People QuickFacts	St. Louis city	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, 2006    	7.6%	6.6%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006    	26.1%	24.2%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006    	12.0%	13.3%
  	Female persons, percent, 2006    	52.5%	51.1%
  	White persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	45.7%	85.1%
  	Black persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	50.5%	11.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.3%	0.5%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	2.0%	1.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a)    	Z	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006    	1.5%	1.3%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b)    	2.6%	2.8%
  	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006    	43.5%	82.6%
  	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%
  	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000    	79,457	973,637
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	25.1	23.8 			
  	Housing units, 2006    	178,980	2,623,094
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	46.9%	70.3%
  	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000    	56.2%	20.0%
  	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, 2004    	$28,069	$40,885
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$16,108	$19,936
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 2004    	24.6%	13.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	St. Louis city	Missouri
  	Private nonfarm establishments, 2005    	10,189	154,306
  	Private nonfarm employment, 2005    	269,535	2,425,403
  	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005    	2.3%	1.1%
  	Nonemployer establishments, 2005    	16,027	375,352
  	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%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.0%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	1.2%	0.8%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	31.5%	27.4% 			
  	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)    	8,399,039	92,909,173
  	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    	$8,127	$10,891
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,033,254	8,607,025
  	Building permits, 2006    	446	29,172
  	Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)    	9,095,374	45,730,137

   	Geography QuickFacts	St. Louis city	Missouri
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	61.92	68,885.93
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	5,616.0	81.2
  	FIPS Code    	510	29
  	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts