2022 population: 822,453 ( 203,699 from 2010 , 61,633 from 2020)
Land area: 781.0 square miles
Population density: 1053.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	527,803	64.17%	20.2%
Black:	66,475	8.08%	39.2%
Indian:	1,748	0.21%	35.3%
Asian:	14,702	1.79%	74.0%
2+ races:	11,701	1.42%	59.7%
Hispanic:	200,024	24.32%	76.5%

Total non-White:	294,650	35.83%	64.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	15,738	10.3
Deaths:	20,599	13.5
Net Migration:	62,246	40.9
Net Immigration:	4,611	3.0

Change in White population:	88,755	14.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	114,944	18.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
618,754
439,048	70.96%
47,751	7.72%
1,292	0.21%
8,449	1.37%
7,325	1.18%
113,308	18.31%
179,706	29.04%

2000
440,888
361,439	81.98%
28,020	6.36%
944	0.21%
3,490	0.79%
4,399	1.00%
42,042	9.54%
79,449	18.02%

1990
335,113
296,163	88.38%
21,416	6.39%
939	0.28%
1,746	0.52%
n/a
14,849	4.43%
38,950	11.62%

1980
205,266
182,430	88.87%
15,899	7.75%
248	0.12%
688	0.34%
n/a
5,897	2.87%
22,836	11.13%

1970
105,216
90,575	86.08%
12,142	11.54%
60	0.06%
83	0.08%
n/a
2,244	2.13%
14,641	13.92%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
58,943	13.4
52,082	11.8
124,783	28.3
16,337	3.7

77,609	17.6
100,257	22.7

Number	Rate
1990's
44,446	13.3
43,990	13.1
62,800	18.7
5,733	1.7

65,276	19.5
40,499	12.1

Number	Rate
1980's
34,231	16.7
30,388	14.8
125,767	61.3
n/a

113,733	55.4
16,114	7.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
97,453	92.6
n/a

91,855	87.3
8,195	7.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
49.1
132,836	16.2%
689,617	83.8%
223,302	27.2%

311,348
2.44

202,830	65.1%
159,687	78.7%
14,463	7.1%
108,518	34.9%

2010
Number	Percent
45.6
120,869	19.5%
497,885	80.5%
145,106	23.5%

259,818
2.35

171,026	65.8%
132,426	77.4%
15,105	8.8%
88,792	34.2%

2000
Number	Percent
45.1
86,286	19.6%
354,602	80.4%
112,031	25.4%

188,755
2.31

128,423	68.0%
105,476	82.1%
9,238	7.2%
60,332	32.0%

1990
Number	Percent
42.3
65,585	19.6%
269,528	80.4%
83,119	24.8%

140,046
2.36

100,231	71.6%
85,625	85.4%
5,972	6.0%
39,815	28.4%

1980
Number	Percent
41.7
44,901	21.9%
160,365	78.1%
45,877	22.4%

82,769
2.45

62,949	76.1%
55,217	87.7%
3,691	5.9%
19,820	23.9%

2022 Housing Data for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	16,559	5.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,883	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	10,402	3.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	10,972	3.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	13,446	4.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	11,671	3.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	12,981	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	11,772	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	11,495	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	26,261	8.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	31,889	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	44,227	14.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	30,865	9.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	20,940	6.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	20,296	6.5%
$200,000 or more	27,689	8.9%

Median Household Income	69,368
Per Capita Income	41,332

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	94

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	13,358	4.3%
Public Assistance	5,774	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	28,925	9.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	218,239	69.7%
Unemployed	10,745	3.4%
In Armed Forces	215	0.1%

Total Labor Force	229,199	73.2%
Not in Labor Force	83,935	26.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	125,722	105,610	54.3%
Non-Profit	7,029	14,088	33.3%
Self-Employed	27,623	16,111	63.2%

Local Government	9,630	14,133	40.5%
State Government	2,684	4,326	38.3%
Federal Government	2,510	2,468	50.4%

Total Private + Self	153,345	121,721	55.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	21,853	35,015	38.4%
Total	175,198	156,736	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	10.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	48,541	14.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	81,133	24.4%
Professional, Technical	64,764	19.5%
Service Occupations	65,440	19.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,124	0.3%
All others	72,629	21.8%

White Collar		58.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	47,694	14.3%
Health care and social assistance	45,817	13.8%
Construction	39,813	12.0%
Accommodation and food services	28,762	8.7%
Educational services	23,685	7.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	22,658	6.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	22,057	6.6%
Transportation and warehousing	15,877	4.8%
Other services	15,650	4.7%
Manufacturing	11,612	3.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	11,371	3.4%
Finance and insurance	10,839	3.3%
Public administration	10,505	3.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	9,735	2.9%
Wholesale trade	7,254	2.2%
Information	5,241	1.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,827	0.5%
Utilities	1,769	0.5%
Management	171	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	170	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	39,685	5.13%
Puerto Rican	36,060	4.67%
Cuban	48,320	6.25%
Dominican	8,363	1.08%

