People QuickFacts	Fort Myers	Florida
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	63,512	19,057,542
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	62,296	18,801,311
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	2.0%	1.4%
 	Population, 2010    	62,298	18,801,310
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.3%	5.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.7%	21.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	14.4%	17.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	49.9%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	54.6%	75.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	32.3%	16.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.6%	2.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.8%	2.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	20.0%	22.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	44.6%	57.9% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	74.3%	83.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	20.2%	19.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	27.0%	26.6%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	77.5%	85.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	21.5%	25.9%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	24.7	25.7 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	45.8%	69.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	54.8%	30.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$180,000	$205,600
 	Households, 2006-2010    	24,352	7,152,844
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.49	2.53
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$23,170	$26,551
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$37,793	$47,661
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	23.6%	13.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Fort Myers	Florida
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	9,939	2,009,589
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	7.2%	9.0%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	4.4%	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	10.8%	22.4%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.2%	28.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	367,827	104,832,907
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,049,482	221,641,518
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,577,740	262,341,127
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$40,829	$14,353
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	260,086	41,922,059

   	Geography QuickFacts	Fort Myers	Florida
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	39.96	53,624.76
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,559.1	350.6
 	FIPS Code    	24125	12
 	Counties    	Lee County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts