2024 population: 3,169,930 ( 11,157 from 2020)
Land area: 17234.2 square miles
Population density: 183.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,354,674	74.28%	1.4%
Black:	516,240	16.29%	1.9%
Indian:	6,943	0.22%	0.6%
Asian:	96,263	3.04%	15.6%
2+ races:	69,127	2.18%	11.0%
Hispanic:	126,683	4.00%	12.2%

Total non-White:	815,256	25.72%	3.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	137,467	10.8
Deaths:	153,954	12.1
Net Migration:	-26,556	-2.1
Net Immigration:	31,203	2.5

Change in White population:	-34,549	-1.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	23,392	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
3,181,087
2,389,223	75.11%
526,394	16.55%
6,984	0.22%
83,243	2.62%
62,300	1.96%
112,943	3.55%
791,864	24.89%

2010
3,162,656
2,440,285	77.16%
525,220	16.61%
6,607	0.21%
61,876	1.96%
48,443	1.53%
77,145	2.44%
722,371	22.84%

2000
3,039,379
2,428,343	79.90%
487,313	16.03%
6,493	0.21%
38,592	1.27%
32,163	1.06%
43,450	1.43%
611,036	20.10%

1990
2,902,889
2,412,778	83.12%
430,794	14.84%
7,030	0.24%
24,828	0.86%
n/a
27,459	0.95%
490,111	16.88%

1980
2,825,669
2,367,997	83.80%
412,281	14.59%
4,157	0.15%
14,961	0.53%
n/a
24,807	0.88%
457,672	16.20%

1970
2,824,778
2,409,802	85.31%
382,553	13.54%
2,155	0.08%
5,226	0.19%
n/a
22,799	0.81%
414,976	14.69%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
348,347	11.0
282,362	8.9
-92,708	-2.9
33,357	1.1

-51,062	-1.6
69,493	2.2

Number	Rate
2000's
378,059	12.4
270,770	8.9
-43,199	-1.4
31,736	1.0

11,942	0.4
111,335	3.7

Number	Rate
1990's
424,363	14.6
292,681	10.1
-53,204	-1.8
30,821	1.1

15,565	0.5
120,925	4.2

Number	Rate
1980's
452,087	16.0
276,813	9.8
-79,584	-2.8
n/a

44,781	1.6
32,439	1.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-203,750	-7.2
n/a

-41,805	-1.5
42,696	1.5

Age, Family & Household Data for St. Louis, MO-IL Market 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
39.9
683,900	21.6%
2,486,030	78.4%
543,019	17.1%

1,267,704
2.41

799,865	63.1%
591,035	73.9%
79,155	9.9%
467,839	36.9%

2010
Number	Percent
38.5
749,581	23.7%
2,413,075	76.3%
432,579	13.7%

1,254,104
2.46

824,292	65.7%
598,762	72.6%
92,831	11.3%
429,812	34.3%

2000
Number	Percent
36.3
790,789	26.0%
2,248,590	74.0%
405,235	13.3%

1,178,686
2.51

804,171	68.2%
610,705	75.9%
89,042	11.1%
374,515	31.8%

1990
Number	Percent
33.4
762,342	26.3%
2,140,547	73.7%
389,804	13.4%

1,093,835
2.60

775,836	70.9%
617,226	79.6%
72,648	9.4%
317,999	29.1%

1980
Number	Percent
31.0
810,013	28.7%
2,015,656	71.3%
349,749	12.4%

1,005,943
2.76

749,445	74.5%
620,747	82.8%
62,343	8.3%
256,498	25.5%

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

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	59,465	4.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	44,705	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	41,413	3.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	46,884	3.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	47,797	3.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	48,378	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	47,081	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	47,140	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	49,642	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	92,779	7.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	121,157	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	169,443	13.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	128,118	10.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	92,035	7.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	109,613	8.6%
$200,000 or more	122,054	9.6%

Median Household Income	74,346
Per Capita Income	41,444

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	89

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	63,598	5.0%
Public Assistance	22,630	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	139,691	11.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,404,142	73.1%
Unemployed	66,199	3.4%
In Armed Forces	5,659	0.3%

Total Labor Force	1,476,000	76.8%
Not in Labor Force	445,771	23.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	585,623	489,007	54.5%
Non-Profit	54,511	114,340	32.3%
Self-Employed	73,951	46,785	61.3%

Local Government	40,318	55,821	41.9%
State Government	17,736	24,785	41.7%
Federal Government	19,775	18,024	52.3%

Total Private + Self	659,574	535,792	55.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	132,340	212,970	38.3%
Total	791,914	748,762	51.4%

Pct. Govt.	11.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	267,259	17.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	317,640	20.6%
Professional, Technical	386,640	25.1%
Service Occupations	243,911	15.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	4,366	0.3%
All others	327,669	21.2%

