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St. Louis County, MO

992,929 Population
508 square miles 1,954.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 39.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$52,297 ±$1,203 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Missouri: $40,284 ±$341
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$83,669 ±$2,576 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $71,589 ±$703
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.7% ±1.2% (93,975  ±11,363) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.3% 745,363 (±0.4% / ±25,704)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.4 minutes ±0.6 (9,868,690  ±319,921) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 24 64,725,120 (±0.3 / ±854,277)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

412,517 ±3,983 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,563,244 ±10,377
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (972,283  ±298) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,082,606
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.9% ±0.7% (8,802  ±1,576) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 5.2% 73,794 (±0.3% / ±4,585)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

447,542 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,858,527 ±391
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$300,800 ±$8,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $254,400 ±$2,059
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.1% ±1.1% (118,987  ±10,941.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 747,755 (±0.4% / ±22,870.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.6% ±1.9% (656,852  ±13,208.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,959,346 (±0.7% / ±31,243.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
48.4% ±1.3% (336,458  ±8,749.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 33.5% 1,440,376 (±0.4% / ±19,147.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

11% ±0.9% (103,588  ±8,022.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 435,096 (±0.3% / ±19,075.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

8.5% (84,463  ±6,271) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.9% 308,514
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±0.5% (46,142  ±3,883) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7% 340,990 (±0.2% / ±9,503)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
46,142 Total veterans ±3,883 40,807 Male ±3,803 5,335 Female ±1,286

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