2024 population: 556,336 ( 2,474,639 from 2020)
Land area: 1115.5 square miles
Population density: 498.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	318,259	57.21%	4.9%
Black:	97,115	17.46%	28.1%
Indian:	1,183	0.21%	19.1%
Asian:	10,584	1.90%	18.9%
2+ races:	9,950	1.79%	20.9%
Hispanic:	119,245	21.43%	31.9%

Total non-White:	238,077	42.79%	29.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	136,556	11.3
Deaths:	118,401	9.8
Net Migration:	-148,398	-12.2
Net Immigration:	328,470	27.1

Change in White population:	14,969	3.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	53,713	11.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
487,654
303,290	62.19%
75,800	15.54%
993	0.20%
8,905	1.83%
8,228	1.69%
90,438	18.55%
184,364	37.81%

2010
424,107
287,564	67.80%
58,866	13.88%
912	0.22%
5,915	1.39%
5,990	1.41%
63,876	15.06%
136,543	32.20%

2000
319,426
251,509	78.74%
35,630	11.15%
603	0.19%
2,647	0.83%
3,434	1.08%
25,239	7.90%
67,917	21.26%

1990
251,071
209,180	83.32%
30,226	12.04%
499	0.20%
1,348	0.54%
n/a
9,818	3.91%
41,891	16.68%

1980
151,196
123,263	81.53%
23,415	15.49%
311	0.21%
451	0.30%
n/a
3,557	2.35%
27,933	18.47%

1970
78,871
57,748	73.22%
19,989	25.34%
74	0.09%
78	0.10%
n/a
896	1.14%
21,123	26.78%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
39,334	9.3
45,600	10.8
62,128	14.6
8,993	2.1

15,726	3.7
47,821	11.3

Number	Rate
2000's
38,753	12.1
38,207	12.0
79,168	24.8
8,542	2.7

36,055	11.3
68,626	21.5

Number	Rate
1990's
34,175	13.6
33,834	13.5
42,254	16.8
4,914	2.0

42,329	16.9
26,026	10.4

Number	Rate
1980's
28,448	18.8
22,485	14.9
94,322	62.4
n/a

85,917	56.8
13,958	9.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
68,150	86.4
n/a

65,515	83.1
6,810	8.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
47.8
91,242	16.4%
465,094	83.6%
132,241	23.8%

193,167
2.52

128,816	66.7%
96,883	75.2%
11,443	8.9%
64,351	33.3%

2010
Number	Percent
44.9
87,754	20.7%
336,353	79.3%
95,350	22.5%

172,422
2.42

115,111	66.8%
87,534	76.0%
10,344	9.0%
57,311	33.2%

2000
Number	Percent
44.1
66,803	20.9%
252,623	79.1%
79,474	24.9%

132,282
2.37

90,803	68.6%
74,231	81.7%
6,823	7.5%
41,479	31.4%

1990
Number	Percent
40.9
52,482	20.9%
198,589	79.1%
59,578	23.7%

101,183
2.43

73,773	72.9%
63,110	85.5%
4,433	6.0%
27,410	27.1%

1980
Number	Percent
37.9
36,244	24.0%
114,952	76.0%
30,378	20.1%

58,375
2.54

43,721	74.9%
37,918	86.7%
2,823	6.5%
14,654	25.1%

2022 Housing Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	9,444	4.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,865	3.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	6,738	3.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	7,424	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	8,742	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	7,563	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,874	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	7,112	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,631	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	15,506	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	20,296	10.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	27,211	14.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	19,286	10.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	14,343	7.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	12,573	6.5%
$200,000 or more	15,559	8.1%

Median Household Income	70,209
Per Capita Income	39,684

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	94

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	10,666	5.5%
Public Assistance	5,908	3.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	22,705	11.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	151,816	68.3%
Unemployed	8,684	3.9%
In Armed Forces	275	0.1%

Total Labor Force	160,775	72.3%
Not in Labor Force	61,464	27.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	78,400	67,213	53.8%
Non-Profit	4,810	9,842	32.8%
Self-Employed	16,966	11,090	60.5%

Local Government	7,646	8,528	47.3%
State Government	1,827	2,784	39.6%
Federal Government	1,452	925	61.1%

Total Private + Self	95,366	78,303	54.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	15,735	22,079	41.6%
Total	111,101	100,382	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	11.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	32,622	15.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	51,179	24.1%
Professional, Technical	40,306	19.0%
Service Occupations	42,583	20.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	806	0.4%
All others	45,355	21.4%

