People QuickFacts	Chesterfield	Missouri
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	46,635	5,842,713
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-0.4%	4.4%
  	Population, 2000    	46,802	5,595,211
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	5.6%	6.6%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	24.6%	25.5%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	14.7%	13.5%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	52.2%	51.4% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	91.3%	84.9%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.9%	11.2%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.5%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	5.6%	1.1%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	0.7%	1.5%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	1.6%	2.1% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	56.3%	53.6%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	8.0%	2.7%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	10.0%	5.1%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	95.9%	81.3%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	60.6%	21.6%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	23.6	23.8 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	18,738	2,442,017
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	77.9%	70.3%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$238,300	$89,900 			
  	Households, 2000    	18,060	2,194,594
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.53	2.48
  	Median household income, 1999    	$83,802	$37,934
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$43,288	$19,936
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	2.6%	11.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Chesterfield	Missouri
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,503,132	95,603,561
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	609,330	61,861,163
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$12,958	$10,889
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	126,752	8,607,025
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	5,886	439,485
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	3.8%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.7%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	4.5%	1.5%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.8%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	21.2%	27.4% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Chesterfield	Missouri
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	31	68,885
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,485.3	81.2
  	FIPS Code    	13600	29
 	Counties    	St. Louis County
 	

(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