2024 population: 658,447 ( 51,840 from 2020)
Land area: 1015.0 square miles
Population density: 648.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	463,530	70.40%	4.1%
Black:	68,889	10.46%	12.8%
Indian:	2,109	0.32%	9.7%
Asian:	19,251	2.92%	20.3%
2+ races:	17,050	2.59%	17.9%
Hispanic:	87,618	13.31%	29.0%

Total non-White:	194,917	29.60%	20.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	21,532	8.9
Deaths:	36,641	15.1
Net Migration:	57,361	23.6
Net Immigration:	9,306	3.8

Change in White population:	18,262	3.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	33,578	5.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
606,607
445,268	73.40%
61,058	10.07%
1,922	0.32%
15,996	2.64%
14,466	2.38%
67,897	11.19%
161,339	26.60%

2010
543,376
421,466	77.56%
52,677	9.69%
1,709	0.31%
11,483	2.11%
11,023	2.03%
43,943	8.09%
121,910	22.44%

2000
476,230
398,695	83.72%
39,067	8.20%
1,557	0.33%
7,308	1.53%
6,879	1.44%
21,970	4.61%
77,535	16.28%

1990
398,978
349,297	87.55%
30,842	7.73%
1,429	0.36%
5,131	1.29%
n/a
12,279	3.08%
49,681	12.45%

1980
272,959
240,734	88.19%
23,316	8.54%
698	0.26%
2,212	0.81%
n/a
5,625	2.06%
32,225	11.81%

1970
230,006
203,812	88.61%
20,171	8.77%
147	0.06%
530	0.23%
n/a
5,100	2.22%
26,194	11.39%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
47,809	8.8
63,580	11.7
64,825	11.9
9,438	1.7

23,802	4.4
39,429	7.3

Number	Rate
2000's
48,677	10.2
51,627	10.8
60,356	12.7
5,544	1.2

22,771	4.8
44,375	9.3

Number	Rate
1990's
51,408	12.9
43,219	10.8
58,541	14.7
4,885	1.2

49,398	12.4
27,854	7.0

Number	Rate
1980's
44,628	16.3
29,058	10.6
111,650	40.9
n/a

108,563	39.8
17,456	6.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
27,400	11.9
n/a

36,922	16.1
6,031	2.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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
47.0
110,393	16.8%
548,054	83.2%
146,692	22.3%

246,650
2.45

155,729	63.1%
120,719	77.5%
11,075	7.1%
90,921	36.9%

2010
Number	Percent
45.5
107,686	19.8%
435,690	80.2%
110,712	20.4%

229,692
2.33

148,392	64.6%
110,885	74.7%
13,976	9.4%
81,300	35.4%

2000
Number	Percent
41.5
104,334	21.9%
371,896	78.1%
94,666	19.9%

198,371
2.35

133,389	67.2%
106,451	79.8%
11,482	8.6%
64,982	32.8%

1990
Number	Percent
36.3
87,202	21.9%
311,776	78.1%
66,301	16.6%

161,928
2.42

114,375	70.6%
96,165	84.1%
7,806	6.8%
47,553	29.4%

1980
Number	Percent
34.3
67,861	24.9%
205,098	75.1%
34,684	12.7%

101,583
2.65

77,752	76.5%
66,536	85.6%
5,508	7.1%
23,831	23.5%

2022 Housing Data for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	9,338	3.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,992	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	9,033	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	9,934	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	9,958	4.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	9,848	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	9,700	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	9,709	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	10,110	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	18,825	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	25,594	10.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	33,602	13.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	24,340	9.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	17,833	7.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	19,508	7.9%
$200,000 or more	21,326	8.6%

Median Household Income	71,308
Per Capita Income	40,111

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	11,569	4.7%
Public Assistance	5,478	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	26,977	10.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	220,711	68.4%
Unemployed	11,743	3.6%
In Armed Forces	1,874	0.6%

Total Labor Force	234,328	72.6%
Not in Labor Force	88,408	27.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	103,969	84,598	55.1%
Non-Profit	6,496	13,254	32.9%
Self-Employed	17,150	11,275	60.3%

Local Government	8,330	11,055	43.0%
State Government	2,071	3,238	39.0%
Federal Government	7,064	3,531	66.7%

Total Private + Self	121,119	95,873	55.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	23,961	31,078	43.5%
Total	145,080	126,951	53.3%

Pct. Govt.	13.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	45,259	16.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	57,406	21.1%
Professional, Technical	71,662	26.3%
Service Occupations	46,634	17.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	470	0.2%
All others	51,490	18.9%

