Florida · Census place 1268875

Stuart, Florida

Stuart is a city in Martin County, Florida with an estimated 19,566 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 125th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,566
#125 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+11.5%
+2,024 people
Land area
7.1 sq mi
+ 2.48 sq mi water
Density
2,748 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Stuart. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Stuart population, 2020 to 2024

Stuart added 2,024 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.5%. In the latest year it moved by +33. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 44th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Stuart is 89% of it.

17.5k202017.7k202118.3k202219.5k202319.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 17,432. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stuart covers 7.12 square miles of land and 2.48 of water, for 2,748 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Stuart is denser than the typical town.

What county Stuart is in

All of Stuart's residents live in Martin County, which had 165,666 residents in 2024. Stuart holds 11.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stuart

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Stuart by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 34957, 34994, 34996. 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 Stuart is

The Census internal point of Stuart is at 27.195300, -80.244100. Tallahassee, the capital, is 331.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Port St. Lucie, FL (258,575 people), 10.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
27.195300, -80.244100
DMS
27°11'43.08"N 80°14'38.76"W
UTM
17N 574868.0E 3008292.5N
Geohash
dhyfwnb00
Plus code
76VX5QW4+49

Daylight in Stuart

At 27.20° N, Stuart gets about 13 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stuart

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Sewall's Point, 2.8 miles away, with 2,072 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stuart, FL?

19,566 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,024 (11.5%) from 17,542 in July 2020.

What county is Stuart in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Stuart?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 34957, 34994, 34996.

How far is Stuart from Tallahassee?

331.5 miles (533.5 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Stuart.

What is the nearest larger city to Stuart?

Port St. Lucie, FL, with 258,575 residents, 10.6 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.