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Saint Louis Demographics and Statistics

Demographics of St. Louis shows plenty of fascinating things which are of great interest. The city has about 25.7% of the population aged below 18 and 10.6% aged between 18 to 24. Of the total population, the city has 49.20% of African - Americans whereas 43.90% are Caucasian, which shows that the city is racially well balanced. These figures are quite impressive after the successive decline in white population over the years due to socio-economic, immigration and economic changes in the region. 

St. Louis (city), Missouri

  People QuickFacts St. Louis Missouri
  Population, 2006 estimate 347,181 5,842,713
  Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 -0.3% 4.4%
  Population, 2000 348,189 5,595,211
  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.7% 6.6%
  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 25.7% 25.5%
  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 13.7% 13.5%
  Female persons, percent, 2000 53.0% 51.4%
  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 43.8% 84.9%
  Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) 51.2% 11.2%
  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 0.5%
  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.0% 1.1%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z 0.1%
  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.9% 1.5%
  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 2.0% 2.1%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 50.7% 53.6%
  Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 5.6% 2.7%
  Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 8.6% 5.1%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 71.3% 81.3%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 19.1% 21.6%
  Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 25.1 23.8
 
  Housing units, 2000 176,354 2,442,017
  Homeownership rate, 2000 46.9% 70.3%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $63,900 $89,900
 
  Households, 2000 147,076 2,194,594
  Persons per household, 2000 2.30 2.48
  Median household income, 1999 $27,156 $37,934
  Per capita money income, 1999 $16,108 $19,936
  Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 24.6% 11.7%
  Business QuickFacts St. Louis Missouri
  Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 10,618,881 95,603,561
  Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 2,821,962 61,861,163
  Retail sales per capita, 2002 $8,092 $10,889
  Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,033,254 8,607,025
  Total number of firms, 2002 22,095 439,485
  Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 16.2% 3.8%
  American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 S 0.7%
  Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 3.5% 1.5%
  Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.2% 0.8%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F Z
  Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 31.5% 27.4%
 
Geography QuickFacts St. Louis Missouri
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 61 68,885
Persons per square mile, 2000 5,623.2 81.2
FIPS Code 65000 29
Counties St. Louis city