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Fort Pierce, FL Demographic Statistics
NumberPercentTotal population37,516100.0SEX AND AGEMale18,50849.3Female19,00850.7Under 5 years2,8447.65 to 9 years2,9537.910 to 14 years2,8197.515 to 19 years2,7487.320 to 24 years2,5036.725 to…Fort Pierce, FL Economic Statistics
NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over28,485100.0In labor force15,69455.1Civilian labor force15,68155.1Employed14,29950.2Unemployed1,3824.9Percent of civilian labor force8.8…Fort Pierce, FL, Housing Statistics
NumberPercentTotal housing units17,213100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached7,28742.31-unit, attached7974.62 units2,24913.13 or 4 units2,14312.45 to 9 units1,2597.310 to 19 units1,2037.020 or…Fort Pierce, FL Social Statistics
NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school9,789100.0Nursery school, preschool7737.9Kindergarten6356.5Elementary school (grades 1-8)4,74148.4High school (grades…Brewer's: Peine Forte et Dure
A species of torture applied to contumacious felons. In the reign of Henri IV. the accused was pressed to death by weights; in later reigns the practice prevailed of tying the thumbs…Johnson, Richard Mentor
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1780–1850, Vice President of the United States (1837–41), b. Kentucky, on the site of present Louisville. Admitted (1802) to the bar, he became prominent in…White, Hugh Lawson
(Encyclopedia) White, Hugh Lawson, 1773–1840, American political leader, b. Iredell co., N.C. He moved (1787) to what is now E Tennessee and served in the wars against the Creek and Cherokee. He was…Fort Meigs
(Encyclopedia) Fort MeigsFort Meigsmĕgz [key], American fortification on the Maumee River, near Perrysburg, N central Ohio; est. Feb., 1813, by Gen. William Henry Harrison across the river from…Fort William Henry
(Encyclopedia) Fort William Henry, at the southern end of Lake George, NE N.Y.; built by the English in 1755. In 1757, during the last conflict of the French and Indian Wars, it was captured and…Fort McHenry
(Encyclopedia) Fort McHenry, former U.S. military post in Baltimore harbor; built 1794–1805. In the War of 1812 it was bombarded (Sept. 13–14, 1814) by a British fleet under Sir Alexander Cochrane,…