St. Petersburg, Florida population is 264,033 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #87 nationally and #6 in Florida. Cost of living runs 0.9% above the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $102,099/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
At a glance.
2025 population
264,033
-1,822 in the last year
Top 1% of 19,483 U.S. cities
Census Vintage 2025
Cost of living
RPP 100.9
+0.9% vs US
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro · BEA 2024
Family-of-4 budget
$102,099/yr
+27% vs US
Modeled 2025 · federal sources
Median HH income
$75,192
−3.3% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
Median home value
$371,100
+22% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
2-BR fair-market rent
$1,977/mo
HUD FY2026 · 40th pct
Avg July high
91°F
NOAA 1991–2020
Gigabit broadband
34%
ISP-reported, FCC BDC
How many people live in St. Petersburg?
264,033 people live in St. Petersburg as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #87 largest U.S. city.
Source detail
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 2.2% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 258,358 → 2025: 264,033 (+2.2%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
258,358
April 1, 2020
2020
259,305
July 1, 2020
2021
259,823
July 1, 2021
2022
262,655
July 1, 2022
2023
264,921
July 1, 2023
2024
265,855
July 1, 2024
2025
264,033
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 8.2% from 2010 to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
St. Petersburg is the #87 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #6 in Florida.
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Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
258,358
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+5,675
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+2.2%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
-1,822
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
-0.7%
within V2025 only
Density
4,272
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
61.8
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#87
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#6
of 411 in Florida
What is the median household income in St. Petersburg?
Median household income is 3% below the U.S. median ($75,192 vs $77,719); 12.5% live in poverty — 0.0 points below the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$75,192
US
St. Petersburg: $75,192 — 3% below the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
St. Petersburg
$75,192
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for St. Petersburg from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
75,192-3.3% vs US
±1,875
Per capita income
51,961+20.0% vs US
±1,310
Population in poverty
12.5%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 22% above the U.S. median ($371,100 vs $303,400); median rent is 23% above ($1,663 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio is 4.9×, making it 1.3× as cost-burdened as the typical U.S. city (3.9×).
Median home value$371,100
US
St. Petersburg: $371,100 — 22% above the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,977/mo
US
St. Petersburg: $1,977/mo — 84% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for St. Petersburg. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
3.2%
St. Petersburg (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
149,887
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
21.1%+50.8% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — St. Petersburg sits in Pinellas County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Pinellas County
10.8%
$73,605
3.3%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from St. Petersburg's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2024 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
70,089
$1,283 / wk
#2
Retail trade (44-45)
51,535
$806 / wk
#3
Accommodation and food services (72)
50,059
$600 / wk
#4
Professional and technical services (54)
35,757
$1,715 / wk
#5
Manufacturing (31-33)
35,156
$1,510 / wk
What workers earn in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Retail Salespersons is the largest tracked occupation in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro (45,130 jobs, median $33,790/yr).
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Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Customer Service Representatives
34,150
$42,660
$20.51
Fast Food and Counter Workers
33,910
$29,260
$14.07
Cashiers
25,820
$30,290
$14.56
Waiters and Waitresses
25,280
$37,070
$17.82
Stockers and Order Fillers
23,830
$35,420
$17.03
Office Clerks, General
23,680
$45,680
$21.96
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
22,610
$37,570
$18.06
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
45,130
$33,790
$16.25
Registered Nurses · benchmark
38,720
$85,470
$41.09
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
35,700
$103,670
$49.84
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
15,840
$50,560
$24.31
Software Developers · benchmark
14,230
$130,450
$62.71
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run within 1 point of the U.S. average (RPP 100.9); rents stand out at RPP 125.8 (25.8% above the U.S. average).
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 100.9
US
St. Petersburg's cost of living runs 0.9% above the U.S. average (RPP 100.9 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 100.9
+0.9% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,977/mo
FY2026 · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA
State income tax (top marginal rate)
0%
no state income tax · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$8,508/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$5,104/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Local income tax
—
not applicable in Florida · no modeled local income tax
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
10.7% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (6.1% of residents 5+).
A quick read on St. Petersburg's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
Hottest month: July (91°F avg high). Coldest: January (53°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 51.6 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for St. Petersburg from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
How safe is St. Petersburg from natural disasters?
Composite risk score: 98.2/100 — Relatively High nationally; top hazard: Lightning (99.8).
Natural-hazard exposure for St. Petersburg from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Pinellas County
98.2
Relatively High
Lightning 99.8 Very High · Coastal Flooding 99.2 Very High · Tornado 99.0 Very High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in St. Petersburg?
15 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 34% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for St. Petersburg from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
15 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
12
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
35.7%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
34.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
144,006
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
In-state context.
St. Petersburg sits at state rank #6 among 411 cities in Florida. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Port St. Lucie, FL · #86 · 268,062 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Toledo, OH · #88 · 263,423 residents.
Quick travel facts for St. Petersburg
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport(PIE) ·
11 mi 17 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Feb, Mar, Dec · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about St. Petersburg.
How many people live in St. Petersburg, FL?
St. Petersburg has 264,033 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #87 largest city in the United States and #6 in Florida. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is St. Petersburg growing or shrinking?
St. Petersburg has grown 2.2% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 5,675 residents. The most recent year ticked down slightly (−1,822 residents, −0.7% from 2024 to 2025). Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was St. Petersburg's population in the 2020 census?
The GEOID for St. Petersburg is 1263000. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
