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People Statistics · City

Population in Fort Myers

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 21 of 243 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 23, 2026
People · Fort Myers Lee County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2010 – 2025

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Overview 7 figures People 21 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 8 figures
Latest value · 2025 101,581 +1.4% since 2024
Towns of Florida · 2025 21 of 243 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +42% +3.3% a year on average
share of Lee County 11.6% Lee County: 875,607 · 2025
Population, 2010 – 2025 people
+42% since 2015

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2010 – 2025

Compared with Population · people
Fort Myers 102K
Lee County 876K
Florida 23M
United States 342M
World 8.2B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Fort Myers · 2010 – 2025
Latest value 101,581 · 2025
First value 62,413 · 2010
Highest 101,581 · 2025
Lowest 62,413 · 2010
Average change +3.3% a year on average
Data points 16

By year

All years · 2010 – 2025

YearFort MyersChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 101,581 +1.4% 876K 23M 342M 8.2B
2024 100,153 +1.5% 862K 23M 340M 8.1B
2023 98,713 +2.2% 846K 23M 337M 8.1B
2022 96,564 +3.4% 828K 22M 334M 8B
2021 93,359 +7.0% 791K 22M 332M 7.9B
2020 87,289 +4.2% 766K 22M 332M 7.9B
2019 83,790 +5.8% 748K 21M — 7.8B
2018 79,161 +2.3% 734K 21M — 7.7B
2017 77,377 +3.9% 722K 21M — 7.6B
2016 74,455 +4.1% 707K 21M — 7.5B
2015 71,532 +3.9% 687K 20M — 7.4B
2014 68,880 +3.4% 667K 20M — 7.4B
2013 66,600 +3.0% 652K 20M — 7.3B
2012 64,673 +2.1% 639K 19M — 7.2B
2011 63,358 +1.5% 628K 19M — 7.1B
2010 62,413 620K 19M — 7B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryPopulation
228 Anna Maria 1,023
197 Apalachicola 2,473
122 Atlantic Beach 13,245
205 Atlantis 2,140
63 Aventura 39,880
190 Bal Harbour 3,036
220 Baldwin 1,394
158 Bay Harbor Islands 6,021
236 Bell 579
103 Belle Glade 17,241
171 Belleair 4,631
216 Belleair Beach 1,581
202 Belleair Bluffs 2,242
189 Biscayne Park 3,062
20 Boca Raton 102K
47 Bonita Springs 57,634
30 Boynton Beach 82,396
46 Bradenton 58,014
229 Bradenton Beach 921
223 Bronson 1,292
132 Brooksville 10,145
174 Bunnell 4,298
212 Callahan 1,830
112 Callaway 14,369
134 Cape Canaveral 9,962
…
161 Flagler Beach 5,595
118 Florida City 13,576
8 Fort Lauderdale 189K
21 Fort Myers 102K
163 Fort Myers Beach 5,287
50 Fort Pierce 51,737
91 Fort Walton Beach 21,097
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2025

What it means

How many people live here — residents, not visitors.

How it is calculated

Official count or estimate of residents for each year: a census plus births, deaths and moves since then. Estimates are revised when a new census comes out.