St. Lucie County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 184,223 51.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 78,741 21.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 75,302 20.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 7,046 2.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 12,521 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 398 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 123 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,146 0.6%

• Under 18 70,901 19.7%
• 18–24 25,091 7.0%
• 25–44 83,618 23.2%
• 45–64 92,356 25.6%
• 65 and over 88,534 24.6%

Median household income

$73,824

90% interval $69,523–$78,125

−$3,863 vs FL · 28th of 67

Below poverty line

11.5%

90% interval 9.9%–13.1%

−0.6 pp vs FL · 44th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.78 pp vs. state

County GDP

$16.7B

0.97% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,869

Establishments

9,007

• Education & health services 23,826 25.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 22,702 24.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 10,906 11.8%
• Professional & business services 9,404 10.2%
• Construction 7,557 8.2%
• Public administration 5,951 6.5%
• Manufacturing 4,264 4.6%
• Other services 3,331 3.6%
• Financial activities 3,023 3.3%
• Natural resources & mining 615 0.7%
• Information 468 0.5%
• Unclassified 68 0.1%

Home ownership

78.6%

+11.0 pp vs FL · 24th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,585

−$84 vs FL · 19th of 67

Owner-occupied

107,984

Renter-occupied

29,469

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $79,619/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $30,617/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 100,293 54.2%
• Democratic 83,517 45.1%
• Other / third-party 1,321 0.7%

• Spanish 54,620 15.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 16,107 4.7%
• Tagalog 1,442 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,113 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 995 0.3%
• Arabic 780 0.2%
• Chinese 571 0.2%
• Vietnamese 368 0.1%
• Korean 291 0.1%

Households

137,453

Family households

94,902

69.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

18,595

19.6% of families

Single-mother families

9,264

9.8% of families

Veterans

24,969

8.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 66,254 20.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 34,673 10.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9,263 2.8%
• Black Protestant 4,022 1.2%
• Mainline Protestant 3,871 1.2%
• Orthodox 725 0.2%

Health insured

88.6%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

11.4%

±0.8 pp

34th of 67

With a disability

14.8%

±0.7 pp

46th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

26.7%

±1 pp

−7.4 pp vs FL · 35th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.0%

90% interval 12.9%–15.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

19th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

22 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); County Court judges (limited jurisdiction: claims ≤ $50,000, misdemeanors, traffic) separate. Vintage 2026 flcourts.gov; statutory judgeships are reauthorized annually by the Florida Supreme Court's certification of need under Fla. Stat. § 26.031 and may shift by ±1-2 between sessions. Counts for smaller rural circuits (3rd, 16th) are statutory minimums per § 26.031.)

Court seats

Fort Pierce, Okeechobee, Stuart, Vero Beach

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

50

17.27 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

44