Fort Myers Beach, FL

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1224150, place: Fort Myers Beach town, Florida)

Total Population: 6,561
Male: 3,247 (49.49%)
Female: 3,314 (50.51%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 96 (1.46%)
5 to 9 years: 143 (2.18%)
10 to 14 years: 151 (2.3%)
15 to 19 years: 164 (2.5%)
20 to 24 years: 141 (2.15%)
25 to 34 years: 420 (6.4%)
35 to 44 years: 709 (10.81%)
45 to 54 years: 939 (14.31%)
55 to 59 years: 625 (9.53%)
60 to 64 years: 735 (11.2%)
65 to 74 years: 1,414 (21.55%)
75 to 84 years: 834 (12.71%)
85 years and over: 190 (2.9%)

Median age: 59.1 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 6,064 (92.42%)
21 years and over: 5,976 (91.08%)
62 years and over: 2,884 (43.96%)
65 years and over: 2,438 (37.16%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 6,064 (92.42%)
--Male: 2,976 (45.36%)
--Female: 3,088 (47.07%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 2,438 (37.16%)
--Male: 1,176 (17.92%)
--Female: 1,262 (19.23%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 6,496 (99.01%)
--White: 6,243 (95.15%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 227 (3.46%)
--Black or African American: 5 (0.08%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 25 (0.38%)
--Asian: 19 (0.29%)
----Asian Indian: 2 (0.03%)
----Chinese: 8 (0.12%)
----Filipino: 3 (0.05%)
----Japanese: 3 (0.05%)
----Korean: 1 (0.02%)
----Vietnamese: 1 (0.02%)
----Other Asian: 1 (0.02%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 2 (0.03%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 1 (0.02%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.02%)
--Some other race: 65 (0.99%)
Two or more Races: 65 (0.99%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 227 (3.46%)
--Mexican: 149 (2.27%)
--Puerto Rican: 19 (0.29%)
--Cuban: 14 (0.21%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 45 (0.69%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 6,334 (96.54%)
--White Alone: 6,243 (95.15%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 6,555 (99.91%)
--Householder: 3,425 (52.2%)
--Spouse: 1,841 (28.06%)
--Child: 632 (9.63%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 439 (6.69%)
--Other relatives: 165 (2.51%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 28 (0.43%)
--Nonrelatives: 492 (7.5%)
----Unmarried partner: 179 (2.73%)
Living in group quarters: 6 (0.09%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 6 (0.09%)
Total households: 3,425
Family households (families): 2,048 (59.8%)
----With own children under 18 years: 263 (7.68%)
--Married-couple families: 1,841 (53.75%)
----With own children under 18 years: 182 (5.31%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 138 (4.03%)
----With own children under 18 years: 55 (1.61%)
Nonfamily households: 1,377 (40.2%)
--Householder living alone: 1,085 (31.68%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 509 (14.86%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 306 (8.93%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,633 (47.68%)
Average household size: 1.91 people
Average family size: 2.29 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 8,429
Occupied housing units: 3,425 (40.63%)
Vacant housing units: 5,004 (59.37%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 4,156 (49.31%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.4%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 46.4%
Occupied housing units: 3,425 (40.63%)
Owner occupied housing units: 2,632 (31.23%)
Renter occupied housing units: 793 (9.41%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 1.91 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.93 people

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