St Lucie County, Florida Demographics

St Lucie County is 12th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Foreign born residents

St Lucie County is 13th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

St Lucie County is 14th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Race - Black or African American

St Lucie County is 15th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Retail sales per capita

St Lucie County is 16th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Race - Two or More

St Lucie County is 18th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

St Lucie County is 19th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Housing units

St Lucie County is 19th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

St Lucie County is 19th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	St Lucie County	Rank	Florida	US
Current population (2012)	283,866	21st	19,317,568	313,914,040
Size in square miles	571.9	49th	53,624.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	485.7	13th	350.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	St Lucie County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	31st	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	23rd	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.4%	22nd	18.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	St Lucie County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.2%	37th	85.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.9%	35th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	St Lucie County	Rank	Florida	US
Race - White	75.8%	53rd	78.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	19.9%	14th	16.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	34th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.8%	21st	2.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	33rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	16th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	18th	23.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	60.4%	52nd	57.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	St Lucie County	Rank	Florida	US
Female residents	51.2%	22nd	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	15.7%	12th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	St Lucie County	Rank	Florida	US
Housing units	137,581	19th	9,026,965	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.9%	26th	29.9%	25.9%
Households	103,900	21st	7,140,096	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.3%	34th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$157,600	33rd	$188,600	$186,200
People per household	2.6	26th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	315	33rd	64,810	829,658

Income Demographics
	St Lucie County	Rank	Florida	US
Income per capita	$23,172	33rd	$26,733	$27,915
Income per household	$44,947	32nd	$47,827	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.3%	34th	14.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	St Lucie County	Rank	Florida	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,827	25th	490,851	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	53,587	25th	6,732,639	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	24,858	19th	2,009,589	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,697,675	19th	$262,341,127	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,197	15th	$14,353	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$268,322	30th	$41,922,059	$613,795,732