Census Data for Fort Myers Shores

As far as we can tell, Fort Myers Shores<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Fort Myers Shores, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Olga
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Olga is located in Lee County
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Fort Myers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Myers is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Myers
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Myers <2>
Cape Coral
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cape Coral is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Coral
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cape Coral <2>
La Belle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- La Belle is located in Hendry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Belle <2>
Fort Myers Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Myers Beach is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Myers Beach
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Myers Beach <2>
Punta Gorda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Punta Gorda is located in Charlotte County
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- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Punta Gorda <2>
Bonita Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bonita Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bonita Springs <2>
Sanibel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sanibel is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanibel
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sanibel <2>

Lee County ...

Fort Myers Shores is located in Lee County<3>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Lee County.

Miscellaneous Information for Fort Myers Shores ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Lee County or the community of Fort Myers Shores:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Fort Myers Shores:
- GNIS ID for Fort Myers Shores: 282703
- GNIS ID for Lee County: 295758
- GNIS ID for State of Florida: 294478

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 12 (Florida)
- County Code: 071 (Lee County)
- Place Code: 24175 (Fort Myers Shores)
- State & County Code: 12/071 (Florida / Lee County)
- State & Place Code: 12/24175 (Florida / Fort Myers Shores)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Fort Myers Shores is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Fort Myers Shores.

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Fort Myers Shores may originally have been Fort Myer's Shores. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fort Myers Shores might be written as Fort Myer Shores. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Fort Myers Shores.
<2>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>	If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.