People QuickFacts	Fort Pierce	Florida
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	39,365	18,089,888
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	1.5%	13.2%
  	Population, 2000    	37,516	15,982,378
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.6%	5.9%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	27.2%	22.8%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	17.5%	17.6%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	50.7%	51.2% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	49.5%	78.0%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	40.9%	14.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.3%	0.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.8%	1.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	3.0%	2.4%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	15.0%	16.8% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	46.5%	48.9%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	18.4%	16.7%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	24.8%	23.1%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	59.7%	79.9%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	12.7%	22.3%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	24.6	26.2 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	17,170	7,302,947
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	53.2%	70.1%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$62,800	$105,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	14,407	6,337,929
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.56	2.46
  	Median household income, 1999    	$25,121	$38,819
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$14,345	$21,557
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	30.9%	12.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Fort Pierce	Florida
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	228,444	219,490,896
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	433,868	191,805,685
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$11,393	$11,501
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	58,054	29,366,940
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	2,906	1,539,207
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	6.3%	6.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.6%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	2.7%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	17.3%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	18.4%	28.4% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Fort Pierce	Florida
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	14	53,926
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	2,545.2	296.4
  	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