People QuickFacts	Bridgeton	Missouri
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	11,547	6,008,984
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	11,550	5,988,924
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	Z	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	11,550	5,988,927
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.1%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	19.9%	23.8%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	20.2%	14.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	53.0%	51.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	72.4%	82.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	18.7%	11.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.5%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.1%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	6.4%	3.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	70.4%	81.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	91.1%	83.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	10.2%	3.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	12.0%	6.1%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	90.2%	86.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	25.3%	25.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	874	503,720
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.9	23.3 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	5,088	2,712,729
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	65.2%	69.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	29.9%	19.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$164,100	$138,900
 	Households, 2007-2011    	4,905	2,354,104
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.37	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,810	$25,371
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$47,791	$47,202
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.2%	14.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Bridgeton	Missouri
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,577	501,064
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	6.0%	4.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.6%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	11.3%	26.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,500,019	110,907,604
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	502,277	81,032,913
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	622,382	76,575,216
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$41,286	$12,957
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	96,407	11,070,634

   	Geography QuickFacts	Bridgeton	Missouri
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	14.60	68,741.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	790.9	87.1
 	FIPS Code    	08398	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