Rank

2204of 3,144

St. Lucie, Florida

Score 5.87 / 10· population 373,586

St. Lucie County lost six people when a Hurricane Milton tornado hit the Spanish Lakes subdivision in October 2024; the storm brought six tornadoes to the county and destroyed 180 structures. It has Atlantic coastline and the Indian River Lagoon, with Fort Pierce as the county seat and Port St. Lucie as the largest city. Population grew 19.7% from 2020 to 2025, and a third of workers have jobs outside the county.

Sources
  • Hurricane Milton (October 2024): six tornadoes were confirmed to have affected St. Lucie County; the tornado that struck the Spanish Lakes subdivision killed six people weather.gov
  • St. Lucie County preliminary damage assessment after Milton: 180 structures destroyed, 234 with major damage weather.gov
  • St. Lucie County has Atlantic Ocean coastline and the Indian River Lagoon whereig.com
  • Fort Pierce is the county seat; Port St. Lucie is the largest city whereig.com
  • St. Lucie County population grew 19.7% from the 2020 Census (329,226) to the 2025 estimate (394,074) edr.state.fl.us
  • 33.1% of St. Lucie County workers aged 16 and over worked outside their county of residence, versus 17.0% in Florida edr.state.fl.us

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.4
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax5.3

Environment

  1. Air quality6.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.7
  2. Life expectancy8.4
  3. Government employees4.9
  4. Single-parent households2.4

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