White Collar		58.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	32,497	15.3%
Retail trade	26,867	12.7%
Construction	19,967	9.4%
Accommodation and food services	15,846	7.5%
Educational services	14,171	6.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	12,648	6.0%
Other services	12,377	5.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	12,326	5.8%
Manufacturing	11,419	5.4%
Transportation and warehousing	10,937	5.2%
Public administration	8,810	4.2%
Finance and insurance	7,384	3.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,291	3.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,219	2.9%
Wholesale trade	4,706	2.2%
Information	3,436	1.6%
Utilities	3,328	1.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,315	1.1%
Management	457	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	44	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	20,106	4.07%
Puerto Rican	22,453	4.54%
Cuban	10,401	2.11%
Dominican	6,083	1.23%

Total Central American	14,669	2.97%
Costa Rican	536	0.11%
Guatemalan	7,150	1.45%
Honduran	3,449	0.70%
Nicaraguan	1,516	0.31%
Panamanian	684	0.14%
Salvadoran	1,334	0.27%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	13,298	2.69%
Argentinean	685	0.14%
Bolivian	555	0.11%
Chilean	459	0.09%
Colombian	4,129	0.84%
Ecuadorian	1,941	0.39%
Paraguayan	309	0.06%
Peruvian	2,502	0.51%
Uruguayan	285	0.06%
Venezuelan	2,411	0.49%
Other South American	22	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4,856	0.98%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	3,116	0.63%
Indian	2,029	0.41%
Chinese	1,259	0.25%
Vietnamese	981	0.20%
Thai	414	0.08%
Korean	324	0.07%
Japanese	196	0.04%
Cambodian	121	0.02%
Laotian	23	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	375,722	79.7%
Spanish	63,690	13.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	13,930	3.0%
Other Indo-European	7,231	1.5%
Tagalog	1,866	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,840	0.4%
German, other Germanic	1,777	0.4%
Other	1,612	0.3%
Arabic	979	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	82,469	16.7%
Irish	55,435	11.2%
German	53,412	10.8%
Italian	44,189	8.9%
English	41,440	8.4%
Polish	14,145	2.9%
Haitian	12,928	2.6%
European	11,387	2.3%
French	9,836	2.0%
Jamaican	8,829	1.8%
Scottish	6,833	1.4%
Swedish	3,990	0.8%
Dutch	3,970	0.8%
Norwegian	3,764	0.8%
French Canadian	3,670	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	468,161	94.8%
Not a citizen	25,920	5.2%

Native	419,884	85.0%
Foreign-born	74,197	15.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
14,300	3.9%	23,056	6.3%	106,142	28.8%	120,420	32.7%	67,842	18.4%	36,876	10.0%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	14,300	3.9%
9-12 Years	23,056	6.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	106,142	28.8%
Some College	120,420	32.7%
Bach. Degree	67,842	18.4%
Grad Degree	36,876	10.0%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	237,348	210,994	26,354	11.1%
1991	234,140	204,012	30,128	12.9%
1992	237,854	203,004	34,850	14.7%
1993	240,276	210,526	29,750	12.4%
1994	243,320	213,550	29,770	12.2%
1995	245,412	218,990	26,422	10.8%
1996	251,428	224,196	27,232	10.8%
1997	251,896	227,336	24,560	9.8%
1998	257,198	233,676	23,522	9.1%
1999	263,792	242,810	20,982	8.0%

2000	290,230	275,200	15,030	5.2%
2001	300,980	283,710	17,270	5.7%
2002	306,956	288,446	18,510	6.0%
2003	315,686	298,558	17,128	5.4%
2004	329,198	313,116	16,082	4.9%
2005	351,834	339,510	12,324	3.5%
2006	365,970	354,906	11,064	3.0%
2007	374,628	358,270	16,358	4.4%
2008	373,138	344,918	28,220	7.6%
2009	368,346	325,318	43,028	11.7%

2010	386,984	339,256	47,728	12.3%
2011	388,640	343,408	45,232	11.6%
2012	390,138	349,772	40,366	10.3%
2013	392,714	355,814	36,900	9.4%
2014	397,952	367,918	30,034	7.5%
2015	403,184	378,666	24,518	6.1%
2016	413,564	390,764	22,800	5.5%
2017	422,138	401,526	20,612	4.9%
2018	430,864	412,784	18,080	4.2%
2019	439,880	422,878	17,002	3.9%

2020	435,086	403,712	31,374	7.2%
2021	449,024	428,672	20,352	4.5%
2022	463,330	448,614	14,716	3.2%
2023	474,582	458,880	15,702	3.3%
2024	480,742	462,414	18,328	3.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	231,647
Median Value	$305,241

Occupied	193,167	83.4%
Vacant	38,480	16.6%

Owned	151,127	78.2%
Rented	42,040	21.8%
Median Rent	$1,367

Single-Family Units	161,289	69.6%
Detached	150,598	65.0%
Attached	10,691	4.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	38,505	16.6%
Mobile Homes	17,922	7.7%

Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area