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Port St. Lucie, FL MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change -2,488
  equals Births 20,985
  less Deaths 23,473
Net Migration 31,424
  equals net International Migration 5,032
  plus net Domestic Migration 26,392

The population of the Port St. Lucie, FL MSA changed from 425,243 on 2010 to 454,846 in 2015 -- a change of 29,603 (6.96%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), net migration (31,424) exceeded natural change (-2,488); net migration has been the primary contributing factor for the metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Port St. Lucie, FL MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Martin County, FL12085P0000001 146,979 147,647 148,913 151,550 153,538 156,283 9,304 6.33
St. Lucie County, FL12111P0000001 278,264 280,764 283,525 286,223 290,957 298,563 20,299 7.29
Total P0000001 425,243 428,411 432,438 437,773 444,495 454,846 29,603 6.96
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Martin County, FL12085B0000001 1,196 1,202 1,133 1,196 1,193 1,229 5,953 
St. Lucie County, FL12111B0000001 2,872 3,081 3,049 2,909 2,964 3,029 15,032 
Total B0000001 4,068 4,283 4,182 4,105 4,157 4,258 20,985 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Martin County, FL12085D0000001 1,808 1,675 1,681 1,808 1,915 1,885 8,964 
St. Lucie County, FL12111D0000001 2,484 2,705 2,816 2,831 3,053 3,104 14,509 
Total D0000001 4,292 4,380 4,497 4,639 4,968 4,989 23,473 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Martin County, FL12085NC000001 -612 -473 -548 -612 -722 -656 -3,011 
St. Lucie County, FL12111NC000001 388 376 233 78 -89 -75 523 
Total NC000001 -224 -97 -315 -534 -811 -731 -2,488 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Martin County, FL12085MI000001 240 263 230 254 305 304 1,356 
St. Lucie County, FL12111MI000001 768 763 634 673 802 804 3,676 
Total MI000001 1,008 1,026 864 927 1,107 1,108 5,032 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Martin County, FL12085MD000001 928 972 1,583 2,956 2,127 3,116 10,754 
St. Lucie County, FL12111MD000001 2,820 963 1,955 1,890 3,524 7,306 15,638 
Total MD000001 3,748 1,935 3,538 4,846 5,651 10,422 26,392 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Martin County, FL12085MN000001 1,168 1,235 1,813 3,210 2,432 3,420 12,110 
St. Lucie County, FL12111MN000001 3,588 1,726 2,589 2,563 4,326 8,110 19,314 
Total MN000001 4,756 2,961 4,402 5,773 6,758 11,530 31,424 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Martin County, FL12085GQ000001 3,930 3,903 3,864 4,099 4,176 4,080 150 3.82
St. Lucie County, FL12111GQ000001 3,053 3,053 3,053 3,051 3,052 3,051 -2 -0.07
Total GQ000001 6,983 6,956 6,917 7,150 7,228 7,131 148 2.12

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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