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People Statistics · City

Population in St. Petersburg

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 5 of 243 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 31, 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

2020 · 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
226 Anna Maria 971
197 Apalachicola 2,337
113 Atlantic Beach 13,500
203 Atlantis 2,121
60 Aventura 40,036
185 Bal Harbour 3,077
218 Baldwin 1,407
157 Bay Harbor Islands 5,886
238 Bell 503
102 Belle Glade 16,717
169 Belleair 4,294
212 Belleair Beach 1,631
199 Belleair Bluffs 2,316
183 Biscayne Park 3,100
19 Boca Raton 98,240
48 Bonita Springs 53,894
30 Boynton Beach 80,473
45 Bradenton 55,817
229 Bradenton Beach 907
223 Bronson 1,145
136 Brooksville 8,925
181 Bunnell 3,285
213 Callahan 1,551
118 Callaway 12,986
131 Cape Canaveral 9,981
…
195 St Leo 2,466
137 St Pete Beach 8,873
110 St. Augustine 14,698
4 St. Petersburg 259K
98 Stuart 17,489
87 Sunny Isles Beach 22,256
20 Sunrise 97,204
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2020

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.