2024 population: 2,811,927 ( 8,920 from 2020)
Land area: 7863.6 square miles
Population density: 357.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,026,622	72.07%	1.4%
Black:	503,775	17.92%	2.0%
Indian:	5,655	0.20%	2.8%
Asian:	93,996	3.34%	15.5%
2+ races:	63,820	2.27%	10.6%
Hispanic:	118,059	4.20%	11.5%

Total non-White:	785,305	27.93%	2.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	121,983	10.8
Deaths:	131,867	11.7
Net Migration:	-30,317	-2.7
Net Immigration:	30,408	2.7

Change in White population:	-29,356	-1.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	20,436	0.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
2,820,847
2,055,978	72.89%
514,145	18.23%
5,820	0.21%
81,358	2.88%
57,694	2.05%
105,852	3.75%
764,869	27.11%

2010
2,787,701
2,088,985	74.94%
513,029	18.40%
5,652	0.20%
60,558	2.17%
44,757	1.61%
71,764	2.57%
698,716	25.06%

2000
2,675,343
2,083,446	77.88%
476,242	17.80%
5,534	0.21%
37,544	1.40%
29,410	1.10%
40,267	1.51%
591,897	22.12%

1990
2,560,517
2,082,291	81.32%
422,835	16.51%
5,911	0.23%
23,857	0.93%
n/a
25,623	1.00%
478,226	18.68%

1980
2,485,566
2,037,394	81.97%
406,348	16.35%
3,538	0.14%
14,232	0.57%
n/a
22,749	0.92%
448,172	18.03%

1970
2,520,639
2,112,246	83.80%
377,157	14.96%
1,987	0.08%
5,087	0.20%
n/a
22,031	0.87%
408,393	16.20%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
310,273	11.1
241,884	8.7
-85,003	-3.0
32,872	1.2

-33,007	-1.2
66,153	2.4

Number	Rate
2000's
336,247	12.6
231,366	8.6
-44,104	-1.6
31,014	1.2

5,539	0.2
106,819	4.0

Number	Rate
1990's
380,257	14.9
250,808	9.8
-72,513	-2.8
30,357	1.2

1,155	0.0
113,671	4.4

Number	Rate
1980's
403,746	16.2
237,359	9.5
-74,876	-3.0
n/a

44,897	1.8
30,054	1.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-227,175	-9.0
n/a

-74,852	-3.0
39,779	1.6

Age, Family & Household Data for St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.7
615,652	21.9%
2,196,275	78.1%
481,653	17.1%

1,146,082
2.41

720,166	62.8%
530,793	73.7%
72,541	10.1%
425,916	37.2%

2010
Number	Percent
38.2
664,781	23.8%
2,122,920	76.2%
371,729	13.3%

1,109,665
2.46

726,259	65.4%
523,270	72.1%
84,015	11.6%
383,406	34.6%

2000
Number	Percent
36.1
701,042	26.2%
1,974,301	73.8%
347,522	13.0%

1,040,824
2.52

706,391	67.9%
530,996	75.2%
81,078	11.5%
334,433	32.1%

1990
Number	Percent
33.2
672,445	26.3%
1,888,072	73.7%
331,747	13.0%

966,879
2.60

682,584	70.6%
537,520	78.7%
66,543	9.7%
284,295	29.4%

1980
Number	Percent
30.8
713,125	28.7%
1,772,441	71.3%
294,744	11.9%

884,117
2.77

656,483	74.3%
538,538	82.0%
57,774	8.8%
227,634	25.7%

2022 Housing Data for St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	53,255	4.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	38,432	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	34,952	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	40,596	3.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	41,518	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	42,470	3.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	41,799	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	42,046	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	43,996	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	83,232	7.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	108,527	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	152,630	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	117,362	10.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	84,315	7.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	103,218	9.0%
$200,000 or more	117,734	10.3%

Median Household Income	76,133
Per Capita Income	42,716

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	55,417	4.8%
Public Assistance	19,862	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	122,155	10.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,281,694	74.1%
Unemployed	59,085	3.4%
In Armed Forces	5,544	0.3%

Total Labor Force	1,346,323	77.9%
Not in Labor Force	382,959	22.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	535,764	450,304	54.3%
Non-Profit	51,574	107,179	32.5%
Self-Employed	65,773	42,332	60.8%

Local Government	35,936	49,616	42.0%
State Government	13,406	20,444	39.6%
Federal Government	18,544	16,682	52.6%

Total Private + Self	601,537	492,636	55.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	119,460	193,921	38.1%
Total	720,997	686,557	51.2%

Pct. Govt.	11.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	252,439	17.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	292,342	20.7%
Professional, Technical	362,744	25.7%
Service Occupations	218,331	15.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,842	0.2%
All others	283,773	20.1%

