Saint Lucie County

St. Lucie County

•   LOCATION INFORMATIONS
    State: 

  Florida

    County: 

  Saint Lucie County

    Zips: 

  34985

  , 

  34954

  , 

  34954

  , 

  34948

  , 

  34985

  , 

  34988

  , 

  34979

  , 

  34949

  , 

  34987

  , 

  34951

  , 

  34945

  , 

  34981

  , 

  34946

  , 

  34947

  , 

  34984

  , 

  34983

  , 

  34953

  , 

  34982

  , 

  34986

  , 

  34950

  , 

  34952

    Coordinates: 

  27.38090753518227, -80.44560996780605

    Area total: 

  687.84 sq. mi., 1781.50 sq. km, 440218.88 acres

    Area land: 

  571.65 sq. mi., 1480.57 sq. km, 365856.64 acres

    Area water: 

  116.19 sq. mi., 300.93 sq. km, 74362.24 acres

    Established: 

  1844

    Capital seat: 

  Fort Pierce
  Address: 2300 Virginia Ave
  County Courthouse
  Fort Pierce, FL 34982-5632
  Governing Body: County Commission with 5 board size
  Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule

•   GMAP

  Saint Lucie County, Florida, United States

•   EXTERNAL LINKS
    Website: 

  http://www.stlucieco.gov

•   POPULATION INFORMATIONS
    Population: 

  329,226; Population change: 18.52% (2010 - 2020)

    Population density: 

  576 persons per square mile

    Household income: 

  $46,576

    Households: 

  55,258

    Unemployment rate: 

  7.80% per 145,363 county labor force

•   TAXES INFORMATIONS
    Sales taxes: 

  6.50%

    GDP: 

  $8.43 B, gross domestic product (GDP)

• Population Development
  Saint Lucie County's population of Florida of 14,127 residents in 1930 has increased 13,31-fold to 188,000 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.

  Approximately 50.18% female residents and 49.82% male residents live in as of 2020, 66.05% in Saint Lucie County, Florida are married and the remaining 33.95% are single population.

  As of 2020, 66.05% in Saint Lucie County, Florida are married and the remaining 33.95% are single population.

• Household & Jobs
    Housing units: 

  147,884 residential units of which 87.23% share occupied residential units.

  29 minutes is the average time that residents in Saint Lucie County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61­–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
  
  80.92% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 13.05% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.79% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.58% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.

• Home & Housing
  Of the total residential buildings in Saint Lucie County, Florida 66.96% are owner-occupied homes, another 15.64% are rented apartments, and the remaining 17.39% are vacant.

• Political & Religion
  The 37.34% of the population in Saint Lucie County, Florida who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.

  Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 43.410%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 55.490%) of those eligible to vote in Saint Lucie County, Florida.