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People Statistics · City

Population in St. Petersburg

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 5 of 243 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 2, 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
225 Anna Maria 1,016
196 Apalachicola 2,318
113 Atlantic Beach 13,564
202 Atlantis 2,144
60 Aventura 40,222
185 Bal Harbour 3,103
218 Baldwin 1,406
155 Bay Harbor Islands 5,956
238 Bell 501
100 Belle Glade 16,956
170 Belleair 4,238
212 Belleair Beach 1,637
197 Belleair Bluffs 2,317
183 Biscayne Park 3,141
19 Boca Raton 97,488
48 Bonita Springs 53,342
30 Boynton Beach 79,208
45 Bradenton 55,671
227 Bradenton Beach 935
223 Bronson 1,128
137 Brooksville 8,690
182 Bunnell 3,162
215 Callahan 1,478
114 Callaway 13,342
131 Cape Canaveral 10,023
…
199 St Leo 2,279
136 St Pete Beach 8,973
112 St. Augustine 13,661
4 St. Petersburg 257K
99 Stuart 17,036
87 Sunny Isles Beach 22,369
20 Sunrise 97,396
…

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.