St Louis city, Missouri Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

St Louis city is 14th out of 3,143 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

St Louis city is 19th out of 3,143 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

St Louis city is 1st in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

St Louis city is 1st in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Race - Black or African American

St Louis city is 1st in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

St Louis city is 2nd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Foreign born residents

St Louis city is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Households

St Louis city is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Housing units

St Louis city is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Income below poverty line

St Louis city is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Non-farm private employees

St Louis city is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

St Louis city is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	St Louis city	Rank	Missouri	US
Current population (2012)	318,172	4th	6,021,988	313,914,040
Size in square miles	61.9	115th	68,741.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	5,157.5	1st	87.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	St Louis city	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	11th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.3%	99th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.1%	113th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	St Louis city	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.9%	76th	86.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.7%	8th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	St Louis city	Rank	Missouri	US
Race - White	45.9%	115th	83.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	48.5%	1st	11.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	93rd	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.0%	4th	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	104th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	15th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	19th	3.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	42.9%	115th	80.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	St Louis city	Rank	Missouri	US
Female residents	51.7%	12th	51.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.9%	2nd	3.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	St Louis city	Rank	Missouri	US
Housing units	175,639	3rd	2,723,415	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	53.1%	1st	19.6%	25.9%
Households	139,693	3rd	2,354,104	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	46.4%	115th	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$123,300	25th	$138,900	$186,200
People per household	2.2	112th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	605	6th	12,297	829,658

Income Demographics
	St Louis city	Rank	Missouri	US
Income per capita	$22,050	33rd	$25,371	$27,915
Income per household	$34,402	93rd	$47,202	$52,762
Income below poverty line	26.0%	3rd	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	St Louis city	Rank	Missouri	US
Non-farm private establishments	8,896	3rd	147,274	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	228,617	3rd	2,298,295	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	23,632	5th	501,064	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,496,672	7th	$76,575,216	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,020	85th	$12,957	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,059,295	3rd	$11,070,634	$613,795,732