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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

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
117 Alva 2,724
46 Apollo Beach 19,457
112 Bagdad 3,474
115 Bay Pines 3,202
27 Bayonet Point 26,740
45 Bayshore Gardens 20,293
44 Bellview 21,269
78 Beverly Hills 9,381
100 Big Pine Key 4,887
32 Bloomingdale 23,758
128 Bokeelia 1,420
2 Brandon 113K
50 Brownsville 17,155
98 Butler Beach 4,904
141 Canal Point 483
145 Captiva 178
20 Carrollwood 35,095
144 Chokoloskee 268
87 Citrus Hills 7,492
28 Citrus Park 26,473
84 Citrus Springs 8,421
103 Cortez 4,436
102 Crawfordville 4,467
137 Crystal Springs 703
123 Cudjoe Key 2,030
…
71 Mango 11,228
133 Masaryktown 951
139 Matlacha 620
18 Merritt Island 36,797
79 Micco 8,956
92 Mims 6,171
81 Miramar Beach 8,758
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2018

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.