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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 6, 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

2022 · 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
251 Alva 26.3%
30 Anna Maria 60.0%
221 Apalachicola 29.2%
101 Apollo Beach 44.8%
51 Atlantic Beach 54.4%
22 Atlantis 61.4%
166 Ave Maria 35.9%
46 Aventura 55.6%
223 Bagdad 29.0%
16 Bal Harbour 64.7%
348 Baldwin 14.5%
57 Bay Harbor Islands 53.8%
210 Bay Pines 30.7%
345 Bayonet Point 14.9%
311 Bayshore Gardens 18.8%
357 Bell 13.0%
355 Belle Glade 13.4%
60 Belleair 53.5%
25 Belleair Beach 61.3%
186 Belleair Bluffs 33.8%
316 Bellview 18.1%
374 Beverly Hills 9.5%
235 Big Pine Key 27.8%
96 Biscayne Park 45.8%
120 Bloomingdale 41.9%
…
129 Fort Lauderdale 40.3%
202 Fort Myers 31.3%
105 Fort Myers Beach 44.6%
294 Fort Pierce 20.1%
238 Fort Walton Beach 27.5%
227 Freeport 28.5%
69 Fruit Cove 51.5%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022

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.