White Collar		64.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	207,351	14.7%
Manufacturing	154,902	11.0%
Retail trade	150,008	10.6%
Educational services	129,808	9.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	108,355	7.7%
Finance and insurance	90,963	6.5%
Accommodation and food services	90,747	6.4%
Construction	89,161	6.3%
Transportation and warehousing	67,620	4.8%
Other services	66,449	4.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	54,729	3.9%
Public administration	53,259	3.8%
Wholesale trade	37,538	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	29,778	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	25,705	1.8%
Information	24,994	1.8%
Utilities	12,805	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	9,402	0.7%
Management	3,785	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,270	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	57,336	2.04%
Puerto Rican	7,233	0.26%
Cuban	2,828	0.10%
Dominican	993	0.04%

Total Central American	7,532	0.27%
Costa Rican	645	0.02%
Guatemalan	3,210	0.11%
Honduran	1,779	0.06%
Nicaraguan	745	0.03%
Panamanian	537	0.02%
Salvadoran	576	0.02%
Other Central American	40	0.00%

Total South American	7,406	0.26%
Argentinean	555	0.02%
Bolivian	254	0.01%
Chilean	914	0.03%
Colombian	2,379	0.08%
Ecuadorian	561	0.02%
Paraguayan	53	0.00%
Peruvian	1,360	0.05%
Uruguayan	100	0.00%
Venezuelan	1,188	0.04%
Other South American	42	0.00%

Other Hispanic	9,613	0.34%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	26,907	0.96%
Chinese	16,532	0.59%
Vietnamese	8,420	0.30%
Filipino	7,471	0.27%
Korean	5,713	0.20%
Japanese	1,523	0.05%
Taiwanese	1,331	0.05%
Thai	1,118	0.04%
Burmese	663	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,482,146	93.5%
Spanish	53,962	2.0%
Other Indo-European	21,873	0.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	18,396	0.7%
Other Asian	15,204	0.6%
Chinese	14,371	0.5%
Other	10,743	0.4%
German, other Germanic	8,125	0.3%
Vietnamese	7,284	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	723,158	25.7%
Irish	357,590	12.7%
English	257,005	9.1%
American	151,244	5.4%
Italian	126,944	4.5%
French	81,031	2.9%
Polish	66,084	2.3%
European	47,004	1.7%
Scottish	40,262	1.4%
Dutch	26,164	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	21,045	0.7%
Swedish	18,015	0.6%
Norwegian	15,456	0.5%
Russian	13,905	0.5%
Welsh	13,479	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,753,643	97.9%
Not a citizen	59,880	2.1%

Native	2,678,284	95.2%
Foreign-born	135,239	4.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
39,397	2.0%	97,288	5.0%	500,521	25.6%	600,659	30.7%	428,763	21.9%	290,409	14.8%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	39,397	2.0%
9-12 Years	97,288	5.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	500,521	25.6%
Some College	600,659	30.7%
Bach. Degree	428,763	21.9%
Grad Degree	290,409	14.8%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,660,710	2,501,294	159,416	6.0%
1991	2,658,446	2,478,716	179,730	6.8%
1992	2,644,532	2,475,068	169,464	6.4%
1993	2,652,474	2,494,326	158,148	6.0%
1994	2,678,646	2,546,248	132,398	4.9%
1995	2,742,532	2,614,372	128,160	4.7%
1996	2,783,314	2,656,990	126,324	4.5%
1997	2,770,830	2,657,356	113,474	4.1%
1998	2,789,422	2,675,886	113,536	4.1%
1999	2,787,386	2,691,018	96,368	3.5%

2000	2,828,322	2,727,620	100,702	3.6%
2001	2,832,220	2,703,700	128,520	4.5%
2002	2,842,810	2,690,834	151,976	5.3%
2003	2,834,742	2,668,602	166,140	5.9%
2004	2,837,460	2,666,032	171,428	6.0%
2005	2,858,350	2,699,862	158,488	5.5%
2006	2,880,008	2,735,460	144,548	5.0%
2007	2,894,274	2,741,222	153,052	5.3%
2008	2,890,128	2,699,724	190,404	6.6%
2009	2,867,792	2,590,174	277,618	9.7%

2010	2,944,858	2,663,966	280,892	9.5%
2011	2,939,132	2,686,702	252,430	8.6%
2012	2,892,622	2,675,858	216,764	7.5%
2013	2,882,044	2,675,856	206,188	7.2%
2014	2,901,272	2,718,672	182,600	6.3%
2015	2,921,598	2,771,848	149,750	5.1%
2016	2,942,672	2,806,938	135,734	4.6%
2017	2,918,822	2,808,278	110,544	3.8%
2018	2,924,916	2,824,970	99,946	3.4%
2019	2,962,658	2,866,450	96,208	3.2%

2020	2,910,394	2,715,538	194,856	6.7%
2021	2,913,490	2,785,510	127,980	4.4%
2022	2,924,020	2,843,272	80,748	2.8%
2023	2,949,738	2,854,248	95,490	3.2%
2024	2,972,342	2,862,276	110,066	3.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,261,744
Median Value	$215,202

Occupied	1,146,082	90.8%
Vacant	115,662	9.2%

Owned	799,798	69.8%
Rented	346,284	30.2%
Median Rent	$1,034

Single-Family Units	940,677	74.6%
Detached	888,910	70.5%
Attached	51,767	4.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	168,801	13.4%
Mobile Homes	38,371	3.0%

St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area