St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida. The city is known as a vacation destination for North American and European vacationers, as well as a politically important battleground in U.S. Presidential politics and home of the highly-regarded St. Petersburg Times. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 248,232. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 249,090, making it the fourth largest city in the state of Florida and the largest city in Florida that is not a county seat. St. Petersburg is the second largest city in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, which is composed of roughly.7 million residents in the core, making it the second largest Metropolitan Statistical Area in the state behind Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, and the third largest in the southeast. The city is commonly referred to by locals as 'St Pete'; neighboring St. Pete Beach, Florida formally shortened its name in 1994 after a vote by its residents. St. Petersburg apartments for rent comparison page shows most up to date rent information on St. Petersburg apartments and houses. Rent information is obtained from multiple rental sources but we cannot guarantee their accuracy.