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People Statistics · City

Population in St. Petersburg

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 5 of 243 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 27, 2026
People · St. Petersburg Pinellas County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2010 – 2025

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Overview 8 figures People 24 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 8 figures
Latest value · 2025 264,033 −0.7% since 2024
Towns of Florida · 2025 5 of 243 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +5.4% +0.5% a year on average
share of Pinellas County 27.8% Pinellas County: 948,563 · 2025
Population, 2010 – 2025 people
+5.4% since 2015

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2010 – 2025

Compared with Population · people
St. Petersburg 264K
Pinellas County 949K
Florida 23M
United States 342M
World 8.2B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance St. Petersburg · 2010 – 2025
Latest value 264,033 · 2025
First value 244,995 · 2010
Highest 265,855 · 2024
Lowest 244,674 · 2012
Average change +0.5% a year on average
Data points 16

By year

All years · 2010 – 2025

YearSt. PetersburgChange Pinellas CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 264,033 −0.7% 949K 23M 342M 8.2B
2024 265,855 +0.4% 960K 23M 340M 8.1B
2023 264,921 +0.9% 966K 23M 337M 8.1B
2022 262,655 +1.1% 964K 22M 334M 8B
2021 259,823 +0.2% 960K 22M 332M 7.9B
2020 259,305 +0.9% 960K 22M 332M 7.9B
2019 257,088 +0.0% 959K 21M — 7.8B
2018 257,077 +0.4% 958K 21M — 7.7B
2017 256,171 +0.9% 956K 21M — 7.6B
2016 253,783 +1.3% 949K 21M — 7.5B
2015 250,447 +0.8% 938K 20M — 7.4B
2014 248,500 +1.2% 929K 20M — 7.4B
2013 245,601 +0.4% 923K 20M — 7.3B
2012 244,674 −0.0% 918K 19M — 7.2B
2011 244,770 −0.1% 916K 19M — 7.1B
2010 244,995 916K 19M — 7B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryPopulation
1 Jacksonville 942K
2 Miami 441K
3 Tampa 381K
4 St. Petersburg 257K
5 Hialeah 224K
6 Port St. Lucie 199K
7 Cape Coral 190K
8 Fort Lauderdale 182K
9 Pembroke Pines 171K
10 Hollywood 153K
11 Miramar 135K
12 Coral Springs 135K
13 Palm Bay 118K
14 Clearwater 117K
15 West Palm Beach 116K
16 Miami Gardens 112K
17 Pompano Beach 112K
18 Davie 106K
19 Boca Raton 97,488
20 Sunrise 97,396
21 Deltona 92,607
22 Plantation 90,766
23 Palm Coast 87,674
24 Deerfield Beach 86,358
25 Melbourne 84,170
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2019

What it means

How many people live here — residents, not visitors.

How it is calculated

Official count or estimate of residents for each year: a census plus births, deaths and moves since then. Estimates are revised when a new census comes out.