Florida · Census place 1262625

St. Cloud, Florida

St. Cloud is a city in Osceola County, Florida with an estimated 71,036 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 41st largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
71,036
#41 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+19.5%
+11,585 people
Land area
29.2 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
2,435 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: St. Cloud. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

St. Cloud population, 2020 to 2024

St. Cloud added 11,585 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +19.5%. In the latest year it moved by +3,141. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so St. Cloud is 3.2 times that size.

59.5k202062.2k202165.1k202267.9k202371.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 58,974. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

St. Cloud covers 29.17 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 2,435 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so St. Cloud is close to the typical town.

What county St. Cloud is in

All of St. Cloud's residents live in Osceola County, which had 468,058 residents in 2024. St. Cloud holds 15.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. Cloud

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap St. Cloud by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 34769, 34771, 34772. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where St. Cloud is

The Census internal point of St. Cloud is at 28.235200, -81.284000. Tallahassee, the capital, is 236.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kissimmee, FL (84,756 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Orlando, FL, 12.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
28.235200, -81.284000
DMS
28°14'6.72"N 81°17'2.40"W
UTM
17N 472137.2E 3123289.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
76WW6PP8+3C

Daylight in St. Cloud

At 28.24° N, St. Cloud gets about 13 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. Cloud

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Kissimmee, 9.4 miles away, with 84,756 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of St. Cloud, FL?

71,036 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11,585 (19.5%) from 59,451 in July 2020.

What county is St. Cloud in?

Osceola County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover St. Cloud?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 34769, 34771, 34772.

How far is St. Cloud from Tallahassee?

236.1 miles (380.0 km) in a straight line, heading NW from St. Cloud.

What is the nearest larger city to St. Cloud?

Kissimmee, FL, with 84,756 residents, 9.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.