Fort Myers Florida Census and demographic information

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	48,208	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	48,208	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	6,984	14.5%
Male	23,806	49.4%		Mexican	2,588	5.4%
Female	24,402	50.6%		Puerto Rican	2,258	4.7%
				Cuban	261	0.5%
Under 5 years	3,895	8.1%		Other Hispanic or Latino	1,877	3.9%
5 to 9 years	3,529	7.3%		Not Hispanic or Latino	41,224	85.5%
10 to 14 years	3,382	7.0%		White alone	23,700	49.2%
15 to 19 years	3,295	6.8%
20 to 24 years	4,080	8.5%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	7,636	15.8%		Total population	48,208	100.0%
35 to 44 years	6,996	14.5%		In households	45,901	95.2%
45 to 54 years	5,193	10.8%		Householder	19,107	39.6%
55 to 59 years	1,783	3.7%		Spouse	6,171	12.8%
60 to 64 years	1,516	3.1%		Child	13,118	27.2%
65 to 74 years	2,991	6.2%		Own child under 18 years	10,712	22.2%
75 to 84 years	2,408	5.0%		Other relatives	3,277	6.8%
85 years and over	1,504	3.1%		Under 18 years	1,476	3.1%
				Nonrelatives	4,228	8.8%
Median age (years)	32.4	(X)		Unmarried partner	1,567	3.3%
				In group quarters	2,307	4.8%
18 years and over	35,532	73.7%		Institutionalized population	2,205	4.6%
Male	17,334	36.0%		Noninstitutionalized population	102	0.2%
Female	18,198	37.7%
21 years and over	33,315	69.1%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	7,794	16.2%		Total households	19,107	100.0%
65 years and over	6,903	14.3%		Family households (families)	10,735	56.2%
Male	2,673	5.5%		With own children under 18 years	5,515	28.9%
Female	4,230	8.8%		Married couple family	6,171	32.3%
				With own children under 18 years	2,555	13.4%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	3,517	18.4%
One race	46,707	96.9%		With own children under 18 years	2,424	12.7%
White	27,166	56.4%		Nonfamily households	8,372	43.8%
Black or African American	16,095	33.4%		Householder living alone	6,459	33.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	181	0.4%		Householder 65 years and over	2,380	12.5%
Asian	471	1.0%
Asian Indian	197	0.4%		Households with individuals under 18 years	6,310	33.0%
Chinese	72	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	4,785	25.0%
Filipino	60	0.1%
Japanese	11	0.0%		Average household size	2.40	(X)
Korean	31	0.1%		Average family size	3.10	(X)
Vietnamese	27	0.1%
Other Asian1	73	0.2%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	49	0.1%		Total housing units	21,836	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	3	0.0%		Occupied housing units	19,107	87.5%
Guamanian or Chamorro	33	0.1%		Vacant housing units	2,729	12.5%
Samoan	3	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	804	3.7%
Other Pacific Islander2	10	0.0%
Some other race	2,745	5.7%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.7%	(X)
Two or more races	1,501	3.1%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.0%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	27,877	57.8%		Occupied housing units	19,107	100.0%
Black or African American	16,989	35.2%		Owner-occupied housing units	7,593	39.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	351	0.7%		Renter-occupied housing units	11,514	60.3%
Asian	623	1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	107	0.2%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.50	(X)
Some other race	3,826	7.9%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.34	(X)
Date: December 14, 2004
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.