THE FORT PIERCE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Florida Flatwoods setting.
Fort Pierce city has 24.7 square miles of land in St. Lucie County. Its Census reference point is in Eastern Florida Flatwoods, within Southern Coastal Plain.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Fort Pierce and St. Lucie County
Fort Pierce is associated with St. Lucie County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Fort Pierce by land and water
The Census records 6 square miles of water within Fort Pierce, or 19.5% of its total area. It is 2.7 percentage points higher than the 16.9% recorded for St. Lucie County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fort Pierce city has 9.6 times the land area of nearby Fort Pierce South CDP (2.58 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

