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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

2015 · 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
1 Jacksonville 882K
2 Miami 420K
3 Tampa 361K
4 St. Petersburg 250K
5 Hialeah 229K
6 Fort Lauderdale 177K
7 Port St. Lucie 176K
8 Cape Coral 171K
9 Pembroke Pines 164K
10 Hollywood 147K
11 Miramar 133K
12 Coral Springs 131K
13 Clearwater 113K
14 Miami Gardens 113K
15 Palm Bay 110K
16 West Palm Beach 109K
17 Pompano Beach 107K
18 Davie 101K
19 Sunrise 93,135
20 Boca Raton 92,127
21 Plantation 89,684
22 Miami Beach 87,856
23 Deltona 87,638
24 Deerfield Beach 82,330
25 Largo 80,660
…
28 Boynton Beach 74,261
29 Lauderhill 72,356
30 Homestead 72,153
31 Fort Myers 71,532
32 Weston 68,098
33 Tamarac 67,041
34 Daytona Beach 66,411
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2015

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.