† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
6 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupFort Myers-NaplesFloridaUnited States
German12.7%8.9%12.5%
Irish10.9%8.2%9.4%
English9.8%8.2%9.5%
American8.8%7.7%5.3%
Italian7.6%5.6%4.8%
Polish3.2%2.1%2.2%
French2.2%1.7%1.6%
Scottish1.7%1.3%1.3%
Mexican6.9%3.3%11.3%
Cuban6.3%7.3%0.7%
Puerto Rican3.4%5.6%1.8%
Guatemalan1.6%—0.5%
Colombian1.0%2.1%0.4%
Dominican0.9%1.3%0.7%
Honduran0.8%0.6%0.3%
Nicaraguan0.4%0.6%—
African American†3.8%9.5%9.9%
Haitian2.1%2.3%0.3%
Jamaican0.6%1.5%0.4%
African0.3%0.5%0.5%
Filipino0.4%0.5%0.9%
Chinese0.3%0.5%1.3%
Asian Indian0.3%0.9%1.4%
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
Fort Myers-Naples
Florida
United States
Median age
51.1
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
6.8%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
31.2%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fort Myers-Naples
Florida
United States
Median household income
$77,653
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.9%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.9%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fort Myers-Naples
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
26.2%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
19.7%
22.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.5%
2.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.5%
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fort Myers-Naples
Florida
United States
Catholic
23.9%
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
16.2%
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
52.3%
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.
Fort Myers-Naples, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+96.2%
1896
+47.4%
1900
+69.9%
1904
+47.4%
1908
+47.8%
1912
+57.3%
1916
+52.7%
1920
+31.3%
1924
+32.6%
1928
−21.0%
1932
+50.6%
1936
+43.4%
1940
+45.9%
1944
+38.1%
1948
+6.3%
1952
−6.3%
1956
−18.6%
1960
−20.7%
1964
−7.2%
1968
−19.7%
1972
−58.3%
1976
−10.8%
1980
−34.8%
1984
−47.7%
1988
−37.4%
1992
−13.1%
1996
−11.0%
2000
−19.8%
2004
−22.1%
2008
−13.2%
2012
−19.8%
2016
−23.2%
2020
−22.3%
2024
−31.2%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
34.1%Harris260,253
65.3%Trump498,583
0.2%Oliver1,901 +5
R+31.2
R+8.9
R+29.7
763,805
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican65.3%498,583
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic34.1%260,253
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%1,901
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%1,784
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%537
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%416
Randall TerryIndependent0.0%309
OtherAll other candidates0.0%22
R
38.5%Biden288,162
60.8%Trump455,441
0.7%
R+22.3
D+0.9
R+26.8
748,849
R
37.0%Clinton229,105
60.2%Trump373,161
2.8%
R+23.2
R+3.5
R+25.3
619,869
R
39.7%Obama208,289
59.5%Romney311,965
0.7%
R+19.8
R+6.6
R+23.6
523,999
R
43.0%Obama223,944
56.2%McCain292,542
0.8%
R+13.2
D+8.9
R+20.4
520,790
R
38.4%Kerry181,599
60.5%Bush285,959
1.1%
R+22.1
R+2.3
R+19.6
472,609
R
38.9%Gore141,159
58.7%Bush212,890
2.4%
R+19.8
R+8.8
R+20.3
362,818
R
38.8%Clinton124,642
49.7%Dole159,829
11.5%
R+11.0
D+2.1
R+19.5
321,317
R
32.0%Clinton102,005
45.1%Bush143,729
22.9%
R+13.1
D+24.3
R+18.6
318,829
R
31.0%Dukakis74,719
68.4%Bush164,871
0.7%
R+37.4
D+10.3
R+29.7
241,167
R
26.2%Mondale55,786
73.8%Reagan157,462
0.0%
R+47.7
R+12.9
R+29.5
213,288
R
29.9%Carter52,092
64.7%Reagan112,576
5.4%
R+34.8
R+23.9
R+25.0
174,014
R
43.8%Carter55,994
54.6%Ford69,851
1.6%
R+10.8
D+47.5
R+12.9
127,873
R
20.7%McGovern18,323
79.0%Nixon69,867
0.2%
R+58.3
R+38.6
R+35.2
88,406
R
25.5%Humphrey15,813
45.2%Nixon28,058
29.4%
R+19.7
R+12.5
R+19.0
62,126
R
46.4%Johnson21,482
53.6%Goldwater24,807
