St. Lucie County, Florida: New American county. In 2024, voted R+9%. Democratic peak: D+61 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+9MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 360,5002024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,4572024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 21.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+61 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Pinellas County, FL · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of St. Lucie CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for St. Lucie County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | +50.0% |
| 1912 | +60.7% |
| 1916 | +55.8% |
| 1920 | +23.0% |
| 1924 | +14.0% |
| 1928 | −13.8% |
| 1932 | +60.8% |
| 1936 | +59.3% |
| 1940 | +38.5% |
| 1944 | +39.7% |
| 1948 | +0.3% |
| 1952 | −25.3% |
| 1956 | −33.1% |
| 1960 | −8.5% |
| 1964 | +3.6% |
| 1968 | −12.1% |
| 1972 | −51.1% |
| 1976 | +3.7% |
| 1980 | −26.1% |
| 1984 | −36.8% |
| 1988 | −29.7% |
| 1992 | −0.8% |
| 1996 | +9.8% |
| 2000 | +8.8% |
| 2004 | +4.2% |
| 2008 | +12.1% |
| 2012 | +7.9% |
| 2016 | −2.4% |
| 2020 | −1.6% |
| 2024 | −9.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 83,483 | 100,276 | 185,080 | ||
| R | 84,137 | 86,831 | 172,169 | ||
| R | 66,881 | 70,289 | 140,847 | ||
| D | 65,869 | 56,202 | 123,027 | ||
| D | 67,125 | 52,512 | 120,579 | ||
| D | 51,835 | 47,592 | 100,063 | ||
| D | 41,560 | 34,705 | 77,990 | ||
| D | 36,169 | 28,899 | 73,906 | ||
| R | 23,876 | 24,400 | 68,233 | ||
| R | 17,446 | 32,319 | 50,079 | ||
| R | 13,040 | 28,200 | 41,247 | ||
| R | 10,347 | 18,126 | 29,830 | ||
| D | 12,386 | 11,502 | 24,209 | ||
| R | 4,593 | 14,258 | 18,910 | ||
| R | 5,232 | 7,281 | 16,923 | ||
| D | 7,748 | 7,204 | 14,952 | ||
| R | 5,360 | 6,354 | 11,714 | ||
| R | 2,731 | 5,435 | 8,166 | ||
| R | 2,782 | 4,667 | 7,449 | ||
| D | 1,704 | 1,689 | 4,440 | ||
| D | 2,129 | 920 | 3,049 | ||
| D | 2,169 | 962 | 3,131 | ||
| D | 1,946 | 497 | 2,443 | ||
| D | 1,602 | 390 | 1,992 | ||
| R | 741 | 983 | 1,759 | ||
| 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
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
23.3%
Irish
8.1%
German
7.4%
Italian
7.1%
English
6.1%
Polish
2.3%
French
1.2%
African American
17.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
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.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 45.1 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.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$71,457
St. Lucie County ranks near the middle of US counties.
St. Lucie County$71,457
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
St. Lucie County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.0%
Working age (18–64)11.0%
Seniors (65+)10.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
75.4%
speak English only
Spanish15.9%
Other Indo-European7.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
St. Lucie sits on Florida's Treasure Coast with a majority-minority population that nonetheless delivered a 9-point Republican margin in 2024, reflecting a broader realignment among working-class and Hispanic voters statewide.
St. Lucie County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of sixty-one points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved eight points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $71,457, and a population of 360,500. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pinellas County and Suffolk County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did St. Lucie County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, St. Lucie County, Florida voted Republican by 9.1 points (R+9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 185,080 votes cast, 83,483 went Democratic and 100,276 went Republican.
What is St. Lucie County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places St. Lucie County, Florida in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
When did St. Lucie County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which St. Lucie County, Florida voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in St. Lucie County, Florida?
St. Lucie County, Florida has a population of 360,500 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in St. Lucie County, Florida?
Median household income in St. Lucie County, Florida is $71,457 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of St. Lucie County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in St. Lucie County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.