St. Lucie County, FL Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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St. Lucie County, Florida

People QuickFactsSt. Lucie CountyFlorida
Population, 2005 estimate 241,30517,789,864
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 25.2%11.3%
Population, 2000 192,69515,982,378
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 5.6%6.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 21.9%22.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 21.1%16.8%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.9%51.0%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)80.8%80.4%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)16.5%15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.3%2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.1%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.0%1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)12.4%19.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 69.2%62.1%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 51.9%48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 10.5%16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 13.8%23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 77.7%79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 15.1%22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 45,0663,274,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 25.926.2
Housing units, 2005 117,0208,256,847
Homeownership rate, 2000 78.0%70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 20.3%29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $86,100$105,500
Households, 2000 76,9336,337,929
Persons per household, 2000 2.472.46
Median household income, 2003 $37,388$38,985
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,790$21,557
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 12.9%13.0%
Business QuickFactsSt. Lucie CountyFlorida
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 4,658484,9382
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 51,9276,864,9872
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 24.9%10.4%2
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 16,0091,369,0021
Total number of firms, 2002 15,8271,539,207
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 5.4%6.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 3.5%2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 5.2%17.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 28.3%28.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 595,72078,474,770
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 747,068219,490,896
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,886,487191,805,685
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $9,187$11,498
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 170,14429,366,940
Building permits, 2005 8,776287,250
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 1,330,991121,933,5022
Geography QuickFactsSt. Lucie CountyFlorida
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 57253,926
Persons per square mile, 2000 336.9296.4
FIPS Code 11112
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL Metro Area

1: The 2004 Nonemployer totals may be low due to late tax reporting in hurricane-impacted counties/regions in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
2: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:04:01 EST
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