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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 3, 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

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
122 Alva 2,088
52 Apollo Beach 16,336
106 Bagdad 3,951
113 Bay Pines 3,240
27 Bayonet Point 25,453
45 Bayshore Gardens 19,446
37 Bellview 22,341
79 Beverly Hills 8,593
99 Big Pine Key 4,716
35 Bloomingdale 22,882
128 Bokeelia 1,339
2 Brandon 108K
51 Brownsville 16,410
92 Butler Beach 5,629
142 Canal Point 376
145 Captiva 163
18 Carrollwood 35,027
141 Chokoloskee 418
82 Citrus Hills 8,039
26 Citrus Park 25,570
77 Citrus Springs 8,695
103 Cortez 4,043
105 Crawfordville 3,998
132 Crystal Springs 968
124 Cudjoe Key 1,833
…
63 Mango 12,267
135 Masaryktown 888
136 Matlacha 851
17 Merritt Island 35,900
81 Micco 8,293
89 Mims 6,334
86 Miramar Beach 7,120
…

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