Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+17%. Democratic peak: D+61 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+17MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 522,6762024 5-year
- Median household income
- $75,0212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+61 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Port St. Lucie, FL, FLOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 117,008 | 164,395 | 283,355 | ||
| R | 121,030 | 147,999 | 270,895 | ||
| R | 97,066 | 123,493 | 226,639 | ||
| R | 95,976 | 104,385 | 201,900 | ||
| D | 100,633 | 96,655 | 198,873 | ||
| R | 82,043 | 88,954 | 172,516 | ||
| R | 68,181 | 68,677 | 140,006 | ||
| R | 57,024 | 57,421 | 128,562 | ||
| R | 38,678 | 49,200 | 121,417 | ||
| R | 28,934 | 63,598 | 93,162 | ||
| R | 22,018 | 57,100 | 79,134 | ||
| R | 18,434 | 38,647 | 59,984 | ||
| R | 21,171 | 23,184 | 44,965 | ||
| R | 7,539 | 25,554 | 33,240 | ||
| R | 7,812 | 12,460 | 27,153 | ||
| R | 11,369 | 11,496 | 22,865 | ||
| R | 8,024 | 10,055 | 18,079 | ||
| R | 4,118 | 8,432 | 12,550 | ||
| R | 4,044 | 6,975 | 11,019 | ||
| R | 2,519 | 2,637 | 6,554 | ||
| D | 3,089 | 1,450 | 4,539 | ||
| D | 3,187 | 1,558 | 4,745 | ||
| D | 2,724 | 824 | 3,548 | ||
| D | 2,427 | 769 | 3,196 | ||
| R | 1,215 | 1,686 | 2,970 | ||
| D | 722 | 524 | 1,418 | ||
| D | 1,167 | 707 | 1,997 | ||
| D | 703 | 134 | 1,020 | ||
| D | 352 | 45 | 506 | ||
| D | 280 | 63 | 434 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
18.6%
Irish
10.2%
German
9.6%
Italian
8.3%
English
8.2%
Polish
2.6%
French
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 47.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$75,021
Port St. Lucie, FL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Port St. Lucie, FL$75,021
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.0%
Working age (18–64)10.8%
Seniors (65+)9.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
78.3%
speak English only
Spanish14.4%
Other Indo-European5.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Port St. Lucie has grown into one of Florida's fastest-expanding metros, driven largely by retiree and exurban migration that has steadily shifted its voter composition and made it a closely watched bellwether corridor between Miami and Orlando.
The Democratic margin in Port St. Lucie, FL peaked at sixty-one points in 1912. By 2012 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was seventeen points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $75,021 sits well below state and national norms, and 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida voted Republican by 16.7 points (R+17), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 283,355 votes cast, 117,008 went Democratic and 164,395 went Republican.
What is Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 20 times, and other 0 times.
When did Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida?
Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida has a population of 522,676 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida is $75,021 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Port St. Lucie, FL, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.