|
|
People
Facts |
St.
Louis |
Missouri |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
332,223 |
5,704,484 |
|
Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
-4.6% |
1.9% |
|
Population, 2000
|
348,189 |
5,595,211 |
|
Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000
|
-12.2% |
9.3% |
|
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 or African American
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% |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.8% |
0.8% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
1.9% |
1.5% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
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% |
