NORTH BEACH ASSOCIATION

HOWARD N. TIPTONST. LUCIE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR

JANUARY 11, 2016

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

Past

ST. LUCIE’S POPULATION1905 5,000 +/-1960 39,2941990 150,171 (390% INCREASE FROM 1960)2010 277,789 ( 85% INCREASE FROM 1990)

Source: U.S. Census

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

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

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

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)

FUTURE• SENIORS IN THE U.S.

IN 1800, AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS 40 YEARSIN 1900, AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS 47 YEARSIN 2000, IT WAS 77 YEARSIN 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%)

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%

GROWTH CHALLENGES

• ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE• UTILITIES• PUBLIC SAFETY

• CRIME• FIRE/EMS

• HEALTH CARE• SCHOOLS• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SUMMARYOUR 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…”

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT

HOWARD TIPTON AT tiptonh@stlucieco.org Or

TELEPHONE (772) 462-1156