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People Statistics · City estimate

Population in Merritt Island

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 24 of 148 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 4, 2026

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

Population, 2013 – 2024 people
−0.2% since 2014

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

Compared with Population · people
Merritt Island 34,992
Brevard County 664K · 2025
Florida 23M · 2025
United States 342M · 2025
World 8.2B · 2025

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Merritt Island · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 34,992 · 2024
First value 34,731 · 2013
Highest 36,797 · 2018
Lowest 33,975 · 2020
Average change +0.1% a year on average
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearMerritt Island±Change Brevard CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 34,992 2,107 +0.8% 656K 23M 340M 8.1B
2023estimate 34,718 1,905 +1.2% 646K 23M 337M 8.1B
2022estimate 34,300 2,088 +0.8% 632K 22M 334M 8B
2021estimate 34,013 1,884 +0.1% 618K 22M 332M 7.9B
2020estimate 33,975 2,012 −7.0% 609K 22M 332M 7.9B
2019estimate 36,532 1,381 −0.7% 601K 21M — 7.8B
2018estimate 36,797 1,201 +1.1% 595K 21M — 7.7B
2017estimate 36,380 1,424 +1.3% 588K 21M — 7.6B
2016estimate 35,916 1,339 +0.0% 577K 21M — 7.5B
2015estimate 35,900 1,028 +2.4% 566K 20M — 7.4B
2014estimate 35,063 1,042 +1.0% 556K 20M — 7.4B
2013estimate 34,731 930 550K 20M — 7.3B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2013 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
121 Alva 2,231
52 Apollo Beach 15,348
103 Bagdad 4,179
114 Bay Pines 3,302
25 Bayonet Point 25,901
47 Bayshore Gardens 17,231
30 Bellview 22,976
82 Beverly Hills 7,671
106 Big Pine Key 3,990
35 Bloomingdale 22,096
127 Bokeelia 1,676
1 Brandon 105K
54 Brownsville 14,056
91 Butler Beach 5,660
141 Canal Point 357
144 Captiva 170
18 Carrollwood 33,934
140 Chokoloskee 472
81 Citrus Hills 7,868
27 Citrus Park 24,915
76 Citrus Springs 8,825
104 Cortez 4,051
109 Crawfordville 3,843
134 Crystal Springs 928
126 Cudjoe Key 1,744
…
66 Mango 11,704
132 Masaryktown 1,113
135 Matlacha 884
17 Merritt Island 34,731
77 Micco 8,804
85 Mims 6,982
87 Miramar Beach 6,243
…

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

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.