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Collier County

Florida · 417,131 residents (2025 est.) · 1,997 sq mi
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Collier County is a county of 398,291 people in Florida. The median age is 53.3, about 14 years above the US median. The population has risen by half since 2000, adding 146,914 people. That puts it in the top 2% of US counties for household income. 77% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 25%.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $90,045, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 53.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
40% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 99%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Collier County

What changed most since 1990

  • Population152,099 → 398,291 (+162%)US over the same years: +35%
  • Median age40.8 → 53.3 (+12.5 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
  • Homes owned by their occupants70.2% → 76.6% (+6.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts

Among the 67 counties in Florida

  • 3rd in household income$90,045
  • 7th in share with a bachelor's degree40.3%
  • 2nd in home value$540,700
  • 25th in diversity score67.4
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
398,291
+58%since 2000
from 251,377 in 2000
417,131 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
199 / sq mi
+58%since 2000
from 126 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
53.3
+21%since 2000
from 44.1 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
1,997 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
127K201K275K349K423K19902000201020202024Collier County
2024398K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 54.1%(16,441)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 94.2%(16,854)
US avg: 6%
10 to 144.9%(19,515)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 194.8%(19,252)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 244.5%(17,978)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 349%(35,920)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 449.8%(38,974)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5410.7%(42,483)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6414.1%(56,153)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 7416%(63,820)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 8413.4%(53,505)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over4.4%(17,396)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$90,045
+2%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $48,289 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$62,079
+99%since 2000
from $31,195 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
57.6%
+19.5 ptssince 2009
from 38.1% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
10.7%
+0.4 ptssince 2000
from 10.3% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.534
+2%since 2010
from 0.522 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information12.1%
US avg: 10.8%
Wholesale trade10.6%
US avg: 6.9%
Other services9.2%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration5%
US avg: 4.8%
Retail trade4.9%
US avg: 9.9%
Finance & insurance3.9%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical3.4%
US avg: 5.1%
Transportation & warehousing1.9%
US avg: 2.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing1.5%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction1.5%
US avg: 1.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.1%
US avg: 1.9%
Education & health services0.5%
US avg: 0.9%
Manufacturing0%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$540,700
+99%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $149,000 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,862
+36%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $753 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
76.6%
+1.0 ptssince 2000
from 75.6% in 2000
23.4% rent
Vacancy rate
30.7%
−6.9 ptssince 2009
from 37.7% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.37 people
−10%since 2009
from 2.63 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
29.6%
−9.1 ptssince 2009
from 38.7% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
58.6%
+6.3 ptssince 2009
from 52.3% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
6.0
−7%since 2009
from 6.4 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
56
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic73.8%(185,517)
Black4.4%(10,999)
Hispanic / Latino19.6%(49,296)
Asian0.6%(1,527)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic61.4%(244,399)
Black6.4%(25,473)
Hispanic / Latino28.2%(112,189)
Asian1.5%(6,116)
Other2.5%(10,114)
Diversity Score
67
+13%since 2009
from 60 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
47
−8%since 2020
from 51 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican10.2%(40,632)
Cuban6.3%(25,204)
South American3.9%(15,402)
Central American3.8%(15,007)
Puerto Rican2%(7,999)
Guatemalan1.8%(7,357)
Colombian1.3%(5,325)
Honduran1.1%(4,468)
Venezuelan1%(3,870)
Dominican0.9%(3,521)
Peruvian0.5%(1,887)
Bolivian0.4%(1,624)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Salvadoran0.4%(1,463)
Ecuadorian0.3%(1,261)
Spaniard0.3%(1,129)
Nicaraguan0.2%(981)
Argentine0.2%(754)
Costa Rican0.1%(406)
Panamanian0.1%(332)
Uruguayan0.1%(239)
Chilean0%(159)
Asian origin
Asian Indian0.4%(1,684)
Chinese0.3%(1,244)
Filipino0.3%(1,047)
Vietnamese0.1%(565)
Korean0.1%(360)
Japanese0.1%(272)
Indonesian0%(125)
Thai0%(123)
Taiwanese0%(117)
Cambodian0%(105)
Pakistani0%(99)
+ 4 more asian origin groups with data
Laotian0%(35)
Okinawan0%(20)
Nepalese0%(16)
Malaysian0%(13)
Pacific Islander origin
Samoan0%(89)
Chamorro0%(64)
Ancestry
German11.5%(45,669)
Irish11.1%(44,211)
English9.4%(37,264)
Italian8.8%(34,955)
American6.5%(25,734)
West Indian4.3%(16,948)
Haitian3.8%(15,072)
Polish3.4%(13,549)
French2.1%(8,397)
