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St. Petersburg, FL
267,102 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1263000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, St. Petersburg ranked #185 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is St. Petersburg and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Fort Lauderdale FL, Tampa FL, Orlando FL, Garland TX, Pasadena TX, Glendale AZ, Norfolk VA, Arlington TX, Hollywood FL, Tempe AZ, Clearwater FL, Richmond VA, Hampton VA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #185 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #189 | #262 | #300 | #274 | #180 | #129 | #281 | #253 | #158 | #246 | #169 | #136 | #194 | #216 | #147 | #241 | #114 | #161 | #185 | #180 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 249,457 | 247,788 | 246,037 | 245,195 | 244,646 | 245,222 | 245,871 | 246,656 | 248,453 | 252,225 | 255,041 | 259,266 | 262,588 | 264,466 | 265,351 | 259,271 | 259,598 | 262,502 | 265,083 | 267,102 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #195 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | +0.1 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.1 | — | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.2 | +1.3 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.2 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #70 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | 5.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 6.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #305 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 22.6% | 21.9% | 22.8% | 24.5% | 26.1% | 24.2% | 25.9% | 22.2% | 25.9% | 24.6% | 23.8% | 23.1% | 23.6% | 23.4% | 22.9% | — | 24.9% | 27.0% | 29.5% | 29.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #175 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 12 in its peer group with data | 12.0 | 8.5 | 10.6 | 8.2 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 5.8 | — | 6.1 | 4.9 | 6.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 121,796 | 122,188 | 117,983 | 111,000 | 103,341 | 102,017 | 105,070 | 98,611 | 105,426 | 104,762 | 109,500 | 115,766 | 117,385 | 118,334 | 121,495 | 117,940 | 122,315 | 135,135 | 140,509 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #241 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +17.1 | -2.3 | -2.9 | -0.9 | -0.3 | +2.5 | -3.3 | -6.7 | +3.1 | -3.7 | -0.2 | +1.7 | +0.2 | -2.3 | +1.8 | -1.9 | +1.6 | +5.1 | -1.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 115,580 | 116,863 | 122,335 | 121,409 | 124,869 | 133,632 | 132,662 | 137,892 | 140,064 | — | 132,526 | 135,871 | 138,931 | 145,580 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #50 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.9% | 10.7% | 9.0% | 6.5% | 6.3% | 4.9% | 5.3% | 4.2% | 4.7% | — | 5.3% | 5.1% | 4.8% | 3.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #251 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 10% | 30% | 17% | 24% | 19% | 18% | 12% | 2% | 1% | -1% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 11% | 15% | 17% | 21% | 5% | 11% | 7% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #189 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $3,403 | $3,352 | $3,523 | $3,299 | $3,157 | $3,257 | $3,009 | $3,117 | $2,950 | $2,994 | $2,970 | $2,974 | $3,185 | $3,498 | $3,980 | $4,321 | $4,246 | $3,619 | $3,307 | $3,182 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for St. Petersburg. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.