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St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area

2,799,828 Population
7,863.5 square miles 356.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39.1 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$42,950 ±$764 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $43,317 ±$328
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$74,531 ±$1,073 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $76,708 ±$584
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

11% ±0.6% (300,985  ±16,505) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.9% 1,469,643 (±0.3% / ±33,705)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

24.9 minutes ±0.3 (28,947,280  ±477,815) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.9 145,167,340 (±0.2 / ±1,228,214)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

1,168,546 ±6,790 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,056,360 ±12,532
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (2,741,079  ±2,254) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 † 12,306,684 (±109.9 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±0.6% (33,133  ±3,739) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 147,198 (±0.2% / ±7,160)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

1,272,892 ±1,185 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,452,461 ±350
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$237,700 ±$2,868 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $251,600 ±$1,738
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.4% ±0.6% (314,869  ±15,793) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,452,510 (±0.3% / ±33,278.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

93.3% ±1.1% (1,830,008  ±21,807.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.4% 7,858,460 (±0.5% / ±44,773)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
38.2% ±0.7% (748,165  ±13,583.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 37.7% 3,275,418 (±0.3% / ±27,545.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

6.3% ±0.4% (167,565  ±10,039.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 23.9% 2,840,525 (±0.3% / ±34,032.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

4.6% ±0.2% (129,604  ±6,373) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 14.4% † 1,810,100 (±635.2% / ±22,774)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

6.9% ±0.3% (150,381  ±6,161) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 475,496 (±0.1% / ±11,735)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
150,381 Total veterans ±6,161 136,554 Male ±5,303 13,827 Female ±2,213

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