People QuickFacts East St. Louis Illinois Population, 2011 estimate 27,027 12,859,752 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 27,006 12,830,632 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.1% 0.2% Population, 2010 27,006 12,830,632 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.4% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 29.3% 24.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 13.3% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 54.6% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.9% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 98.0% 14.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 4.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 0.8% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 0.5% 15.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 0.8% 63.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.3% 86.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.1% 13.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 0.7% 22.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 74.7% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 10.0% 30.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,832 770,388 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.9 28.1  Housing units, 2010 12,055 5,296,715 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 49.6% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 37.2% 32.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $61,700 $198,500 Households, 2007-2011 11,065 4,773,002 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.46 2.62 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $11,907 $29,376 Median household income, 2007-2011 $19,934 $56,576 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 42.1% 13.1%     Business QuickFacts East St. Louis Illinois Total number of firms, 2007 1,077 1,123,817 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 73.2% 9.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 5.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 52.1% 30.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 257,760,713 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 351,086 231,082,768 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 80,590 165,450,520 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $2,787 $12,947 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) D 25,469,026     Geography QuickFacts East St. Louis Illinois Land area in square miles, 2010 13.99 55,518.93 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,930.1 231.1 FIPS Code 22255 17 Counties St. Clair 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