People QuickFacts	Fort Pierce	Florida
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	41,993	19,082,262
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	41,606	18,802,690
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.9%	1.5%
 	Population, 2010    	41,590	18,801,310
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.2%	5.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	25.9%	21.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	15.2%	17.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	50.7%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	45.3%	75.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	40.9%	16.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	2.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.7%	2.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	21.6%	22.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	35.2%	57.9% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.3%	83.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	19.7%	19.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	26.2%	27.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	68.7%	85.5%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	12.8%	26.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,043	1,637,466
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.8	25.7 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	21,357	8,989,580
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	49.7%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	52.1%	29.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$120,300	$188,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	15,170	7,140,096
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.73	2.56
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$16,782	$26,733
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$30,869	$47,827
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	30.2%	14.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Fort Pierce	Florida
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,651	2,009,589
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	9.0%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	6.7%	22.4%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	33.2%	28.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	145,810	104,832,907
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	130,069	221,641,518
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	966,675	262,341,127
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$23,360	$14,353
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	97,655	41,922,059

   	Geography QuickFacts	Fort Pierce	Florida
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	20.57	53,624.76
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,021.9	350.6
 	FIPS Code    	24300	12
 	Counties    	St. Lucie County
 	

(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