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The Anna Maria handbook

Living in Anna Maria, FL: what to set up and who to call

Every home in Anna Maria is in ZIP code 34216. Spectrum and Frontier both wire most of Anna Maria; 75% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Anna Maria, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Anna Maria.

Electricity

Power comes from FPL

FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Anna Maria. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $162 a month (its average across Florida).

Start or move service: www.fpl.com · (800) 375-2434

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Manatee County Utilities Dept

Manatee County Utilities Dept supplies almost all of Anna Maria. It draws surface water and serves 347,800 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 84 systems serving 250,001–500,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2022, was 1.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 58% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. FL6411132.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Anna Maria

99% of 1,474 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 75% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber99%1,000/35
FrontierFiber78%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless73%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless61%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless34%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Anna Maria’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Anna Maria.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Anna Maria kids go to
PK–533 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–811 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–127 high schoolsDepends on your address

Anna Maria is in Manatee County School District.

C+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Anna Maria is in ZIP code 34216

ZIP codes where Anna Maria residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Anna MariaZIP’s residents in Anna Maria
34216Anna Maria, FL100%91%
Area code941Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Anna Maria

Who supplies Anna Maria’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Manatee County Utilities Dept (EPA ID FL6411132). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.7 ppb (Jan–Dec 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Anna Maria?

FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Anna Maria?

Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Anna Maria?

34216. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Anna Maria in?

Manatee County School District.

How do I register to vote in Anna Maria?

In Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Manatee Supervisor of Elections. Check your registration at registration.elections.myflorida.com.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.