Palm Beach County, FL

Metropolitan Statistical Area: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
Designated Market Area: West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, FL
USDA County Type (2015): Recreation/Tourism, Retirement Destination
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Urban Suburbs

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Tracts in Palm Beach County, FL

2022 population: 1,518,477 ( 198,343 from 2010 , 26,279 from 2020)
Land area: 1964.3 square miles
Population density: 773.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	794,501	52.32%	0.1%
Black:	285,725	18.82%	29.2%
Indian:	2,453	0.16%	13.0%
Asian:	46,334	3.05%	49.2%
2+ races:	22,396	1.47%	30.1%
Hispanic:	367,068	24.17%	46.3%

Total non-White:	723,976	47.68%	37.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	32,133	10.8
Deaths:	40,155	13.5
Net Migration:	19,823	6.6
Net Immigration:	14,261	4.8

Change in White population:	930	0.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	197,413	15.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
1,320,134
793,571	60.11%
221,209	16.76%
2,171	0.16%
31,060	2.35%
17,221	1.30%
250,823	19.00%
526,563	39.89%

2000
1,131,184
798,484	70.59%
152,433	13.48%
1,617	0.14%
17,364	1.54%
18,452	1.63%
140,675	12.44%
332,700	29.41%

1990
863,518
684,945	79.32%
103,047	11.93%
1,301	0.15%
9,197	1.07%
n/a
65,028	7.53%
178,573	20.68%

1980
576,863
466,526	80.87%
77,773	13.48%
657	0.11%
2,905	0.50%
n/a
28,307	4.91%
110,337	19.13%

1970
348,753
275,113	78.88%
58,599	16.80%
257	0.07%
449	0.13%
n/a
13,793	3.95%
73,640	21.12%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
136,768	12.1
124,714	11.0
70,853	6.3
64,958	5.7

-4,913	-0.4
193,863	17.1

Number	Rate
1990's
126,378	14.6
118,240	13.7
124,438	14.4
52,219	6.0

113,539	13.1
154,127	17.8

Number	Rate
1980's
98,205	17.0
85,777	14.9
272,627	47.3
n/a

218,419	37.9
68,236	11.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
221,597	63.5
n/a

191,413	54.9
36,697	10.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Palm Beach County, FL

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
45.2
281,121	18.5%
1,237,356	81.5%
365,029	24.0%

589,594
2.49

368,569	62.5%
269,675	73.2%
29,634	8.0%
221,025	37.5%

2010
Number	Percent
43.5
268,884	20.4%
1,051,250	79.6%
285,155	21.6%

544,227
2.39

340,709	62.6%
251,869	73.9%
33,860	9.9%
203,518	37.4%

2000
Number	Percent
41.9
239,284	21.2%
891,900	78.8%
262,474	23.2%

474,295
2.34

306,002	64.5%
243,994	79.7%
25,915	8.5%
168,293	35.5%

1990
Number	Percent
40.3
169,040	19.6%
694,478	80.4%
210,389	24.4%

366,131
2.32

244,633	66.8%
203,665	83.3%
16,347	6.7%
121,498	33.2%

1980
Number	Percent
40.2
123,929	21.5%
452,934	78.5%
134,406	23.3%

234,330
2.42

166,572	71.1%
143,029	85.9%
10,396	6.2%
67,758	28.9%

2022 Housing Data for Palm Beach County, FL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	29,605	5.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	17,718	3.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	19,597	3.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	21,653	3.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	22,428	3.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	22,913	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	20,230	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	22,249	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	20,565	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	41,074	7.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	53,345	9.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	73,633	12.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	57,402	9.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	41,140	7.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	47,427	8.0%
$200,000 or more	78,615	13.3%

Median Household Income	76,066
Per Capita Income	48,121

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	111
Compared to U.S.	108

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	20,945	3.6%
Public Assistance	12,502	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	64,408	10.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	462,749	71.5%
Unemployed	29,781	4.6%
In Armed Forces	257	0.0%

Total Labor Force	492,787	76.2%
Not in Labor Force	154,047	23.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	263,257	220,147	54.5%
Non-Profit	12,875	25,067	33.9%
Self-Employed	64,716	39,783	61.9%

Local Government	20,285	26,797	43.1%
State Government	6,331	9,056	41.1%
Federal Government	4,635	4,346	51.6%

Total Private + Self	327,973	259,930	55.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	44,126	65,266	40.3%
Total	372,099	325,196	53.4%

Pct. Govt.	10.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	126,504	18.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	153,749	22.0%
Professional, Technical	150,251	21.5%
Service Occupations	145,271	20.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,775	0.5%
All others	123,234	17.6%

White Collar		61.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	95,562	13.7%
Retail trade	83,441	11.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	61,822	8.8%
Construction	58,406	8.4%
Accommodation and food services	53,855	7.7%
Educational services	49,414	7.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	49,037	7.0%
Other services	39,208	5.6%
Finance and insurance	32,944	4.7%
Manufacturing	30,571	4.4%
Transportation and warehousing	29,905	4.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	24,170	3.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	23,126	3.3%
Public administration	22,857	3.3%
Wholesale trade	17,983	2.6%
Information	11,734	1.7%
Utilities	7,434	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	6,408	0.9%
Management	802	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	330	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	54,748	3.66%
Puerto Rican	51,661	3.46%
Cuban	62,506	4.18%
Dominican	17,176	1.15%

