Census Reporter

St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area

2,801,423 Population
7,863.3 square miles 356.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,365 ±$503 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $37,728 ±$260
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$66,417 ±$905 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $69,187 ±$585
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

10% ±0.5% (272,601  ±14,376) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,420,542 (±0.3% / ±37,778)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

26 minutes ±0.3 (34,395,770  ±433,350) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 29.6 173,417,540 (±0.2 / ±1,112,269)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

1,145,583 ±7,439 Number of households
  • Illinois: 4,866,006 ±12,627
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.4 ±0 (2,746,708  ±3,441) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,375,014 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.9% ±0.5% (31,579  ±3,221) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,037 (±0.2% / ±6,353)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

1,267,434 ±1,750 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,388,210 ±605
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$184,600 ±$2,459 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $209,100 ±$1,514
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

12.8% ±0.5% (353,699  ±15,124.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 12.1% 1,522,480 (±0.3% / ±33,672.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

92.5% ±1.1% (1,811,375  ±20,714.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 89.9% 7,812,057 (±0.5% / ±41,528.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
35.8% ±0.6% (700,257  ±12,287.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 35.8% 3,108,972 (±0.3% / ±24,241.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

6.7% ±0.4% (177,425  ±9,438.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 23.3% 2,778,086 (±0.3% / ±29,857.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

4.8% ±0.3% (134,952  ±7,071) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 13.9% 1,766,492 (±0.2% / ±24,346)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

8.1% ±0.3% (177,109  ±6,601) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5.4% 526,153 (±0.1% / ±9,859)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
177,109 Total veterans ±6,601 161,172 Male ±5,844 15,937 Female ±2,118

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