0.0%
R+7.2
D+13.5
R+29.8
46,289
R
39.6%Kennedy12,566
60.4%Nixon19,135
0.0%
R+20.7
R+2.2
R+20.9
31,701
R
40.7%Stevenson9,410
59.3%Eisenhower13,702
0.0%
R+18.6
R+12.2
R+3.2
23,112
R
46.8%Stevenson8,972
53.2%Eisenhower10,186
0.0%
R+6.3
R+12.7
D+4.4
19,158
D
41.2%Truman4,895
34.9%Dewey4,141
23.9%
D+6.3
R+31.7
D+1.9
11,879
D
69.0%Roosevelt7,810
31.0%Dewey3,503
0.0%
D+38.1
R+7.8
D+30.6
11,313
D
72.9%Roosevelt8,642
27.1%Willkie3,208
0.0%
D+45.9
D+2.5
D+35.9
11,850
D
71.7%Roosevelt7,091
28.3%Landon2,802
0.0%
D+43.4
R+7.2
D+19.1
9,893
D
75.3%Roosevelt6,770
24.7%Hoover2,223
0.0%
D+50.6
D+71.6
D+32.8
8,993
R
38.7%Smith3,146
59.7%Hoover4,852
1.6%
R+21.0
R+53.6
R+3.5
8,126
D
61.0%Davis2,299
28.3%Coolidge1,068
10.7%
D+32.6
D+1.4
D+57.8
3,771
D
62.0%Cox3,434
30.8%Harding1,703
7.2%
D+31.3
R+21.4
D+57.4
5,538
D
67.6%Wilson2,506
14.9%Hughes552
17.5%
D+52.7
R+4.6
D+49.6
3,708
D
64.8%Wilson1,279
7.5%Taft148
27.7%
D+57.3
D+9.5
D+37.8
1,973
D
63.9%Bryan1,258
16.0%Taft316
20.1%
D+47.8
D+0.4
D+57.4
1,970
D
65.4%Parker987
18.0%Roosevelt272
16.6%
D+47.4
R+22.5
D+67.0
1,509
D
81.3%Bryan278
11.4%McKinley39
7.3%
D+69.9
D+22.4
D+77.4
342
D
71.2%Bryan222
23.7%McKinley74
5.1%
D+47.4
R+48.8
D+53.5
312
D
96.2%Cleveland153
0.0%Harrison0
3.8%
D+96.2
—
D+94.6
159
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+28.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+31.2
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.9 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Fort Myers-Naples
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
804,894
218,778
362,576
220,269
3,271
2018
845,767
228,622
379,478
231,433
6,234
2019
849,523
227,526
381,324
232,396
8,277
2020
934,909
250,075
424,940
246,100
13,794
2021
939,915
240,641
428,384
255,017
15,873
2023
916,372
208,609
449,136
237,490
21,137
2024
974,179
211,967
487,885
244,973
29,354
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+14,768 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +350,549 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Fort Myers-Naples in Fort Myers-Naples: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+10,736
2012
+14,897
2013
+19,801
2014
+25,830
2015
+30,839
2016
+32,378
2017
+24,647
2018
+20,615
2019
+26,951
2021
+50,054
2022
+48,224
2023
+19,049
2024
+11,760
2025
+14,768
The Ft. Myers-Naples market anchors one of Florida's fastest-growing corridors, where an influx of retirees and transplants from northern states has steadily shifted registration totals and turnout patterns over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 96.2 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 58.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 8.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.2 points.
A population of 1,507,352, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,653 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Salisbury and Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota).
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In 2024, Fort Myers-Naples, Florida voted Republican by 31.2 points (R+31.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 763,805 votes cast, 260,253 went Democratic and 498,583 went Republican.
When did Fort Myers-Naples, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fort Myers-Naples, Florida voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Fort Myers-Naples, Florida?
Fort Myers-Naples, Florida has a population of 1,507,352 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fort Myers-Naples, Florida?
Median household income in Fort Myers-Naples, Florida is $77,653 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Fort Myers-Naples, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Fort Myers-Naples, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
