2024 population: 390,670 ( 61,446 from 2020)
Land area: 571.7 square miles
Population density: 683.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	194,403	49.76%	7.0%
Black:	88,855	22.74%	31.0%
Indian:	810	0.21%	21.8%
Asian:	7,901	2.02%	21.9%
2+ races:	7,664	1.96%	24.6%
Hispanic:	91,037	23.30%	37.3%

Total non-White:	196,267	50.24%	33.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	14,759	11.2
Deaths:	17,734	13.5
Net Migration:	56,490	42.9
Net Immigration:	7,829	5.9

Change in White population:	12,636	3.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	48,810	14.8

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
329,224
181,767	55.21%
67,838	20.61%
665	0.20%
6,482	1.97%
6,151	1.87%
66,321	20.14%
147,457	44.79%

2010
277,789
170,032	61.21%
51,373	18.49%
664	0.24%
4,353	1.57%
4,527	1.63%
45,995	16.56%
107,757	38.79%

2000
192,695
142,768	74.09%
29,148	15.13%
396	0.21%
1,866	0.97%
2,501	1.30%
15,733	8.16%
49,927	25.91%

1990
150,171
119,491	79.57%
24,252	16.15%
308	0.21%
772	0.51%
n/a
5,348	3.56%
30,680	20.43%

1980
87,182
66,109	75.83%
18,904	21.68%
264	0.30%
287	0.33%
n/a
1,546	1.77%
21,073	24.17%

1970
50,836
34,619	68.10%
15,716	30.92%
42	0.08%
31	0.06%
n/a
399	0.78%
16,217	31.90%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
27,982	10.1
28,297	10.2
43,651	15.7
7,468	2.7

11,735	4.2
39,700	14.3

Number	Rate
2000's
26,913	14.0
22,810	11.8
65,221	33.8
5,299	2.7

27,264	14.1
57,830	30.0

Number	Rate
1990's
22,485	15.0
19,563	13.0
24,918	16.6
3,479	2.3

23,277	15.5
19,247	12.8

Number	Rate
1980's
18,612	21.3
12,484	14.3
57,376	65.8
n/a

53,382	61.2
9,607	11.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
32,120	63.2
n/a

31,490	61.9
4,856	9.6

Age, Family & Household Data for St. Lucie County, FL

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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
45.3
65,662	9.1%
654,232	90.9%
81,565	11.3%

126,443
2.62

87,040	68.8%
63,161	72.6%
9,060	10.4%
39,403	31.2%

2010
Number	Percent
42.4
62,008	22.3%
215,781	77.7%
55,378	19.9%

108,523
2.53

74,963	69.1%
55,336	73.8%
7,475	10.0%
33,560	30.9%

2000
Number	Percent
42.0
43,294	22.5%
149,401	77.5%
43,672	22.7%

76,903
2.47

54,308	70.6%
43,193	79.5%
4,646	8.6%
22,595	29.4%

1990
Number	Percent
38.5
34,766	23.2%
115,405	76.8%
31,862	21.2%

58,264
2.54

43,644	74.9%
36,617	83.9%
3,209	7.4%
14,620	25.1%

1980
Number	Percent
34.1
22,883	26.2%
64,299	73.8%
14,800	17.0%

32,565
2.65

24,679	75.8%
20,789	84.2%
1,956	7.9%
7,886	24.2%

2022 Housing Data for St. Lucie County, FL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,521	5.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,980	3.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,567	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,368	4.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,555	4.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,354	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,853	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,577	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,490	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	10,832	8.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	15,029	11.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	18,567	14.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,122	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	9,144	7.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,275	5.8%
$200,000 or more	7,209	5.7%

Median Household Income	66,154
Per Capita Income	33,847

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	96
Compared to U.S.	93

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	8,344	6.6%
Public Assistance	4,641	3.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	17,846	14.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	102,843	68.4%
Unemployed	6,595	4.4%
In Armed Forces	144	0.1%

Total Labor Force	109,582	72.9%
Not in Labor Force	40,819	27.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	53,780	46,813	53.5%
Non-Profit	3,257	6,666	32.8%
Self-Employed	10,295	6,986	59.6%

Local Government	5,361	5,832	47.9%
State Government	1,521	2,251	40.3%
Federal Government	1,101	797	58.0%

Total Private + Self	64,075	53,799	54.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	11,240	15,546	42.0%
Total	75,315	69,345	52.1%

Pct. Govt.	11.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	20,778	14.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	35,346	24.4%
Professional, Technical	26,257	18.1%
Service Occupations	29,433	20.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	497	0.3%
All others	33,266	22.9%

White Collar		56.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	23,089	15.9%
Retail trade	18,867	13.0%
Construction	13,289	9.2%
Accommodation and food services	10,700	7.4%
Educational services	9,682	6.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	9,071	6.3%
Other services	8,896	6.1%
Transportation and warehousing	8,405	5.8%
Manufacturing	7,730	5.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	7,406	5.1%
Public administration	6,494	4.5%
Finance and insurance	5,027	3.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,867	2.7%
Wholesale trade	3,475	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,400	2.3%
Information	2,230	1.5%
Utilities	2,055	1.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,098	0.8%
Management	289	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	10	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	14,031	4.19%
Puerto Rican	18,966	5.67%
Cuban	8,107	2.42%
Dominican	5,465	1.63%