Total Central American	23,032	2.98%
Costa Rican	1,068	0.14%
Guatemalan	11,753	1.52%
Honduran	5,031	0.65%
Nicaraguan	3,218	0.42%
Panamanian	642	0.08%
Salvadoran	1,320	0.17%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	17,892	2.31%
Argentinean	1,099	0.14%
Bolivian	491	0.06%
Chilean	445	0.06%
Colombian	7,792	1.01%
Ecuadorian	2,015	0.26%
Paraguayan	45	0.01%
Peruvian	2,511	0.32%
Uruguayan	635	0.08%
Venezuelan	2,816	0.36%
Other South American	43	0.01%

Other Hispanic	5,450	0.71%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	2,786	0.36%
Indian	2,767	0.36%
Filipino	2,743	0.35%
Vietnamese	1,783	0.23%
Laotian	499	0.06%
Korean	476	0.06%
Japanese	278	0.04%
Thai	183	0.02%
Bangladeshi	130	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	561,439	76.0%
Spanish	135,989	18.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	14,343	1.9%
Other Indo-European	9,421	1.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	4,044	0.5%
German, other Germanic	3,856	0.5%
Other Asian	1,874	0.3%
Tagalog	1,852	0.3%
Chinese	1,726	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	103,517	13.4%
American	85,804	11.1%
Irish	83,076	10.7%
English	68,186	8.8%
Italian	60,577	7.8%
Polish	24,562	3.2%
French	15,135	2.0%
Haitian	14,380	1.9%
Scottish	12,926	1.7%
European	9,768	1.3%
Swedish	8,697	1.1%
Dutch	7,760	1.0%
Norwegian	7,378	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	6,583	0.9%
Russian	5,702	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	709,026	91.7%
Not a citizen	63,876	8.3%

Native	637,067	82.4%
Foreign-born	135,835	17.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
24,153	4.1%	33,553	5.8%	176,083	30.2%	173,829	29.8%	108,170	18.5%	67,547	11.6%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	24,153	4.1%
9-12 Years	33,553	5.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	176,083	30.2%
Some College	173,829	29.8%
Bach. Degree	108,170	18.5%
Grad Degree	67,547	11.6%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	311,602	299,210	12,392	4.0%
1991	315,156	294,886	20,270	6.4%
1992	323,582	298,326	25,256	7.8%
1993	330,790	310,880	19,910	6.0%
1994	343,342	326,690	16,652	4.8%
1995	350,620	335,798	14,822	4.2%
1996	349,480	335,656	13,824	4.0%
1997	354,722	341,974	12,748	3.6%
1998	365,312	353,694	11,618	3.2%
1999	374,132	363,888	10,244	2.7%

2000	419,162	405,492	13,670	3.3%
2001	441,962	425,596	16,366	3.7%
2002	455,468	435,488	19,980	4.4%
2003	471,256	452,148	19,108	4.1%
2004	499,676	482,804	16,872	3.4%
2005	541,954	528,438	13,516	2.5%
2006	570,320	557,600	12,720	2.2%
2007	577,880	555,404	22,476	3.9%
2008	567,320	524,380	42,940	7.6%
2009	550,470	487,664	62,806	11.4%

2010	561,210	493,198	68,012	12.1%
2011	570,726	508,870	61,856	10.8%
2012	580,936	528,086	52,850	9.1%
2013	596,696	551,378	45,318	7.6%
2014	619,718	581,246	38,472	6.2%
2015	641,172	607,784	33,388	5.2%
2016	660,796	629,980	30,816	4.7%
2017	669,806	642,098	27,708	4.1%
2018	682,136	658,240	23,896	3.5%
2019	698,002	674,824	23,178	3.3%

2020	690,834	640,322	50,512	7.3%
2021	718,016	687,586	30,430	4.2%
2022	750,868	727,484	23,384	3.1%
2023	756,184	732,160	24,024	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	419,916
Median Value	$290,900

Occupied	311,348	74.1%
Vacant	108,568	25.9%

Owned	228,142	73.3%
Rented	83,206	26.7%
Median Rent	$1,466

Single-Family Units	256,221	61.0%
Detached	230,084	54.8%
Attached	26,137	6.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	91,985	21.9%
Mobile Homes	40,134	9.6%

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area