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St. Lucie County, Florida
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| Saint Lucie County, Florida | |
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 Location in the state of Florida |
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 Florida's location in the USA |
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| Founded | March 14, 1844 |
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| Seat | Fort Pierce |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
688 sq mi (1,782 km²) 572 sq mi (1,481 km²) 116 sq mi (300 km²), 16.80% |
| Population - (2000) - Density |
192,695 337/sq mi (130/km²) |
| Website: www.stlucieco.gov/ | |
| Named for: Saint Lucie of Syracuse | |
St. Lucie County is a county located in the state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 192,695. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 241,305 [1].
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The current St. Lucie County was created in 1905 from the southern part of Brevard County. Brevard County had been named St. Lucie County from 1844 until 1855 when it was renamed Brevard County. In 1925, Indian River County was created out of the northern part of St Lucie County, while Martin County was created from a small part of southeastern St. Lucie County and the northern part of Palm Beach County. Much of western St Lucie County had gone in 1917 to form Okeechobee County.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,782 km² (688 sq mi). 1,483 km² (572 sq mi) of it is land and 299 km² (116 sq mi) of it is water, much of it in the Atlantic Ocean. The total area is 16.80% water.
St. Lucie County is part of the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- Indian River County, Florida - north
- Martin County, Florida - south
- Okeechobee County, Florida - west
As of the census² of 2000, there were 192,695 people, 76,933 households, and 54,237 families residing in the county. The population density was 130/km² (337/sq mi). There were 91,262 housing units at an average density of 62/km² (159/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 79.14% White, 15.42% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.95% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 2.37% from other races, and 1.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.16% of the population. 86.6% spoke English, 7.6% Spanish, 1.6% French Creole and 1.0% French as their first language. 3.3% of the population identified themselves as being of non-Hispanic West Indian Ancestry. (Source=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ThematicMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-context=tm&-tm_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_M00139&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-CONTEXT=tm&-tree_id=403&-all_geo_types=N&-geo_id=04000US12&-format=&-_lang=en#?360,221)
In 2005 St. Lucie county had a population that was 69.2% non-Hispanic white, 16.5% African-American, 12.4% Latino and 1.3% Asian. (Source=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12/12111.html).
In 2000 there were 76,933 households out of which 26.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.30% were married couples living together, 11.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.50% were non-families. 23.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.89.
In the county the population was spread out with 22.60% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 22.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 95.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $36,363, and the median income for a family was $41,381. Males had a median income of $30,047 versus $22,684 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,790. About 9.60% of families and 13.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.50% of those under age 18 and 7.70% of those age 65 or over.
- City of Fort Pierce
- City of Port St. Lucie
- Village of St. Lucie
- Ankona
- Eden
- Eldred
- Fort Pierce North
- Fort Pierce South
- Hutchinson Island South
- Indian River Estates
- Lakewood Park
- River Park
- Walton
- White City
- Board of County Commissioners
- Constitutional officers
- School district
- Multi-county districts
- Judicial branch
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