Total Central American	8,355	2.50%
Costa Rican	412	0.12%
Guatemalan	2,316	0.69%
Honduran	2,733	0.82%
Nicaraguan	1,428	0.43%
Panamanian	474	0.14%
Salvadoran	992	0.30%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	10,654	3.18%
Argentinean	564	0.17%
Bolivian	555	0.17%
Chilean	386	0.12%
Colombian	3,256	0.97%
Ecuadorian	1,746	0.52%
Paraguayan	12	0.00%
Peruvian	2,236	0.67%
Uruguayan	113	0.03%
Venezuelan	1,764	0.53%
Other South American	22	0.01%

Other Hispanic	3,510	1.05%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	2,385	0.71%
Indian	1,372	0.41%
Vietnamese	818	0.24%
Chinese	745	0.22%
Korean	298	0.09%
Thai	221	0.07%
Japanese	186	0.06%
Laotian	23	0.01%
Indonesian	20	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	243,766	76.6%
Spanish	48,588	15.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	12,378	3.9%
Other Indo-European	5,856	1.8%
Other	1,504	0.5%
Tagalog	1,328	0.4%
German, other Germanic	1,092	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	924	0.3%
Arabic	881	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	70,741	21.1%
Irish	29,976	9.0%
German	28,381	8.5%
Italian	26,544	7.9%
English	20,865	6.2%
Haitian	11,809	3.5%
European	9,055	2.7%
Jamaican	8,121	2.4%
Polish	7,753	2.3%
French	5,304	1.6%
Scottish	2,759	0.8%
Brazilian	2,358	0.7%
Dutch	2,309	0.7%
French Canadian	2,099	0.6%
Swedish	1,969	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	315,641	94.3%
Not a citizen	19,041	5.7%

Native	277,042	82.8%
Foreign-born	57,640	17.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
10,580	4.3%	17,372	7.1%	75,400	30.8%	80,180	32.8%	40,046	16.4%	21,202	8.7%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	10,580	4.3%
9-12 Years	17,372	7.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	75,400	30.8%
Some College	80,180	32.8%
Bach. Degree	40,046	16.4%
Grad Degree	21,202	8.7%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	72,863	63,211	9,652	13.2%	6.2%
1991	71,654	61,365	10,289	14.4%	7.6%
1992	73,698	61,464	12,234	16.6%	8.4%
1993	73,973	63,813	10,160	13.7%	7.4%
1994	75,486	64,849	10,637	14.1%	6.5%
1995	76,183	66,621	9,562	12.6%	5.6%
1996	78,072	68,070	10,002	12.8%	5.3%
1997	77,964	69,182	8,782	11.3%	4.9%
1998	79,648	70,928	8,720	10.9%	4.4%
1999	81,393	73,563	7,830	9.6%	3.9%

2000	88,254	83,132	5,122	5.8%	3.8%
2001	91,684	85,960	5,724	6.2%	4.4%
2002	94,097	87,935	6,162	6.5%	4.9%
2003	97,300	91,627	5,673	5.8%	4.5%
2004	103,020	97,567	5,453	5.3%	3.8%
2005	111,799	107,613	4,186	3.7%	2.9%
2006	118,283	114,483	3,800	3.2%	2.5%
2007	122,774	116,935	5,839	4.8%	3.3%
2008	123,358	113,341	10,017	8.1%	5.7%
2009	121,977	106,794	15,183	12.4%	9.6%

2010	127,436	110,442	16,994	13.3%	10.8%
2011	127,910	111,837	16,073	12.6%	10.0%
2012	128,364	113,893	14,471	11.3%	8.6%
2013	129,041	115,651	13,390	10.4%	7.5%
2014	130,404	119,663	10,741	8.2%	6.4%
2015	131,823	123,346	8,477	6.4%	5.5%
2016	135,657	127,736	7,921	5.8%	4.9%
2017	139,075	131,816	7,259	5.2%	4.2%
2018	142,627	136,218	6,409	4.5%	3.6%
2019	146,578	140,515	6,063	4.1%	3.3%

2020	145,363	134,060	11,303	7.8%	7.7%
2021	150,839	143,349	7,490	5.0%	4.6%
2022	155,564	150,258	5,306	3.4%	2.9%
2023	159,361	153,763	5,598	3.5%	2.9%
2024	168,354	161,727	6,627	3.9%	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	150,054
Median Value	$275,900

Occupied	126,443	84.3%
Vacant	23,611	15.7%

Owned	97,475	77.1%
Rented	28,968	22.9%
Median Rent	$1,363

Single-Family Units	110,088	73.4%
Detached	105,617	70.4%
Attached	4,471	3.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	20,937	14.0%
Mobile Homes	10,475	7.0%

St. Lucie County, FL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for St. Lucie County, FL

2022 Housing Data for St. Lucie County, FL

2022 Income & Employment Data for St. Lucie County, FL

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for St. Lucie County, FL

2022 Educational Attainment Data for St. Lucie County, FL

Historical Labor Force Data for St. Lucie County, FL