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Cocoa Beach, Florida

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(Hillsborough County)

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(Brevard County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Cocoa Beach had a population of 12,482 people ^<1>. This represents 0.08% of the total population of Florida, making it the state's 125th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	11,920	-4.5%	-0.63% since 2007
2007	11,996	-3.89%	-0.8% since 2006
2006	12,093	-3.12%	-1.76% since 2005
2005	12,310	-1.38%	-1.54% since 2004
2004	12,502	+0.16%	+0.62% since 2003
2003	12,425	-0.46%	-0.74% since 2002
2002	12,517	+0.28%	+0.21% since 2001
2001	12,491
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2000	12,482	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
122	Wilton Manors	S	153 mi [246.2 km]	12,616	0.64% decrease
123	Palmetto	SW	131 mi [210.8 km]	14,284	13.63% increase
124	Gulfport	W	133 mi [214 km]	12,327	1.6% decrease
-125-	Cocoa Beach			11,920	4.5% decrease
126	Lynn Haven	NW	329 mi [529 km]	15,254	22.51% increase
127	Holly Hill	N	67 mi [107.8 km]	13,199	8.91% increase
128	North Palm Beach	S	109 mi [175.4 km]	12,149	0.7% increase

Cocoa Beach had 8,709 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Cocoa Beach has a total area of 15.04 square miles [38.95 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 4.89 square miles [12.67 km²]10.15 square miles [26.29 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Cocoa Beach had a 2000 population density of 2,552 people per square mile [985 people/km²], making it the state's 120th most densely populated area.

Brevard County

The coastal city of Cocoa Beach is located in Brevard County.

The county had a population of 477,698 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 12,482 people, Cocoa Beach contained 2.61% of the Brevard County total.

In addition, where the community of Cocoa Beach has a population density of 2,552 people per square mile [985 people/km²], Brevard County averages 469.2 people per square mile [181.1 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Cocoa Beach and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Cocoa Beach. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	2	22,067	3.55% increase
10 mi [16 km]	6	75,924	11.22% increase
15 mi [24 km]	8	161,586	9.33% increase
20 mi [32 km]	13	228,422	11.28% increase
30 mi [48 km]	15	331,953	15.54% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Cocoa Beach, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Melbourne	QF-1243975	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	77,351	8.36% increase
Titusville	QF-1271900	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	44,756	10.05% increase
Palm Bay	QF-1254000	S	24 mi [38.62 km]	100,786	26.91% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Cocoa Beach.

A Census Quickfact is available for Brevard County (QF-12009).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Brevard County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Indian River	QF-12061	S	132,315	16.7% increase
Orange	QF-12095	NW	1,072,801	18.84% increase
Osceola	QF-12097	W	263,676	51.41% increase
Volusia	QF-12127	NW	498,036	11.92% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Cocoa Beach:

	State Code:	12 (Florida)
	County Code:	009 (Brevard County)
	Place Code:	13175 (Cocoa Beach)

	State & County Code:	12009 (Florida/Brevard County)

	State & Place Code:	1213175 (Florida/Cocoa Beach)

Cocoa Beach is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Cocoa Beach.

The Commemorative
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Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Cocoa Beach. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Cocoa Beach and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Cocoa Beach. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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