White Collar		63.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	227,991	14.8%
Manufacturing	174,710	11.3%
Retail trade	166,074	10.8%
Educational services	140,054	9.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	112,124	7.3%
Construction	99,903	6.5%
Accommodation and food services	98,764	6.4%
Finance and insurance	95,657	6.2%
Transportation and warehousing	74,162	4.8%
Other services	72,514	4.7%
Public administration	61,400	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	58,977	3.8%
Wholesale trade	40,602	2.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	31,240	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	26,959	1.7%
Information	26,511	1.7%
Utilities	14,316	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	13,457	0.9%
Management	3,911	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	3,793	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	61,349	1.96%
Puerto Rican	7,765	0.25%
Cuban	2,933	0.09%
Dominican	1,054	0.03%

Total Central American	7,965	0.25%
Costa Rican	683	0.02%
Guatemalan	3,329	0.11%
Honduran	1,931	0.06%
Nicaraguan	751	0.02%
Panamanian	539	0.02%
Salvadoran	692	0.02%
Other Central American	40	0.00%

Total South American	7,834	0.25%
Argentinean	627	0.02%
Bolivian	255	0.01%
Chilean	934	0.03%
Colombian	2,626	0.08%
Ecuadorian	561	0.02%
Paraguayan	53	0.00%
Peruvian	1,434	0.05%
Uruguayan	100	0.00%
Venezuelan	1,202	0.04%
Other South American	42	0.00%

Other Hispanic	10,473	0.33%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	27,224	0.87%
Chinese	16,803	0.54%
Vietnamese	8,436	0.27%
Filipino	7,775	0.25%
Korean	5,835	0.19%
Japanese	1,540	0.05%
Taiwanese	1,356	0.04%
Thai	1,180	0.04%
Burmese	663	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,775,408	94.0%
Spanish	57,525	1.9%
Other Indo-European	22,319	0.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	18,580	0.6%
Other Asian	15,576	0.5%
Chinese	14,585	0.5%
Other	11,034	0.4%
German, other Germanic	9,160	0.3%
Vietnamese	7,293	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	803,586	25.7%
Irish	393,914	12.6%
English	287,311	9.2%
American	185,943	5.9%
Italian	135,464	4.3%
French	93,303	3.0%
Polish	72,157	2.3%
European	51,936	1.7%
Scottish	44,635	1.4%
Dutch	29,408	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	24,370	0.8%
Swedish	19,949	0.6%
Norwegian	16,585	0.5%
Welsh	14,822	0.5%
British	14,567	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	3,069,145	98.0%
Not a citizen	61,915	2.0%

Native	2,991,623	95.5%
Foreign-born	139,437	4.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
47,507	2.2%	117,226	5.4%	589,846	27.0%	672,287	30.8%	451,605	20.7%	303,451	13.9%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	47,507	2.2%
9-12 Years	117,226	5.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	589,846	27.0%
Some College	672,287	30.8%
Bach. Degree	451,605	20.7%
Grad Degree	303,451	13.9%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,468,133	1,376,251	91,882	6.3%
1991	1,468,318	1,365,272	103,046	7.0%
1992	1,463,697	1,365,523	98,174	6.7%
1993	1,469,397	1,376,018	93,379	6.4%
1994	1,481,998	1,404,587	77,411	5.2%
1995	1,516,543	1,442,502	74,041	4.9%
1996	1,539,312	1,465,128	74,184	4.8%
1997	1,536,913	1,470,736	66,177	4.3%
1998	1,549,325	1,483,724	65,601	4.2%
1999	1,547,245	1,491,284	55,961	3.6%

2000	1,568,918	1,510,963	57,955	3.7%
2001	1,570,728	1,497,266	73,462	4.7%
2002	1,574,045	1,488,140	85,905	5.5%
2003	1,569,411	1,475,709	93,702	6.0%
2004	1,571,034	1,474,883	96,151	6.1%
2005	1,583,395	1,494,622	88,773	5.6%
2006	1,596,322	1,515,376	80,946	5.1%
2007	1,605,703	1,519,765	85,938	5.4%
2008	1,604,079	1,497,052	107,027	6.7%
2009	1,591,843	1,436,308	155,535	9.8%

2010	1,624,126	1,466,865	157,261	9.7%
2011	1,619,864	1,478,527	141,337	8.7%
2012	1,593,482	1,471,825	121,657	7.6%
2013	1,587,436	1,471,622	115,814	7.3%
2014	1,596,075	1,494,138	101,937	6.4%
2015	1,606,529	1,522,850	83,679	5.2%
2016	1,617,572	1,541,551	76,021	4.7%
2017	1,604,805	1,542,815	61,990	3.9%
2018	1,607,995	1,551,942	56,053	3.5%
2019	1,626,735	1,573,105	53,630	3.3%

2020	1,598,011	1,490,579	107,432	6.7%
2021	1,598,338	1,527,858	70,480	4.4%
2022	1,602,662	1,557,478	45,184	2.8%
2023	1,615,386	1,562,110	53,276	3.3%
2024	1,625,472	1,564,447	61,025	3.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,405,442
Median Value	$206,344

Occupied	1,267,704	90.2%
Vacant	137,738	9.8%

Owned	891,443	70.3%
Rented	376,261	29.7%
Median Rent	$1,003

Single-Family Units	1,048,757	74.6%
Detached	995,501	70.8%
Attached	53,256	3.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	175,542	12.5%
Mobile Homes	58,609	4.2%

St. Louis, MO-IL Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

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

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

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

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

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