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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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2010 – 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
Florida 23M
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

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
227 Anna Maria 1,011
196 Apalachicola 2,395
118 Atlantic Beach 13,370
205 Atlantis 2,129
63 Aventura 39,779
190 Bal Harbour 3,055
220 Baldwin 1,388
157 Bay Harbor Islands 5,848
238 Bell 535
103 Belle Glade 16,952
170 Belleair 4,424
214 Belleair Beach 1,628
201 Belleair Bluffs 2,310
185 Biscayne Park 3,090
19 Boca Raton 101K
47 Bonita Springs 56,821
31 Boynton Beach 81,463
46 Bradenton 57,275
229 Bradenton Beach 924
223 Bronson 1,203
133 Brooksville 9,504
179 Bunnell 3,597
213 Callahan 1,685
116 Callaway 13,480
131 Cape Canaveral 10,021
…
195 St Leo 2,635
137 St Pete Beach 8,826
107 St. Augustine 15,281
4 St. Petersburg 263K
99 Stuart 18,245
88 Sunny Isles Beach 22,495
22 Sunrise 97,350
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2022

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.