Fort Myers Beach

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Fort Myers Beach
Lee County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Fort Myers Beach Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Lee County
Coordinates : 26 ° 26 ′  N , 81 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 26 ′  N , 81 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 6,277 (as of 2010)
Population density : 848.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 15.9 km 2  (about 6 mi 2 ) of
which 7.4 km 2  (about 3 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 1 m
Postcodes : 33931, 33932
Area code : +1 239
FIPS : 12-24150
GNIS ID : 0282701
Website : www.fortmyersbeachfl.gov
Mayor : Tracey Gore
Panorama Fort Meyers Beach2.jpg
Fort Myers Beach

Fort Myers Beach is a city in Lee County in the US state of Florida with 6,277 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

The urban area is located on Estero Island and borders directly on Bonita Springs . Miami is 200 km and Tampa 230 km away.

Religions

Fort Myers Beach currently has seven different churches from five different denominations (as of 2004).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 6,277 inhabitants were spread over 9,420 households, most of which are holiday homes used as second homes. The population density was 848.2 inh / km². 97.7% of the population identified themselves as whites , 0.3% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.6% as Asian Americans . 0.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.7% to several ethnic groups. 2.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 54.5% of all households lived in 6.4% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 56.6% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 1.81 people and the average family size was 2.23 people.

6.1% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 9.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 57.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 63 years. 49.5% of the population were male and 50.5% were female.

The median annual income was $ 55,213, with 9.2% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 94.33% of the population, 3.54% spoke Spanish and 2.13% had another mother tongue.

Attractions

The Fort Myers Beach School and Mound Key site are the National Register of Historic Places listed.

traffic

Fort Myers Beach is connected to the mainland by Florida State Road 865 . The nearest airport is Southwest Florida International Airport, 30 km away .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Fort Myers, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://fl-fortmyersbeach2.civicplus.com/Directory.aspx?EID=94
  2. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ FLORIDA - Lee County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed July 29, 2015 .