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St. Louis County, MO

990,414 Population
508 square miles 1,949.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$48,699 ±$1,405 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Missouri: $36,640 ±$419
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$79,440 ±$2,651 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $64,811 ±$733
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

10.4% ±1% (100,946  ±9,431) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 13.2% 791,030 (±0.4% / ±21,823)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

23.1 minutes ±0.5 (9,141,140  ±253,208) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,037,284 (±0.2 / ±718,455)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

413,258 ±3,381 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,521,832 ±11,480
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (969,362  ±438) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,014,174
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5% ±1% (11,305  ±2,124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 5.3% 74,145 (±0.4% / ±5,045)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

445,891 ±218 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,826,295 ±607
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$264,300 ±$5,355 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $221,200 ±$2,019
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.4% ±1.1% (121,729  ±10,675) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 12.9% 790,852 (±0.3% / ±21,003.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

93.9% ±1.9% (648,120  ±13,125.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,878,393 (±0.7% / ±30,655)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
48.2% ±1.2% (332,538  ±8,470.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 32.2% 1,364,017 (±0.4% / ±18,291.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

9.7% ±0.8% (91,058  ±7,509.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 6.4% 372,292 (±0.3% / ±14,779.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

7.7% (75,959  ±4,790) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 4.1% 252,575
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

5.7% ±0.4% (44,357  ±3,160) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.1% 341,834 (±0.2% / ±9,753)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
44,357 Total veterans ±3,160 40,187 Male ±2,940 4,170 Female ±1,071

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