Location of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metropolitan Statistical Area in Florida
The Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consisting of Lee County in the state of Florida in the USA. The principal cities in the MSA are Cape Coral and Fort Myers. In 2008 the population of the MSA was more than 640,000.[1] The Fort Myers, Florida Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area was first defined in 1973. In 1981 Cape Coral became a principal city, and the MSA became the Fort Myers-Cape Coral, Florida Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1983 the name was changed to Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1990 it became the Fort Myers-Cape Coral, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2003 the name was changed to its present form. The area has been represented in the US House of Representatives by Connie Mack IV since January of 2005.
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- ^ Florida’s Metropolitan Statistical Areas - Population - retrieved July 18, 2006
