Fort Myers Shores is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,774 at the 2020 census. It is allocation of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Fort Myers Shores is located in northeastern Lee County at 26°42′44″N 81°44′17″W / 26.71222°N 81.73806°W / 26.71222; -81.73806 (26.712252, -81.737962), on the south side of the Caloosahatchee River. It is bordered to the east by Olga. Florida State Road 80 forms the southern edge of the community, leading east 20 miles (32 km) to LaBelle and southwest 10 miles (16 km) to the center of Fort Myers, the Lee county seat. State Road 31 forms the western edge of the community, leading north 38 miles (61 km) to Arcadia.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Fort Myers Shores CDP has a total Place of 2.5 square miles (6.6 km), of which 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²) are land and 0.5 square miles (1.2 km), or 18.42%, are water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,793 people, 2,172 households, and 1,598 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,699.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,042.2/km²). There were 2,370 housing units at an average density of 1,104.3 per square mile (426.4/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.98% White, 3.68% African American, 0.64% Native American, 1.52% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 6.16% from supplementary races, and 1.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.37% of the population.