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People Statistics · City

Population of the urban area in Cape Coral

1975 – 2025 · 11 data points 5 of 22 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026

Source: European Commission JRC — GHSL Urban Centre Database, 1975 – 2025

Population of the urban area, 1975 – 2025 people · Cape Coral
1975 
 
1985 
 
1995 
 
2005 
 
2015 
 
308K
2025 

Source: European Commission JRC — GHSL Urban Centre Database, 1975 – 2025

The series at a glance Cape Coral · 1975 – 2025
Latest value 308,438 · 2025
First value 60,325 · 1975
Highest 308,438 · 2025
Lowest 60,325 · 1975
Average change +3.3% a year on average
Data points 11

By year

All years · 1975 – 2025

YearCape CoralChange
2025 308,438 +3.8%
2020 297,263 +16%
2015 256,119 +18%
2010 217,757 +18%
2005 183,801 +19%
2000 154,185 +15%
1995 133,567 +16%
1990 115,633 +19%
1985 97,550 +19%
1980 81,866 +36%
1975 60,325

Source: European Commission JRC — GHSL Urban Centre Database, 1975 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation of the urban area
22 Fort Pierce 42,243
21 Fort Walton Beach 50,778
20 Venice 51,365
19 Jacksonville Beach 51,575
18 Panama City 58,181
17 Spring Hill 60,181
16 Palm Coast 60,665
15 Jupiter 60,702
14 Brandon 63,622
13 Bayonet Point 105K
12 Daytona Beach 124K
11 Palm Bay 132K
10 Homestead 132K
9 Port St. Lucie 134K
8 Sarasota 154K
7 Naples 160K
6 Bradenton 187K
5 Cape Coral 256K
4 Jacksonville 343K
3 Tampa 638K
2 St. Petersburg 858K
1 Miami 5.3M

Source: European Commission JRC — GHSL Urban Centre Database, 2015

What it means

How many people live in the built-up city as a whole, regardless of municipal borders.

How it is calculated

Satellite maps of buildings and census data are combined into a 1 km grid; the continuous dense area of at least 50,000 people is the urban centre. Every five years from 1975; 2030 is a projection.