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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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
119 Alva 2,309
50 Apollo Beach 16,482
107 Bagdad 3,843
113 Bay Pines 3,379
26 Bayonet Point 25,794
45 Bayshore Gardens 19,409
37 Bellview 22,259
79 Beverly Hills 9,073
96 Big Pine Key 4,902
35 Bloomingdale 22,638
128 Bokeelia 1,430
2 Brandon 110K
53 Brownsville 15,860
93 Butler Beach 5,214
140 Canal Point 585
144 Captiva 207
19 Carrollwood 34,531
145 Chokoloskee 130
85 Citrus Hills 7,790
27 Citrus Park 25,779
80 Citrus Springs 8,912
106 Cortez 4,004
104 Crawfordville 4,115
131 Crystal Springs 982
125 Cudjoe Key 1,812
…
66 Mango 11,916
133 Masaryktown 936
132 Matlacha 938
17 Merritt Island 35,916
82 Micco 8,377
90 Mims 6,190
86 Miramar Beach 7,389
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016

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.