Total Central American	65,926	4.41%
Costa Rican	2,141	0.14%
Guatemalan	33,573	2.25%
Honduran	14,401	0.96%
Nicaraguan	5,992	0.40%
Panamanian	1,347	0.09%
Salvadoran	8,147	0.55%
Other Central American	325	0.02%

Total South American	80,702	5.40%
Argentinean	5,608	0.38%
Bolivian	1,405	0.09%
Chilean	2,420	0.16%
Colombian	35,367	2.37%
Ecuadorian	7,394	0.49%
Paraguayan	183	0.01%
Peruvian	11,342	0.76%
Uruguayan	2,475	0.17%
Venezuelan	13,956	0.93%
Other South American	552	0.04%

Other Hispanic	17,981	1.20%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	13,161	0.88%
Chinese	7,561	0.51%
Vietnamese	6,714	0.45%
Filipino	4,662	0.31%
Bangladeshi	2,319	0.16%
Korean	1,554	0.10%
Thai	1,161	0.08%
Japanese	896	0.06%
Burmese	255	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	946,129	66.6%
Spanish	277,380	19.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	95,862	6.7%
Other Indo-European	41,859	2.9%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	13,380	0.9%
Other	11,203	0.8%
German, other Germanic	8,224	0.6%
Arabic	6,394	0.4%
Other Asian	6,040	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	122,014	8.2%
Italian	120,938	8.1%
German	120,484	8.1%
Haitian	92,278	6.2%
English	87,760	5.9%
American	83,039	5.6%
Polish	54,676	3.7%
Russian	41,348	2.8%
Jamaican	33,329	2.2%
French	24,888	1.7%
European	21,631	1.4%
African	18,257	1.2%
Eastern European	16,550	1.1%
Scottish	16,223	1.1%
Brazilian	14,048	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,320,808	88.4%
Not a citizen	173,997	11.6%

Native	1,094,644	73.2%
Foreign-born	400,161	26.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
61,975	5.6%	59,192	5.4%	253,992	23.1%	298,146	27.1%	258,721	23.5%	167,397	15.2%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	61,975	5.6%
9-12 Years	59,192	5.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	253,992	23.1%
Some College	298,146	27.1%
Bach. Degree	258,721	23.5%
Grad Degree	167,397	15.2%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	435,540	403,344	32,196	7.4%	6.2%
1991	439,873	398,146	41,727	9.5%	7.6%
1992	446,896	398,332	48,564	10.9%	8.4%
1993	456,296	413,275	43,021	9.4%	7.4%
1994	467,793	427,091	40,702	8.7%	6.5%
1995	470,047	435,851	34,196	7.3%	5.6%
1996	483,879	450,302	33,577	6.9%	5.3%
1997	502,703	469,370	33,333	6.6%	4.9%
1998	518,734	487,580	31,154	6.0%	4.4%
1999	529,882	501,422	28,460	5.4%	3.9%

2000	546,593	523,327	23,266	4.3%	3.8%
2001	571,046	542,569	28,477	5.0%	4.4%
2002	578,208	545,924	32,284	5.6%	4.9%
2003	579,613	550,204	29,409	5.1%	4.5%
2004	592,012	566,247	25,765	4.4%	3.8%
2005	599,387	579,306	20,081	3.4%	2.9%
2006	613,813	596,474	17,339	2.8%	2.5%
2007	622,198	599,605	22,593	3.6%	3.3%
2008	624,078	585,877	38,201	6.1%	5.7%
2009	608,457	548,109	60,348	9.9%	9.6%

2010	640,308	572,130	68,178	10.6%	10.8%
2011	648,941	583,845	65,096	10.0%	10.0%
2012	656,413	598,903	57,510	8.8%	8.6%
2013	670,585	620,621	49,964	7.5%	7.5%
2014	683,721	642,418	41,303	6.0%	6.4%
2015	693,582	657,771	35,811	5.2%	5.5%
2016	711,609	677,839	33,770	4.7%	4.9%
2017	721,446	690,987	30,459	4.2%	4.2%
2018	726,479	699,897	26,582	3.7%	3.6%
2019	735,111	709,883	25,228	3.4%	3.3%

2020	717,379	662,945	54,434	7.6%	7.7%
2021	735,244	703,046	32,198	4.4%	4.6%
2022	763,006	740,847	22,159	2.9%	2.9%
2023	778,964	755,532	23,432	3.0%	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	708,303
Median Value	$368,300

Occupied	589,594	83.2%
Vacant	118,709	16.8%

Owned	409,975	69.5%
Rented	179,619	30.5%
Median Rent	$1,700

Single-Family Units	401,558	56.7%
Detached	321,828	45.4%
Attached	79,730	11.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	221,942	31.3%
Mobile Homes	19,079	2.7%

Palm Beach County, FL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Palm Beach County, FL

2022 Housing Data for Palm Beach County, FL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Palm Beach County, FL

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Palm Beach County, FL

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Palm Beach County, FL

Historical Labor Force Data for Palm Beach County, FL