White Collar		64.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	37,056	13.6%
Manufacturing	32,177	11.8%
Retail trade	32,034	11.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	24,623	9.0%
Accommodation and food services	21,004	7.7%
Educational services	19,645	7.2%
Construction	19,526	7.2%
Public administration	14,617	5.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	13,537	5.0%
Other services	12,775	4.7%
Transportation and warehousing	11,252	4.1%
Finance and insurance	9,858	3.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,359	2.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	5,887	2.2%
Wholesale trade	4,852	1.8%
Information	3,324	1.2%
Utilities	1,764	0.6%
Management	1,000	0.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	882	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	279	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	10,905	1.79%
Puerto Rican	25,245	4.13%
Cuban	9,012	1.48%
Dominican	3,760	0.62%

Total Central American	6,250	1.02%
Costa Rican	645	0.11%
Guatemalan	1,617	0.26%
Honduran	1,314	0.22%
Nicaraguan	582	0.10%
Panamanian	1,107	0.18%
Salvadoran	946	0.15%
Other Central American	39	0.01%

Total South American	8,937	1.46%
Argentinean	509	0.08%
Bolivian	126	0.02%
Chilean	421	0.07%
Colombian	4,517	0.74%
Ecuadorian	560	0.09%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	1,048	0.17%
Uruguayan	462	0.08%
Venezuelan	1,294	0.21%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5,246	0.86%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	3,539	0.58%
Chinese	2,887	0.47%
Indian	2,841	0.47%
Vietnamese	1,910	0.31%
Thai	825	0.14%
Japanese	798	0.13%
Korean	798	0.13%
Taiwanese	45	0.01%
Singaporean	41	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	517,503	88.7%
Spanish	39,481	6.8%
Other Indo-European	6,411	1.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	4,824	0.8%
German, other Germanic	2,969	0.5%
Tagalog	2,374	0.4%
Chinese	2,196	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,843	0.3%
Vietnamese	1,739	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	82,150	13.5%
Irish	80,250	13.1%
English	73,133	12.0%
American	45,789	7.5%
Italian	40,522	6.6%
Polish	16,905	2.8%
French	15,499	2.5%
Scottish	12,506	2.0%
European	9,328	1.5%
Jamaican	8,407	1.4%
Swedish	7,359	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	6,921	1.1%
Dutch	6,648	1.1%
Norwegian	5,371	0.9%
French Canadian	5,018	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	592,989	97.1%
Not a citizen	17,734	2.9%

Native	554,663	90.8%
Foreign-born	56,060	9.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
10,295	2.3%	23,039	5.1%	119,111	26.1%	153,308	33.6%	91,368	20.1%	58,505	12.8%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	10,295	2.3%
9-12 Years	23,039	5.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	119,111	26.1%
Some College	153,308	33.6%
Bach. Degree	91,368	20.1%
Grad Degree	58,505	12.8%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	412,536	389,626	22,910	5.6%
1991	417,346	386,012	31,334	7.5%
1992	421,566	386,628	34,938	8.3%
1993	425,900	392,106	33,794	7.9%
1994	425,918	394,834	31,084	7.3%
1995	416,740	389,056	27,684	6.6%
1996	410,980	387,652	23,328	5.7%
1997	420,330	399,992	20,338	4.8%
1998	426,280	406,774	19,506	4.6%
1999	430,772	412,900	17,872	4.1%

2000	468,126	450,956	17,170	3.7%
2001	476,368	455,632	20,736	4.4%
2002	473,876	449,406	24,470	5.2%
2003	479,752	457,800	21,952	4.6%
2004	494,292	475,738	18,554	3.8%
2005	516,980	502,408	14,572	2.8%
2006	527,096	513,926	13,170	2.5%
2007	528,320	509,378	18,942	3.6%
2008	533,972	501,422	32,550	6.1%
2009	527,504	476,604	50,900	9.6%

2010	526,684	469,254	57,430	10.9%
2011	527,358	470,002	57,356	10.9%
2012	522,092	471,502	50,590	9.7%
2013	516,316	471,642	44,674	8.7%
2014	515,138	478,146	36,992	7.2%
2015	514,914	483,764	31,150	6.0%
2016	526,836	499,634	27,202	5.2%
2017	537,210	513,722	23,488	4.4%
2018	552,976	533,092	19,884	3.6%
2019	567,714	548,658	19,056	3.4%

2020	563,182	525,734	37,448	6.6%
2021	579,636	555,748	23,888	4.1%
2022	593,084	576,192	16,892	2.8%
2023	611,286	593,034	18,252	3.0%
2024	610,788	589,406	21,382	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	290,314
Median Value	$278,000

Occupied	246,650	85.0%
Vacant	43,664	15.0%

Owned	189,103	76.7%
Rented	57,547	23.3%
Median Rent	$1,327

Single-Family Units	203,027	69.9%
Detached	190,289	65.5%
Attached	12,738	4.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	51,954	17.9%
Mobile Homes	20,843	7.2%

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area