2022 population: 2,246,951 ( 324,686 from 2010 , 67,666 from 2020)
Land area: 4351.7 square miles
Population density: 516.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,256,987	55.94%	3.5%
Black:	387,890	17.26%	31.4%
Indian:	4,321	0.19%	18.5%
Asian:	59,403	2.64%	52.2%
2+ races:	34,721	1.55%	38.1%
Hispanic:	503,629	22.41%	48.2%

Total non-White:	989,964	44.06%	39.8%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	46,041	10.6
Deaths:	62,277	14.3
Net Migration:	68,034	15.6
Net Immigration:	16,104	3.7

Change in White population:	42,814	2.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	281,872	14.7

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
1,922,265
1,214,173	63.16%
295,266	15.36%
3,647	0.19%
39,040	2.03%
25,134	1.31%
339,725	17.67%
708,092	36.84%

2000
1,599,467
1,169,942	73.15%
200,002	12.50%
2,597	0.16%
21,109	1.32%
23,209	1.45%
179,979	11.25%
429,525	26.85%

1990
1,234,424
996,991	80.77%
142,707	11.56%
2,199	0.18%
11,419	0.93%
n/a
81,108	6.57%
237,433	19.23%

1980
808,219
657,737	81.38%
110,596	13.68%
1,102	0.14%
3,639	0.45%
n/a
34,182	4.23%
150,482	18.62%

1970
474,849
371,041	78.14%
86,616	18.24%
410	0.09%
569	0.12%
n/a
15,555	3.28%
103,808	21.86%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
192,676	12.0
182,304	11.4
174,936	10.9
78,091	4.9

44,231	2.8
278,567	17.4

Number	Rate
1990's
175,926	14.3
168,473	13.6
178,683	14.5
59,348	4.8

172,951	14.0
192,092	15.6

Number	Rate
1980's
140,728	17.4
119,640	14.8
403,417	49.9
n/a

339,254	42.0
86,951	10.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
319,611	67.3
n/a

286,696	60.4
46,674	9.8

Age, Family & Household Data for West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, FL Market Area

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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
46.4
405,546	18.0%
1,841,405	82.0%
559,563	24.9%

863,415
2.49

548,316	63.5%
406,702	74.2%
44,799	8.2%
315,099	36.5%

2010
Number	Percent
44.1
392,174	20.4%
1,530,091	79.6%
424,800	22.1%

790,838
2.39

504,134	63.7%
376,824	74.7%
48,336	9.6%
286,704	36.3%

2000
Number	Percent
42.6
336,767	21.1%
1,262,700	78.9%
380,895	23.8%

668,387
2.35

438,874	65.7%
352,503	80.3%
36,034	8.2%
229,513	34.3%

1990
Number	Percent
40.5
247,146	20.0%
987,278	80.0%
299,370	24.3%

515,634
2.35

353,414	68.5%
296,800	84.0%
22,807	6.5%
162,220	31.5%

1980
Number	Percent
39.5
180,645	22.4%
627,574	77.6%
179,520	22.2%

323,067
2.45

233,163	72.2%
200,763	86.1%
14,465	6.2%
89,904	27.8%

2022 Housing Data for West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, FL Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	43,063	5.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	26,615	3.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	29,001	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	33,088	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	35,075	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	33,534	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	31,877	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	33,404	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	31,581	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	62,913	7.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	82,329	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	110,905	12.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	83,382	9.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	60,231	7.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	65,778	7.6%
$200,000 or more	100,639	11.7%

Median Household Income	73,664
Per Capita Income	45,561

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	103

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	35,990	4.2%
Public Assistance	20,456	2.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	95,668	11.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	670,944	70.0%
Unemployed	42,365	4.4%
In Armed Forces	1,058	0.1%

Total Labor Force	714,367	74.6%
Not in Labor Force	243,488	25.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	369,320	311,590	54.2%
Non-Profit	19,761	38,493	33.9%
Self-Employed	87,950	55,485	61.3%

Local Government	30,460	39,162	43.8%
State Government	9,537	13,043	42.2%
Federal Government	6,639	5,712	53.8%

Total Private + Self	457,270	367,075	55.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	66,397	96,410	40.8%
Total	523,667	463,485	53.0%

Pct. Govt.	10.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	169,909	17.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	223,629	22.6%
Professional, Technical	207,415	21.0%
Service Occupations	203,849	20.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,861	0.6%
All others	184,760	18.7%

White Collar		60.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	139,667	96.3%
Retail trade	120,597	83.1%
Construction	84,942	58.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	80,714	55.6%
Accommodation and food services	75,925	52.3%
Educational services	69,192	47.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	65,470	45.1%
Other services	55,440	38.2%
Manufacturing	45,211	31.2%
Transportation and warehousing	43,697	30.1%
Finance and insurance	43,366	29.9%
Public administration	35,729	24.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	33,221	22.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	31,622	21.8%
Wholesale trade	24,433	16.8%
Information	15,981	11.0%
Utilities	11,494	7.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	11,099	7.7%
Management	1,373	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	389	0.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	89,617	4.09%
Puerto Rican	78,858	3.60%
Cuban	76,576	3.50%
Dominican	23,559	1.08%

