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People QuickFacts | St. Lucie County | Florida
Population, 2012 estimate | 283,866 | 19,317,568
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 277,789 | 18,802,690
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.2% | 2.7%
Population, 2010 | 277,789 | 18,801,310
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.7% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 21.9% | 21.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 20.4% | 17.6%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.2% | 51.1%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 76.2% | 78.5%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 19.5% | 16.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.8% | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.9% | 1.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 16.8% | 22.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 61.1% | 57.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.3% | 83.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.7% | 19.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 20.7% | 27.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.2% | 85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 17.9% | 26.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 27,006 | 1,637,466
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 28.2 | 25.7
Housing units, 2011 | 137,581 | 9,026,965
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 75.3% | 69.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.9% | 29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $157,600 | $188,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 103,900 | 7,140,096
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.61 | 2.56
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,172 | $26,733
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $44,947 | $47,827
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.3% | 14.7%
Business QuickFacts | St. Lucie County | Florida
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 4,881 | 491,150
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 51,918 | 6,626,558
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 24.9 | 6.6
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 20,697 | 1,686,142
Total number of firms, 2007 | 24,858 | 2,009,589
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 12.8% | 9.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.4% | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 13.9% | 22.4%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 31.7% | 28.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 916,481 | 104,832,907
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 693,623 | 221,641,518
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,697,675 | 262,341,127
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,197 | $14,353
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 268,322 | 41,922,059
Building permits, 2011 | 315 | 42,360
Geography QuickFacts | St. Lucie County | Florida
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 571.93 | 53,624.76
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 485.7 | 350.6
FIPS Code | 111 | 12
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area
(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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts