Cocoa, Florida

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The last Census shows that Cocoa had a population^<1> of 16,412 people in 2000. This represents 0.1% of the total population of Florida, making it the state's 141st most populous community.

The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
139	Ojus	16,642	S	172 mi [276.8 km]
140	Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace	16,539	NW	137 mi [220.5 km]
141	Cocoa	16,412
142	Greater Sun Center	16,321	SW	108 mi [173.8 km]
143	San Carlos Park	16,317	SW	147 mi [236.6 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Cocoa. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Cocoa had a population of 16,587 people. This is an increase of 1.07% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

The city of Cocoa had 8,064 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Cocoa has a total area of 9.52 square miles [24.67 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 7.46 square miles [19.32 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (21.68%) being water (2.06 square miles [5.35 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Cocoa had a 2000 population density of 2,200 people per square mile [5,698 people/km²].

Brevard County

Cocoa is located in Brevard County.

The county had a population of 477,723 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 16,412 people, Cocoa accounted for 3.44% of the Brevard County total.

In addition, where the community of Cocoa has a population density of 2,200 people per square mile [5,698 people/km²], Brevard County averages 469.2 people per square mile [1,215 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 and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Cocoa. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

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

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Merritt Island	QF-1244275	N	11 mi [17.7 km]		36,090
Titusville	QF-1271900	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	43,934	40,670	8.03%
Melbourne	QF-1243975	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	77,673	71,382	8.81%
Palm Bay	QF-1254000	S	26 mi [41.84 km]	100,116	79,413	26.07%

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

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

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Brevard County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Indian River	QF-12061	S	131,837	113,390	16.27%
Orange	QF-12095	NW	1,066,113	902,875	18.08%
Osceola	QF-12097	W	255,815	174,169	46.88%
Volusia	QF-12127	NW	500,413	445,041	12.44%

Miscellaneous Information

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

Cocoa 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.

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. 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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