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 Alaska Native-owned 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