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Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 370
  equals Births 31,999
  less Deaths 31,629
Net Migration 80,163
  equals net International Migration 14,434
  plus net Domestic Migration 65,729

The population of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA changed from 620,532 on 2010 to 701,982 in 2015 -- a change of 81,450 (13.13%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), net migration (80,163) exceeded natural change (370); net migration has been the primary contributing factor for the metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Lee County, FL12071P0000001 620,532 631,368 644,865 660,929 679,233 701,982 81,450 13.13
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Lee County, FL12071B0000001 6,140 6,268 6,399 6,360 6,389 6,583 31,999 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Lee County, FL12071D0000001 5,872 6,070 6,056 6,188 6,507 6,808 31,629 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Lee County, FL12071NC000001 268 198 343 172 -118 -225 370 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Lee County, FL12071MI000001 2,304 2,750 2,532 2,720 3,214 3,218 14,434 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Lee County, FL12071MD000001 4,828 7,276 10,576 13,431 13,409 21,037 65,729 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Lee County, FL12071MN000001 7,132 10,026 13,108 16,151 16,623 24,255 80,163 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Lee County, FL12071GQ000001 8,488 8,488 8,481 8,479 8,480 8,479 -9 -0.11

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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