Port St. Lucie metropolitan area

Port St. Lucie metropolitan area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Port St. Lucie, FL MSA
PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie
Coordinates: 26°8′N 80°12′W
Country	United States
State	Florida
Largest city	Port St. Lucie
Other cities	Fort Pierce Vero Beach
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)

The Port St. Lucie, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes St. Lucie and Martin counties in the Treasure Coast region of Florida.

The MSA was defined by the Office of Management and Budget with its current composition in 1983 as the Ft. Pierce, FL MSA, with Fort Pierce as the principal city. The name was changed to Ft. Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL MSA in 1992, with the addition of Port St. Lucie as a principal city. The name of the MSA was changed to Port St. Lucie-Ft. Pierce, FL MSA in 2003, and to Port St. Lucie, FL MSA in 2006, with the removal of Fort Pierce as a principal city.^[1] The Port St. Lucie MSA is included in the Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL Combined Statistical Area.^[2]

The Port St. Lucie, FL MSA was included, together with the Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL MSA (consisting of Indian River County), in the Port St. Lucie-Sebastian-Vero Beach Combined Statistical Area (CSA), in December 2006.^[3] In February 2013, the Office of Management and Budget issued a bulletin that defined the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie CSA, which includes the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach MSA, Okeechobee Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), Port St. Lucie MSA, and Sebastian-Vero Beach MSA. The Port St. Lucie-Sebastian-Vero Beach CSA was not listed in that bulletin, as its two components had been moved to the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie CSA.^[4]

Population

The Port St. Lucie MSA has an area of 1,115.4 square miles (2,889 km²). The population was 319,426 in 2000 and 424,107 in 2010.^[5] The Census Bureau's 2020 Report indicated the combined populations for Martin and St. Lucie counties, thus the Port St. Lucie metro area, was 487,657.^[6][7] as of 2021^[update] the Census Bureau estimated the population of the MSA to be 503,521.^[8]

As of May 2021^[update] the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that there were 149,200 people employed in the metropolitan area, at a median hourly wage of $17.76, a mean hourly wage of $22.94, and a mean annual wage of $47,710.^[9]

References

1. "Metro Area History 1950-2020". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
2. "Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), Metropolitan Divisions, and Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs), March 2020". U.S. Census Bureau. March 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
3. "Combined Statistical Areas and Component Core Based Statistical Areas, December 2006, With Codes". U.S. Census Bureau. May 11, 2007. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
4. "OMB Bulletin No. 13-1: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas" (PDF). U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. February 28, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
5. "CBSA Reporter Chapter 1 Data: CBSAs". U.S. Census Bureau. September 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
6. US Census Bureau, 2020 Results, Martin County QuickFacts https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/martincountyflorida
7. US Census Bureau, 2020 Results, St. Lucie County QuickFacts https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/stluciecountyflorida
8. "Annual Resident Population Estimates and Estimated Components of Resident Population Change for Metropolitan Micropolitan Statistical Areas and their Geographical Components: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021". U.S. Census Bureau. March 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
9. "Port St. Lucie, FL - May 2021 OEWS Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates". www.bls.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-01.