Whitfield, also known as Whitfield Estates, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,989, up from 2,882 at the 2010 census. It is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. It receives its mail from the Sarasota post office located in Sarasota County.