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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Fort Myers

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 78 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 5, 2026
Economy & jobs · Fort Myers Lee County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

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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 · 2024 16.3% −0.6 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 78 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 −11.4 pp
vs Lee County +4.3 pp Lee County: 12.0% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Fort Myers · Lee County · Florida · United States
−11.4 pp since 2014
Fort Myers Lee County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Fort Myers
16.3%
Lee County
12.0%
Florida
12.6%
United States
12.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Fort Myers · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 16.3% · 2024
First value 28.6% · 2013
Highest 28.6% · 2013
Lowest 16.0% · 2021
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort MyersChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 16.3% −0.6 pp 12.0% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 16.8% +0.8 pp 11.7% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 16.1% +0.1 pp 11.7% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 16.0% −0.0 pp 12.0% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 16.0% −0.8 pp 11.8% 13.3% —
2019estimate 16.8% −0.6 pp 13.1% 14.0% —
2018estimate 17.4% −3.3 pp 14.0% 14.8% —
2017estimate 20.6% −2.0 pp 14.9% 15.5% —
2016estimate 22.6% −1.6 pp 15.5% 16.1% —
2015estimate 24.2% −3.4 pp 16.1% 16.5% —
2014estimate 27.7% −0.9 pp 16.0% 16.7% —
2013estimate 28.6% 15.4% 16.3% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
345 Alva 6.1%
346 Anna Maria 6.1%
128 Apalachicola 18.2%
297 Apollo Beach 8.6%
262 Atlantic Beach 10.1%
375 Atlantis 4.2%
221 Aventura 12.3%
79 Bagdad 23.0%
209 Bal Harbour 12.9%
96 Baldwin 21.5%
177 Bay Harbor Islands 15.1%
227 Bay Pines 11.8%
144 Bayonet Point 17.0%
125 Bayshore Gardens 18.7%
187 Bell 14.4%
24 Belle Glade 33.4%
380 Belleair 3.5%
368 Belleair Beach 4.8%
76 Belleair Bluffs 23.4%
248 Bellview 10.7%
35 Beverly Hills 29.2%
260 Big Pine Key 10.1%
322 Biscayne Park 7.3%
339 Bloomingdale 6.6%
264 Boca Raton 10.1%
…
185 Florida Ridge 14.4%
313 Fort Denaud 7.9%
100 Fort Lauderdale 21.2%
43 Fort Myers 27.7%
305 Fort Myers Beach 8.3%
20 Fort Pierce 35.9%
150 Fort Walton Beach 16.5%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2014

What it means

The share of residents living in households below the official poverty threshold.

How it is calculated

Residents in households whose income is below the federal poverty threshold for their size, from the survey.