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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Fort Pierce

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 326 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 5, 2026
Education & commute · Fort Pierce St. Lucie County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 18.7% −0.1 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 326 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +4.8 pp
vs St. Lucie County −8.0 pp St. Lucie County: 26.7% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Fort Pierce · St. Lucie County · Florida · United States
+4.8 pp since 2014
Fort Pierce St. Lucie County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Bachelor's degree or higher · percent
Fort Pierce
18.7%
St. Lucie County
26.7%
Florida
34.1%
United States
35.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Fort Pierce · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 18.7% · 2024
First value 13.9% · 2013
Highest 20.1% · 2022
Lowest 13.9% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort PierceChange St. Lucie CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 18.7% −0.1 pp 26.7% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 18.8% −1.3 pp 25.4% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 20.1% +2.6 pp 25.0% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 17.6% +2.0 pp 24.2% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 15.6% −0.5 pp 22.5% 30.5% —
2019estimate 16.1% +1.1 pp 21.6% 29.9% —
2018estimate 15.0% +0.3 pp 20.3% 29.2% —
2017estimate 14.7% +0.6 pp 19.6% 28.5% —
2016estimate 14.1% −0.0 pp 19.8% 27.9% —
2015estimate 14.1% +0.2 pp 19.9% 27.3% —
2014estimate 13.9% +0.0 pp 19.0% 26.8% —
2013estimate 13.9% 19.5% 26.4% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
225 Alva 27.7%
46 Anna Maria 54.2%
233 Apalachicola 26.8%
96 Apollo Beach 43.4%
55 Atlantic Beach 52.8%
11 Atlantis 65.4%
178 Ave Maria 32.6%
53 Aventura 53.0%
250 Bagdad 24.1%
24 Bal Harbour 59.5%
368 Baldwin 8.7%
38 Bay Harbor Islands 55.8%
219 Bay Pines 28.1%
328 Bayonet Point 14.9%
310 Bayshore Gardens 17.4%
370 Bell 8.5%
364 Belle Glade 10.2%
27 Belleair 58.9%
26 Belleair Beach 59.2%
159 Belleair Bluffs 34.2%
280 Bellview 20.7%
374 Beverly Hills 7.6%
212 Big Pine Key 28.6%
82 Biscayne Park 45.5%
104 Bloomingdale 42.8%
…
137 Fort Lauderdale 37.5%
205 Fort Myers 29.3%
103 Fort Myers Beach 42.9%
321 Fort Pierce 15.6%
240 Fort Walton Beach 25.4%
196 Freeport 30.3%
60 Fruit Cove 51.5%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020

What it means

The share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.

How it is calculated

Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's, master's, professional or doctoral degree, from the survey.