2. Past
• 1900 – U.S. POPULATION WAS 76,212,168
• 1960 – U.S. POPULATION WAS 179,323,175
• 2010 – U.S. POPULATION WAS 308,745,538
• 1900 – FLORIDA POPULATION WAS 528,542
• 1960 – FLORIDA POPULATION WAS 4,951,560
• 2010 – FLORIDA POPULATION WAS 18,801,310
3. Past
ST. LUCIE’S POPULATION
1905 5,000 +/-
1960 39,294
1990 150,171 (390% INCREASE FROM 1960)
2010 277,789 ( 85% INCREASE FROM 1990)
Source: U.S. Census
4. PRESENT
• 2015 – U.S. POPULATON IS 322,105,967
• 2014 – FLORIDA BECOMES 3RD MOST POPULOUS STATE WITH 20 MILLION
• ADDS 803 NEW PEOPLE EACH DAY
• 2014 – ST. LUCIE COUNTY POPULATION IS 291,028
• 94% INCREASE FROM 1990
• SINCE 1990 OR OVER THE PAST 24 YEARS, COUNTY’S POPULATION HAS
INCREASED 140,857 WHICH IS LIKE ADDING THE 12TH LARGEST CITY IN
FLORIDA TO OUR COUNTY.
U.S. CENSUS/2014 BEBR REPORT
5. PRESENT – WILL FLORIDA GROW?
• FLORIDA’S ECONOMY
• With a gross domestic product (GDP) of $800 billion in 2013,
Florida’s economy is the fourth largest in the U.S., and would
rank 18th in the world if measured as its own country
• Florida’s per capita income estimate of $41,692 in 2013
ranked Florida 27th in the nation, and is comparable to the
per capita income of Germany
Florida DEO 2014 Annual Report
6. PRESENT – WILL OUR REGION GROW?
THE ECONOMY OF SOUTH FLORIDA IS
IN THE TOP 10 REGIONAL ECONOMIES OF THE
ENTIRE UNITED STATES
GIVEN ALL OF THIS, IT’S EASY TO UNDERSTAND HOW
THESE GROWTH PROJECTIONS COULD BE TRUE
7. FUTURE
• ST. LUCIE COUNTY POPULATION FORECAST
IN 15 YEARS 2030 – 394,623
IN 25 YEARS 2040 – 455,371
IN THE AVERAGE LIFE SPAN OF A U.S. CITIZEN (80 YEARS FROM
1960-2040), ST. LUCIE’S POPULATION WILL HAVE INCREASE BY
416,077 RESIDENTS OR 1,056%
SOURCE: UF/BEBR (2014)
8. FUTURE
• SENIORS IN THE U.S.
IN 1800, AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS 40 YEARS
IN 1900, AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS 47 YEARS
IN 2000, IT WAS 77 YEARS
IN 2015, IT IS 80 YEARS
IN 2013/14, FOR THE 1ST TIME IN OUR COUNTY HISTORY, THERE
WERE MORE PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65 (22.6%) THAN UNDER 18
YEARS OF AGE (20.8%)
9. FUTURE – DIVERSITY MATTERS
• TODAY 3.8 MILLION FLORIDIANS WERE BORN ABROAD, ACCOUNTING
FOR 19.4% OF THE STATE’S OVERALL POPULATION
• THEY COME FROM AT LEAST 132 COUNTRIES WITH CUBA TOPPING
THE LIST
• 14.3% OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY’S POPULATION IS FOREIGN-BORN
• BY 2040 IN FLORIDA, NON-HISPANIC WHITES WILL BE 49% OF
POPULATION, FOLLOWED BY HISPANICS AT 30% AND AFRICAN-
AMERICANS AT 19%
10. GROWTH CHALLENGES
• ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
• UTILITIES
• PUBLIC SAFETY
• CRIME
• FIRE/EMS
• HEALTH CARE
• SCHOOLS
• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
11. SUMMARY
OUR JOB IS NOT TO BUILD THIS FUTURE, BUILD OUR COMMUNITY FOR
OURSELVES. OUR JOB IS TO BUILD THIS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
AND THE GENERATIONS THAT FOLLOW.
30 YEARS AGO THE MOVIE “BACK TO THE FUTURE” WAS RELEASED.
AT THE END OF THE 3RD AND FINAL SEQUEL CAME THIS QUOTE:
“…YOUR FUTURE HASN’T BEEN WRITTEN YET… NO
ONE’S HAS. YOUR FUTURE IS WHATEVER YOU MAKE IT…
SO MAKE IT A GOOD ONE…”
12. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS
PLEASE CONTACT
HOWARD TIPTON AT tiptonh@stlucieco.org
Or
TELEPHONE (772) 462-1156
Hinweis der Redaktion
WE’RE GOING TO LOOK AT POPULATION A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES IN THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE GROWTH IN FLORIDA IS A VERY REAL CHALLENGE THAT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.
FLORIDA’S POPULATION IN 1900 WAS LESS THAN BREVARD COUNTY TO OUR NORTH. IN 1960, THE STATE’S POPULATION WAS EQUAL TO WHAT SOUTH FLORIDA’S POPULATION IS TODAY. AT THE LAST CENSUS WE WERE PUSHING 19 MILLION RESIDENTS.
FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THE GROWTH HAS BEEN JUST AS DRAMATIC. GOING FROM A SLEEPY LITTLE PLACE OF 5,000 TO 277,000 IN 2010 HAS SEEN BIG CHANGES ACROSS OUR LANDSCAPE.
SO LET ME GO BACK TO THE POPULATION DISCUSSION FOR A MOMENT AND BRING US UP TO THE PRESENT.
WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN FLORIDA AND SPECIFICALLY SOUTH FLORIDA. HOW IS THAT IMPACTING OUR ECONOMY AND DO THE ECONOMIC NUMBERS MAKE THESE GROWTH PROJECTIONS BELIEVABLE?
SO WE’VE SEEN THIS DRAMATIC INCREASE. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENING AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH A GROWING SENIOR POPULATION. IT’S A GROUP WE ALL ASPIRE TO JOIN ONE DAY, JUST NOBODY IN A HURRY TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE. ALSO, IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY THAT WE’RE DEALING WITH THIS LONGEVITY AND IT HAS ALL KINDS OF IMPLICATIONS.
PORT ST. LUCIE’S RANKING AS ONE OF THE TOP 25 PLACES TO RETIRE ISN’T JUST BOASTING, IT’S A FACT.
THE FACT IS WE ARE DIFFERENT THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY AND WE WILL BE DIFFERENT TOMORROW. WE’VE GOT TO EMBRACE THAT DIFFERENCE AND CELEBRATE IT.
SO AS DOC BROWN SAID, LET’S MAKE THIS FUTURE OF OURS A GOOD ONE. IT REALLY IS UP TO US.