Scottish1.6%(6,210)
Swedish1.2%(4,700)
Russian0.9%(3,716)
+ 46 more ancestry groups with data
Norwegian0.9%(3,584)
Dutch0.8%(3,039)
French Canadian0.7%(2,811)
Scotch-Irish0.6%(2,330)
Hungarian0.5%(1,994)
Canadian0.5%(1,928)
Greek0.5%(1,922)
British0.5%(1,818)
Ukrainian0.4%(1,767)
Jamaican0.4%(1,684)
Welsh0.4%(1,591)
Czech0.4%(1,449)
Arab0.4%(1,403)
Lithuanian0.3%(1,329)
Austrian0.3%(1,221)
Romanian0.3%(1,219)
Portuguese0.3%(1,169)
Danish0.3%(1,166)
Swiss0.3%(1,089)
Croatian0.2%(832)
Slovak0.2%(824)
Lebanese0.2%(627)
Brazilian0.1%(553)
Belgian0.1%(547)
Finnish0.1%(545)
Armenian0.1%(432)
Turkish0.1%(323)
Serbian0.1%(298)
Bulgarian0.1%(263)
Syrian0.1%(262)
Slovene0.1%(257)
Egyptian0%(175)
Macedonian0%(173)
Guyanese0%(168)
Iranian0%(139)
Latvian0%(127)
Iraqi0%(118)
Israeli0%(96)
Ghanaian0%(24)
Moroccan0%(15)
Jordanian0%(10)
Barbadian0%(10)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
40.3%
+12.4 ptssince 2000
from 27.9% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
90.0%
+8.2 ptssince 2000
from 81.8% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
16.8%
+7.1 ptssince 2000
from 9.7% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
26.1 min
+65%since 2000
from 15.8 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
69.0%
−6.6 ptssince 2009
from 75.6% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
10.9%
−1.6 ptssince 2009
from 12.5% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.5%
−0.8 ptssince 2009
from 1.3% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
16.4%
+10.7 ptssince 2009
from 5.7% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
0.7%
−0.8 ptssince 2009
from 1.5% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.6%
−0.6 ptssince 2009
from 1.2% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
4.6%
+0.5 ptssince 2009
from 4.0% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
3.9%
−5.5 ptssince 2011
from 9.5% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
51.2%
−3.5 ptssince 2011
from 54.7% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
70.1%
−0.7 ptssince 2020
from 70.8% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
10.0%
+0.4 ptssince 2009
from 9.6% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
38.1%
+10.5 ptssince 2009
from 27.7% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.3%
−1.6 ptssince 2009
from 50.8% in 2009
Female
50.7%
+1.6 ptssince 2009
from 49.2% in 2009
Foreign born
24.6%
+1.8 ptssince 2009
from 22.9% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
6.1%
−7.5 ptssince 2009
from 13.7% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
11.3%
−0.2 ptssince 2012
from 11.5% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
11.3%
−11.2 ptssince 2013
from 22.5% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
92.5%
+11.1 ptssince 2017
from 81.4% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
97.3%
+3.0 ptssince 2020
from 94.3% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
86.4%
+2.8 ptssince 2020
from 83.6% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
67.3%
−0.3 ptssince 2016
from 67.6% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
23.4%
Unchangedsince 2016
from 23.4% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married26.3%(44,523)
Married60.6%(102,819)
Widowed3.8%(6,429)
Divorced9.3%(15,766)
Women 15+
Never married21.3%(37,440)
Married55.2%(97,061)
Widowed11.3%(19,901)
Divorced12.2%(21,542)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
11.3%
−11.2 ptssince 2013
from 22.5% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
42.2%
+1.2 ptssince 2020
from 41.0% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
26.9%
+0.9 ptssince 2020
from 26.0% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
33.3%
+0.8 ptssince 2020
from 32.5% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
12.1%
−1.0 ptssince 2020
from 13.1% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
1.9%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 2.0% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
66.1%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 64.3% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
43.1%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 43.2% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)8.9%(1,805)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)12.3%(2,517)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era48.5%(9,879)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War11.3%(2,300)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II3.2%(646)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 20,390 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Collier County, decade by decade

Collier County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
1990152,099$81,605$291,36822.3%38.0
2000251,377$87,966$271,42727.9%51.8
2010321,520$83,590$514,14530.8%62.2
2020375,752$85,106$444,33335.9%66.2
2024398,291$90,045$540,70040.3%67.4

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Collier County, Florida?

Collier County, Florida has about 398,291 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Collier County, Florida?

The typical household in Collier County, Florida earns about $90,045 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Collier County, Florida expensive?

In Collier County, Florida, the median home is worth about $540,700, and the typical rent is about $1,862 a month.

How educated are people in Collier County, Florida?

About 40.3% of adults age 25 and over in Collier County, Florida hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Collier County, Florida?

About 10.7% of people in Collier County, Florida live below the federal poverty line.

Has Collier County, Florida grown since 1990?

Yes, Collier County, Florida has grown since 1990. The population has added about 246,192 residents, a change of about 162 percent over that period.

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