† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCortezFloridaUnited States
German19.5%8.9%12.5%
English17.3%8.2%9.5%
Irish16.1%8.2%9.4%
Italian9.8%5.6%4.8%
American9.8%7.7%5.3%
Polish4.1%2.1%2.2%
French3.3%1.7%1.6%
Scottish2.6%1.3%1.3%
Mexican1.5%3.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%5.6%1.8%
Cuban0.4%7.3%0.7%
Colombian0.2%2.1%0.4%
African American†1.0%9.5%9.9%
Haitian0.2%2.3%0.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Cortez
Florida
United States
Median age
65.3
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
3.9%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
50.7%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cortez
Florida
United States
Median household income
$79,895
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.5%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
46.7%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cortez
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.1%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
22.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cortez
Florida
United States
Catholic
—
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Cortez, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−21.7%
2008
−15.5%
2012
−26.3%
2016
−28.1%
2020
−25.0%
2024
−31.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
34.0%Harris857
65.1%Trump1,643
1.0%
R+31.1
R+6.1
R+29.7
2,524
R
37.2%Biden1,027
62.3%Trump1,718
0.5%
R+25.0
D+3.0
R+29.5
2,759
R
34.0%Clinton878
62.1%Trump1,603
3.9%
R+28.1
R+1.7
R+30.2
2,581
R
36.4%Obama972
62.7%Romney1,676
0.9%
R+26.3
R+10.8
R+30.2
2,672
R
41.6%Obama1,094
57.1%McCain1,502
1.3%
R+15.5
D+6.1
R+22.8
2,629
R
38.6%Kerry968
60.3%Bush1,511
1.1%
R+21.7
—
R+19.2
2,506
Cortez sits in the Gulf South and peninsula. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 31.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.1 points.
A population of 5,205, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,895 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fort Myers Beach and Carolina Shores.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Cortez, Florida voted Republican by 31.1 points (R+31.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,524 votes cast, 857 went Democratic and 1,643 went Republican.
How many people live in Cortez, Florida?
Cortez, Florida has a population of 5,205 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cortez, Florida?
Median household income in Cortez, Florida is $79,895 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Cortez, Florida?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cortez, Florida from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
