Cocoa Beach is a city located in Brevard County, in the State of Florida, United States. According to US Census figures from 2000, the population was 12,482; U.S. Census Bureau calculations unofficially taken in 2008 estimate that the city had a population of 11,920. Cocoa Beach is part of the metropolitan area known as Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Additional 2000 census numbers show that at the time there were 12,482 people, 6,529 households, and 3,532 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,552.1 inhabitants per square mile, with 8,709 housing units at an average density of 1,780.6 per square mile. Of the 6,529 households, 12.9% included children under the age of 18, and 45.5% were married couples living together. To the contrary, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.9% were sharing a household but not family related. In Cocoa Beach, 38.3% of all households were made up of individuals living alone, and of them 18.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. On an average, household size was 1.91, while the average family size was 2.47.
In the city of Cocoa Beach, the population was spread out with 12.2% residents under the age of 18, and 3.8% were aged 18 to 24. In other age brackets, 22.0% ranged from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 34.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age in Cocoa Beach was 54 years. For every 100 females in the city, there were 99.3 males; and, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males.
Economically speaking, the median income for a household in the City of Cocoa Beach was $42,372, and the median income for a family was $51,795. Males had a median income of $39,418 versus $27,113 earned by females. The per capita income for the entire city was $28,968. For the most part, Cocoa Beach is considered a retirement area or a region that appeals to retirees, as the average age of residents is 54 years.
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