2024 population: 556,336 ( 2,633,069 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:	141,929	11.1
Deaths:	128,341	10.1
Net Migration:	-139,566	-10.9
Net Immigration:	331,390	26.0

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):

2024
Number	Percent
47.6
97,035	17.4%
459,301	82.6%
140,739	25.3%

205,254
2.51

137,553	67.0%
102,824	74.8%
11,657	8.5%
67,701	33.0%

2010
Number	Percent
314.4
-2,199,306	-518.6%
2,623,413	618.6%
542,713	128.0%

1,212,196
2.71

833,133	68.7%
555,309	66.7%
97,829	11.7%
379,063	31.3%

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%

2024 Housing Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	10,658	5.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,454	2.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,833	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,978	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	7,881	3.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	8,112	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,263	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	7,352	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,612	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	15,150	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	20,961	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	27,785	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	21,134	10.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	16,088	7.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	16,905	8.2%
$200,000 or more	20,088	9.8%

Median Household Income	75,251
Per Capita Income	42,081

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	11,343	5.5%
Public Assistance	5,257	2.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	22,837	11.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	157,349	68.6%
Unemployed	9,740	4.2%
In Armed Forces	196	0.1%

Total Labor Force	167,285	72.9%
Not in Labor Force	62,036	27.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	81,867	70,712	53.7%
Non-Profit	6,031	10,127	37.3%
Self-Employed	18,687	12,814	59.3%

Local Government	8,573	9,184	48.3%
State Government	1,875	2,719	40.8%
Federal Government	1,366	1,214	52.9%

Total Private + Self	100,554	83,526	54.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	17,845	23,244	43.4%
Total	118,399	106,770	52.6%

Pct. Govt.	11.1%
Pct. Private + Self	81.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	34,609	15.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	52,606	23.3%
Professional, Technical	45,267	20.1%
Service Occupations	44,496	19.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	809	0.4%
All others	48,697	21.6%

White Collar		58.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	33,453	14.8%
Retail trade	27,504	12.2%
Construction	20,704	9.2%
Accommodation and food services	16,341	7.2%
Educational services	16,216	7.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	15,056	6.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	14,951	6.6%
Manufacturing	12,965	5.7%
Other services	12,893	5.7%
Transportation and warehousing	12,606	5.6%
Finance and insurance	8,991	4.0%
Public administration	8,710	3.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,195	2.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	5,980	2.6%
Wholesale trade	4,109	1.8%
Utilities	3,545	1.6%
Information	2,982	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,175	1.0%
Management	262	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	37	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	21,501	4.11%
Puerto Rican	25,468	4.87%
Cuban	14,281	2.73%
Dominican	5,506	1.05%

Total Central American	15,990	3.06%
Costa Rican	634	0.12%
Guatemalan	8,534	1.63%
Honduran	3,500	0.67%
Nicaraguan	1,374	0.26%
Panamanian	445	0.09%
Salvadoran	1,503	0.29%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	15,296	2.93%
Argentinean	934	0.18%
Bolivian	947	0.18%
Chilean	448	0.09%
Colombian	5,556	1.06%
Ecuadorian	2,381	0.46%
Paraguayan	356	0.07%
Peruvian	1,840	0.35%
Uruguayan	360	0.07%
Venezuelan	2,474	0.47%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	6,542	1.25%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	3,047	0.58%
Indian	2,289	0.44%
Chinese	1,371	0.26%
Vietnamese	635	0.12%
Korean	413	0.08%
Thai	362	0.07%
Japanese	229	0.04%
Cambodian	63	0.01%
Burmese	36	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	390,252	78.3%
Spanish	71,996	14.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	17,444	3.5%
Other Indo-European	8,152	1.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,055	0.4%
Tagalog	1,772	0.4%
German, other Germanic	1,660	0.3%
Other	1,201	0.2%
Other Asian	1,187	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	97,171	18.6%
Irish	53,239	10.2%
German	50,391	9.6%
Italian	43,620	8.3%
English	42,857	8.2%
Haitian	14,911	2.9%
Polish	13,392	2.6%
French	8,692	1.7%
Jamaican	8,110	1.6%
European	7,689	1.5%
Scottish	7,311	1.4%
Swedish	4,016	0.8%
Norwegian	4,009	0.8%
Dutch	3,927	0.8%
Russian	3,907	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	491,489	94.0%
Not a citizen	31,187	6.0%

Native	438,990	84.0%
Foreign-born	83,686	16.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
16,253	4.2%	20,996	5.4%	108,554	27.8%	127,458	32.6%	75,691	19.4%	41,657	10.7%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	16,253	4.2%
9-12 Years	20,996	5.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	108,554	27.8%
Some College	127,458	32.6%
Bach. Degree	75,691	19.4%
Grad Degree	41,657	10.7%
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	243,267
Median Value	$376,309

Occupied	205,254	84.4%
Vacant	38,013	15.6%

Owned	161,982	78.9%
Rented	43,272	21.1%
Median Rent	$1,580

Single-Family Units	170,428	70.1%
Detached	159,477	65.6%
Attached	10,951	4.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	39,451	16.2%
Mobile Homes	18,115	7.4%

Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2024 Housing Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area

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