People QuickFacts St. Louis city Missouri Population, 2012 estimate 318,172 6,021,988 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 319,294 5,988,924 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.4% 0.6% Population, 2010 319,294 5,988,927 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.8% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 21.2% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.9% 14.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.6% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 46.2% 84.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 48.3% 11.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.9% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.2% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.6% 3.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 43.3% 80.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 77.9% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.9% 3.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 9.3% 6.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 81.9% 86.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 27.7% 25.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 21,041 503,720 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.3 23.3  Housing units, 2011 175,639 2,723,415 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 46.4% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 53.1% 19.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $123,300 $138,900 Households, 2007-2011 139,693 2,354,104 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.20 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,050 $25,371 Median household income, 2007-2011 $34,402 $47,202 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 26.0% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts St. Louis city Missouri Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 8,896 147,274 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 228,617 2,298,295 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -0.2% 0.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 20,632 390,169  Total number of firms, 2007 23,632 501,064 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 21.4% 4.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.1% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.4% 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.3% 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 10,920,629 110,907,604 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,042,147 81,032,913 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,496,672 76,575,216 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,020 $12,957 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,059,295 11,070,634 Building permits, 2012 605 12,297     Geography QuickFacts St. Louis city Missouri Land area in square miles, 2010 61.91 68,741.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 5,157.5 87.1 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