People QuickFacts Fort Myers Shores CDP Florida Population, 2011 estimate X 19,082,262 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base X 18,802,690 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 X 1.5% Population, 2010 5,487 18,801,310 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.1% 5.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 22.9% 21.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 17.4% 17.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.5% 51.1%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 84.4% 75.0% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.7% 16.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.3% 2.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.2% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 28.0% 22.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 64.5% 57.9%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.2% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 20.6% 19.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 40.1% 27.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 74.7% 85.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 10.4% 26.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 425 1,637,466 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 33.9 25.7  Housing units, 2010 2,588 8,989,580 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 64.0% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.2% 29.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $155,000 $188,600 Households, 2007-2011 2,102 7,140,096 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.44 2.56 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $19,132 $26,733 Median household income, 2007-2011 $34,653 $47,827 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 22.5% 14.7%     Business QuickFacts Fort Myers Shores CDP Florida Total number of firms, 2007 565 2,009,589 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 9.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 22.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.3% 28.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 104,832,907 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) NA 221,641,518 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,470 262,341,127 Retail sales per capita, 2007 NA $14,353 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,087 41,922,059     Geography QuickFacts Fort Myers Shores CDP Florida Land area in square miles, 2010 2.07 53,624.76 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,645.6 350.6 FIPS Code 24175 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