The county is in the Port Saint Lucie metro area with an estimated 2004 population of 226,816, a 17.71% increase from the 2000 census. [August 2009]

Beth El Memorial Park: Old Dixie Highway, 1 mile N of Indrio Road. founded 1959. Owned by Temple Beth Israel of Port St. Lucie: 551 SW Bethany Road Port St. Lucie, FL 34986 [January 2006]

The cemetery opened in the early 1950's and was dedicated in 1959.  Located north of Fort Pierce, about 1 mile south of the railroad overpass. map. [August 2009]