prior to Bean's homestead claim, Andrew Gowanlack would reside in the area where Bean would file his homestead at. However, Andrew never filed for a homestead claim but did receive three acres of land after Bean filed his homestead claim out of squatting rights.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Riles|first=Anna|date=February 19, 1969|title=Speech by Anna Maria Riles "Island Homestead"|url=https://cdm16681.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16681coll2/id/5403|access-date=2021-05-05|website=Manatee County Public Library System: Digital Collection|language=en}}</ref> After George Bean's death in 1898, the land went to his son, George Wilhelm Bean, who partnered with [[Charles Roser]], a wealthy real estate developer from [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]], to form the Anna Maria Beach Company to develop the area.<ref name=":0" />

[[Image:Anna_Maria_Island.jpg|thumb|left|240px|An erosion prevention pier in the city]]
In 1911, the Anna Maria City Pier would be built by the Anna Maria Beach Company to accommodate steamships carrying residents and visitors to the island. The pier would have several buildings attached to it. An extension of the pier containing a home would be built in 1913 before the area the house was on in the pier was destroyed in September 1927.<ref name=":1" />

The '''City of Anna Maria''' was officially incorporated as a municipality in 1923.<ref name=AnnMarInc/><ref name=AMInc/>

Sometime during 1927, a jail would be built as a form of containment for bar patrons who were rowdy and was used until 1940 when a fire would burn down its roof and cells.<ref>{{Cite web|first=|date=1960|title=Anna Maria City Jail|url=https://cdm16681.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16681coll4/id/32|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Manatee County Public Library System: Digital Collection|language=en|type=Postcard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802172025/https://cdm16681.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16681coll4/id/32 |archive-date=2021-08-02 }}</ref>
 
Compiled in the late 1930s and first published in 1939, the [[American Guide Series|Florida Guide]] listed Anna Maria's population as 77 describing it as:{{Blockquote
|text=a resort at the northern extremity of Anna Maria Key, consists of many cottages in a jungle setting.<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last=Federal Writers' Project |date=1947 |edition= 5th |title=Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State |url=https://archive.org/details/floridaguidetoso00fede/page/394/mode/2up?q=Anna+Maria |location=New York |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |page=395}}</ref>
|author=Federal Writers' Project|title="Part III: The Florida Loop" |source=''Florida; a guide to the southernmost state'' (1947)
}}

Bradenton would attempt to annex the City of Anna Maria in 1963. Anna Maria would hold a special election that was described as being "non-official" on April 2, 1963, to confirm Bradenton's decision. However, it would not be approved as 297 voted against it while 9 voted in favor of it.<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 9, 1964|title='Big City' Resolution|work=The Islander|url=https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00079899/00232/2j?search=islander|access-date=August 20, 2021|via=}}</ref>

During [[Hurricane Irma]] in 2017, the city pier was damaged significantly. It was demolished the following year with plans to rebuild it. The historic city pier was rebuilt and opened in April 2020.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Anna Maria Beach Company|date=1913|title=Pier and Unique Home of Mr. John Trice, Anna Maria Beach|url=https://cdm16681.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16681coll4/id/782|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Manatee County Public Library System: Digital Collection|language=en|format=Postcard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517174459/https://cdm16681.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16681coll4/id/782 |archive-date=2021-05-17 }}</ref> The new pier, however, was also damaged significantly by [[Hurricane Milton]] in 2024.

==Geography==
[[Image:AnnaMariaShells.JPG|thumb|right|240px|Shelling is popular on the beaches of Anna Maria.]]
Anna Maria is the westernmost community in Manatee County. It is bordered to the southwest by the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and to the northeast by [[Tampa Bay]], connected to the Gulf by Passage Key Inlet at the northwest end of the island. The city is bordered to the southeast by [[Holmes Beach, Florida|Holmes Beach]]. [[Bradenton, Florida|Bradenton]] is {{convert|11|mi}} to the east via [[Florida State Road 64]] from Holmes Beach.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city of Anna Maria has a total area of {{convert|0.86|sqmi|2}}, of which {{convert|0.74|sqmi|2}} are land and {{convert|0.12|sqmi|2}}, or 14.53%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild winters. According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], the City of Anna Maria has a [[humid subtropical climate]] zone (''Cfa'').

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1930= 77
|1940= 158
|1950= 345
|1960= 690
|1970= 1137
|1980= 1537
|1990= 1744
|2000= 1814
|2010= 1503
|2020= 968
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 and 2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Anna Maria 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) - Anna Maria city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Anna+Maria+city;+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) - Anna Maria city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Anna+Maria+city;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|1,426
|902
|94.88%
|93.18%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|3
|3
|0.20%
|0.31%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|11
|0
|0.73%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|8
|7
|0.53%
|0.72%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH)
|1
|0
|0.07%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH)
|1
|1
|0.07%
|0.10%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races/Multiracial]] (NH)
|7
|25
|0.47%
|2.58%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|46
|30
|3.06%
|3.10%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,503'''
|'''968'''
|
|
|-
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 968 people, 607 households, and 350 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: Anna Maria city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Anna+Maria+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 1,503 people, 688 households, and 412 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: Anna Maria city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Anna+Maria+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,814 people, 897 households, and 572 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,338.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,538 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,982.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.18% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.33% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.11% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.28% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.44% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.66% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.48% of the population.

In 2000, there were 897 households, out of which 14.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.4% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 and the average family size was 2.46.

In 2000, in the city, the population was spread out, with 12.5% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 14.9% from 25 to 44, 36.2% from 45 to 64, and 33.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $40,341, and the median income for a family was $51,628. Males had a median income of $40,125 versus $24,934 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $28,767. About 10.8% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.1% of those under age 18 and 14.7% of those age 65 or over. The average value of a single-family residential home in the city is over $1.8 Million Dollars.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Anna Maria, Florida}} 
* {{Official website|www.cityofannamaria.com}}
* [http://www.amisun.com/ Local News for the City of Anna Maria]

{{Manatee County, Florida}}

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[[Category:Cities in Manatee County, Florida]]
[[Category:Anna Maria Island]]
[[Category:Beaches of Manatee County, Florida]]
[[Category:Sarasota metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Cities in Florida]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico]]
[[Category:1925 establishments in Florida]]
[[Category:Beaches of Florida]]
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