The Meadows is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarasota County, Florida, United States.

[6] The CDP is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2), of which 2.2 square miles (5.6 km2) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km2), or 6.18%, is water.

[6] As of the 2020 United States census,[6] the Meadows had a population of 5,037 with 3,211 households.

By race, the population was split with 97.5% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% were Asian, 1.6% were two or more races, and 2.0% were Hispanic or Latino.