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Port Saint Lucie, Florida

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The city of Port Saint Lucie is located on the Treasure Coast.

Port Saint Lucie is located in Saint Lucie County.

Typical abbreviation for Port Saint Lucie: Prt. St. Lucie

The community of Port Saint Lucie is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Port Saint Lucie lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Port Saint Lucie, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Port Saint Lucie had a population of 88,769 people<2> (or 45.89% of the total population of Saint Lucie County). The population of Port Saint Lucie represented 0.56% of the total of Florida, making it the state's 15th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Port Saint Lucie had a population of 154,353 people. This is an increase of 73.88% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Port Saint Lucie.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
2008154,353+73.88%+2.29% since 2007
2007150,895+69.99%+6.18% since 2006
2006142,108+60.09%+9.66% since 2005
2005129,587+45.98% 
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200088,769The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Fort Pierce   N10 mi [16.09 km]40,8858.98% increase
 Hutchinson Island South   E9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Indian River Estates   NE7 mi [11.27 km]---
 North River Shores   SE8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Ocean Breeze Park   E9 mi [14.48 km]4316.91% decrease
 Port Saint Lucie-River Park   NE4 mi [6.44 km]---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Port Saint Lucie.

Website for Port Saint Lucie

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Port Saint Lucie or Saint Lucie County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.cityofpsl.com/
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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Port Saint Lucie? Please visit the Map Page for Port Saint Lucie.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Saint Lucie - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Port Saint Lucie.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Port Saint Lucie and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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