St. Lucie County, Florida

St. Lucie County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 192,695. The 2005 estimate for the county is 241,305.

History
The current St. Lucie County was created in 1905 from the southern part of. Brevard County had been named St. Lucie County from 1844 until 1855 when it was renamed Brevard County. In 1925, was created out of the northern part of St Lucie County, while  was created from a small part of southeastern St. Lucie County and the northern part of. Much of western St Lucie County had gone in 1917 to form.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,782 (688 ). 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. The total area is 16.80% water.

St. Lucie County is part of the.

Adjacent Counties

 * - north
 * - south
 * - west

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 192,695 people, 76,933 households, and 54,237 families residing in the county. The 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%, 15.42% , 0.24% , 0.95% , 0.05% , 2.37% from , and 1.82% from two or more races. or of any race were 8.16% of the population. 86.6% spoke, 7.6% , 1.6% and 1.0%  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 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 for the county was $18,790. About 9.60% of families and 13.40% of the population were below the, including 20.50% of those under age 18 and 7.70% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated

 * 1) City of
 * 2) City of
 * 3) Village of

Governmental

 * Board of County Commissioners
 * St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners


 * Constitutional officers
 * St. Lucie County Clerk
 * St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections
 * St. Lucie County Property Appraiser
 * St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office
 * St. Lucie County Tax Collector


 * School district
 * St. Lucie County School District


 * Multi-county districts
 * Indian River Community College
 * South Florida Water Management District
 * Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council


 * Judicial branch
 * St. Lucie County Clerk of Courts
 * Public Defender, 19th Judicial Circuit of Florida
 * State Attorney, 19th Judicial Circuit of Florida
 * Circuit and County Courts for the 19th Judicial Circuit of Florida

Non-governmental

 * St. Lucie County Tourism Web Site