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People Statistics · City estimate

Population in St James City

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 115 of 148 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 23, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Population, 2013 – 2024 people
−8.8% since 2014

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Population · people
St James City 3,412
Lee County 876K · 2025
Florida 23M · 2025
United States 342M · 2025
World 8.2B · 2025

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance St James City · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 3,412 · 2024
First value 3,451 · 2013
Highest 3,900 · 2015
Lowest 3,412 · 2024
Average change −0.1% a year on average
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearSt James City±Change Lee CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 3,412 733 −11% 862K 23M 340M 8.1B
2023estimate 3,846 659 +10% 846K 23M 337M 8.1B
2022estimate 3,494 651 −1.6% 828K 22M 334M 8B
2021estimate 3,551 672 +1.2% 791K 22M 332M 7.9B
2020estimate 3,510 640 +0.6% 766K 22M 332M 7.9B
2019estimate 3,489 411 +1.5% 748K 21M — 7.8B
2018estimate 3,437 447 −6.4% 734K 21M — 7.7B
2017estimate 3,671 422 +0.1% 722K 21M — 7.6B
2016estimate 3,667 448 −6.0% 707K 21M — 7.5B
2015estimate 3,900 427 +4.3% 687K 20M — 7.4B
2014estimate 3,741 490 +8.4% 667K 20M — 7.4B
2013estimate 3,451 392 652K 20M — 7.3B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
1 Lehigh Acres 117K
2 Brandon 113K
3 Spring Hill 105K
4 Riverview 88,191
5 Town 'N' Country 83,879
6 Kendall 75,123
7 Palm Harbor 61,553
8 Kendale Lakes 59,812
9 Port Charlotte 59,654
10 The Hammocks 58,976
11 Wesley Chapel 53,414
12 University 44,979
13 North Fort Myers 40,916
14 South Miami Heights 39,312
15 The Acreage 38,845
16 Valrico 37,546
17 Merritt Island 36,380
18 Land O' Lakes 35,995
19 Carrollwood 34,747
20 Navarre 34,085
21 Ferry Pass 33,532
22 Fruit Cove 31,873
23 Westchester 30,516
24 Lake Magdalene 29,184
25 Princeton 28,201
…
106 Ridge Manor 4,114
107 Bagdad 3,979
108 South Beach 3,675
109 St James City 3,671
110 Lower Grand Lagoon 3,669
111 Tierra Verde 3,560
112 Dover 3,473
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2017

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.