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People Statistics · City

Population in Fort Myers

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 21 of 243 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 2, 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

2023 · 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
227 Anna Maria 1,019
198 Apalachicola 2,420
119 Atlantic Beach 13,336
205 Atlantis 2,148
63 Aventura 40,247
189 Bal Harbour 3,090
220 Baldwin 1,388
158 Bay Harbor Islands 5,914
238 Bell 554
102 Belle Glade 17,159
171 Belleair 4,522
214 Belleair Beach 1,622
201 Belleair Bluffs 2,300
188 Biscayne Park 3,123
20 Boca Raton 102K
47 Bonita Springs 57,069
32 Boynton Beach 82,558
46 Bradenton 57,661
229 Bradenton Beach 926
223 Bronson 1,244
133 Brooksville 9,791
177 Bunnell 3,847
211 Callahan 1,811
114 Callaway 13,838
132 Cape Canaveral 10,065
…
161 Flagler Beach 5,556
121 Florida City 13,086
8 Fort Lauderdale 188K
23 Fort Myers 98,713
162 Fort Myers Beach 5,336
51 Fort Pierce 50,023
90 Fort Walton Beach 21,096
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2023

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.