Total Central American	82,315	3.76%
Costa Rican	2,768	0.13%
Guatemalan	41,274	1.88%
Honduran	18,249	0.83%
Nicaraguan	7,793	0.36%
Panamanian	2,221	0.10%
Salvadoran	9,685	0.44%
Other Central American	325	0.01%

Total South American	99,185	4.53%
Argentinean	6,942	0.32%
Bolivian	1,965	0.09%
Chilean	2,980	0.14%
Colombian	41,559	1.90%
Ecuadorian	9,565	0.44%
Paraguayan	492	0.02%
Peruvian	14,342	0.65%
Uruguayan	2,824	0.13%
Venezuelan	17,813	0.81%
Other South American	703	0.03%

Other Hispanic	24,357	1.11%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	15,704	0.72%
Chinese	9,234	0.42%
Vietnamese	8,482	0.39%
Filipino	8,219	0.38%
Bangladeshi	2,366	0.11%
Korean	1,931	0.09%
Thai	1,698	0.08%
Japanese	1,285	0.06%
Burmese	347	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,484,095	71.2%
Spanish	363,707	17.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	111,545	5.4%
Other Indo-European	51,118	2.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	16,008	0.8%
Other	13,158	0.6%
German, other Germanic	10,659	0.5%
Arabic	7,617	0.4%
Other Asian	7,471	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	203,331	9.3%
German	199,604	9.1%
Italian	181,805	8.3%
American	181,417	8.3%
English	157,231	7.2%
Haitian	106,155	4.8%
Polish	74,132	3.4%
Russian	46,696	2.1%
Jamaican	42,979	2.0%
French	40,523	1.9%
European	37,796	1.7%
Scottish	28,067	1.3%
African	20,342	0.9%
Eastern European	18,761	0.9%
Brazilian	17,277	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,981,384	90.5%
Not a citizen	208,358	9.5%

Native	1,693,982	77.4%
Foreign-born	495,760	22.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
82,077	5.1%	92,930	5.7%	403,850	24.9%	466,669	28.8%	354,843	21.9%	221,980	13.7%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	82,077	5.1%
9-12 Years	92,930	5.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	403,850	24.9%
Some College	466,669	28.8%
Bach. Degree	354,843	21.9%
Grad Degree	221,980	13.7%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	609,524	558,125	51,399	8.4%
1991	611,805	548,339	63,466	10.4%
1992	620,676	547,365	73,311	11.8%
1993	631,972	567,760	64,212	10.2%
1994	646,122	584,332	61,790	9.6%
1995	651,542	598,319	53,223	8.2%
1996	671,396	618,266	53,130	7.9%
1997	691,749	640,636	51,113	7.4%
1998	711,695	663,294	48,401	6.8%
1999	725,721	681,666	44,055	6.1%

2000	759,029	724,735	34,294	4.5%
2001	790,313	749,156	41,157	5.2%
2002	801,366	755,297	46,069	5.7%
2003	808,958	766,699	42,259	5.2%
2004	828,021	790,213	37,808	4.6%
2005	851,231	822,153	29,078	3.4%
2006	875,197	849,846	25,351	2.9%
2007	889,105	854,678	34,427	3.9%
2008	890,573	832,258	58,315	6.5%
2009	872,088	780,869	91,219	10.5%

2010	912,517	810,092	102,425	11.2%
2011	922,552	824,947	97,605	10.6%
2012	931,353	844,830	86,523	9.3%
2013	946,409	870,187	76,222	8.1%
2014	962,029	899,369	62,660	6.5%
2015	973,952	920,532	53,420	5.5%
2016	998,990	949,086	49,904	5.0%
2017	1,014,729	969,904	44,825	4.4%
2018	1,024,512	985,364	39,148	3.8%
2019	1,038,439	1,001,412	37,027	3.6%

2020	1,016,293	940,500	75,793	7.5%
2021	1,042,757	996,503	46,254	4.4%
2022	1,080,296	1,047,934	32,362	3.0%
2023	1,104,126	1,069,801	34,325	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,042,247
Median Value	$343,816

Occupied	863,415	82.8%
Vacant	178,832	17.2%

Owned	624,907	72.4%
Rented	238,508	27.6%
Median Rent	$1,571

Single-Family Units	631,304	60.6%
Detached	536,802	51.5%
Attached	94,502	9.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	276,308	26.5%
Mobile Homes	49,887	4.8%

West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, FL Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, FL Market Area

2022 Housing Data for West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, FL Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, FL Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, FL Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, FL Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, FL Market Area