St. Louis city, Missouri (MO)

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% of renters here:	53%
State:	30%

St. Louis city:	25.4%
Missouri:	13.3%

Type of workers:

St. Louis city, Missouri business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in St. Louis city, Missouri:

Median resident age:	33.7 years
Missouri median age:	36.1 years

Males: 163,567	(47.0%)
Females: 184,622	(53.0%)

St. Louis city:	2.3 people
Missouri:	2.5 people

This county	$30,048
Missouri:	$41,974

St. Louis city	$90,519
Missouri:	$123,100

Health of residents in St. Louis city based on 283 CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2002 to 2004:
General health status score of residents in this county from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) is 3.3. This is significantly worse than average.
71.0% of residents exercised in the past month. This is about average.
25.1% of residents had a sunburn in the past 12 months. This is about average.
49.6% of residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives. This is about average.
57.2% of residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days. This is more than average.
65.6% of residents visited a dentist within the past year. This is about average.
Average weight of males is 196 pounds. This is more than average.
Average weight of females is 165 pounds. This is more than average.
17.7% of residents keep firearms around their homes. This is less than average.

Area name: St. Louis, MO-IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in St. Louis city is $526 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $654 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $842 a month.

2005 air pollution in St. Louis city:

Carbon Monoxide: 3 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.015 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.116 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.091 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 57 µg/m³. Significanly above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) 24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m³): 196 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³): 16.1 µg/m³. Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m³): 41 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.005 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.024 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Madison County, Illinois , St. Clair County, Illinois , St. Louis County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Here:	7.0%
Missouri:	5.1%

Current college students: 24,410
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 71.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 19,542 (27% naturalized citizens)

St. Louis city:	5.6%
Whole state:	2.7%

Mean travel time to work: 25.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 58.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 71,087
• One, attached: 5,891
• Two: 32,631
• 3 or 4: 29,132
• 5 to 9: 9,921
• 10 to 19: 5,477
• 20 or more: 21,947
• Mobile homes: 248
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20

Housing units in St. Louis city with a mortgage: 34,885 (2,974 second mortgage, 3,285 home equity loan, 92 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20,285

St. Louis city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Missouri state average. It is 2.0 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 8/15/1968, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 96,984 (69%) Carpooled: 19,094 (14%) Bus or trolley bus: 13,941 (10%) Streetcar or trolley car: 168 (0%) Subway or elevated: 413 (0%) Railroad: 103 (0%) Taxi: 449 (0%) Motorcycle: 100 (0%) Bicycle: 489 (0%) Walked: 5,685 (4%) Other means: 866 (1%) Worked at home: 2,455 (2%)

10.53% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,535 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	10.53%
Missouri average:	7.87%

0.19% of residents moved from foreign countries ($296 average AGI)

St. Louis city:	0.19%
Missouri average:	0.11%

7.09% relocated from other counties in Missouri ($21,003 average AGI)
3.25% relocated from other states ($11,237 average AGI)

St. Louis city:	3.25%
Missouri average:	2.98%

from St. Louis County, MO	5.67% ($32,071 average AGI)
from Jefferson County, MO	0.42% ($27,552)
from St. Charles County, MO	0.35% ($31,662)
from St. Clair County, IL	0.31% ($27,370)
from Madison County, IL	0.22% ($35,935)
from Cook County, IL	0.13% ($42,081)
from Franklin County, MO	0.09% ($34,783)

11.70% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,696 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.70%
Missouri average:	7.66%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($211 average AGI)

St. Louis city:	0.08%
Missouri average:	0.05%

8.45% relocated to other counties in Missouri ($23,810 average AGI)
3.17% relocated to other states ($11,675 average AGI)

St. Louis city:	3.17%
Missouri average:	2.81%

to St. Louis County, MO	6.82% ($31,991 average AGI)
to Jefferson County, MO	0.60% ($36,707)
to St. Charles County, MO	0.40% ($46,009)
to St. Clair County, IL	0.31% ($33,103)
to Madison County, IL	0.18% ($36,077)
to Cook County, IL	0.18% ($53,775)
to Franklin County, MO	0.09% ($39,396)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 18.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 13.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 12.7

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 51,929 (40,285 aged, 11,644 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 255,626 (39,693 male householders, 38,091 female householders)

  39,270 spouses, 102,470 children (96,197 natural, 2,567 adopted, 3,706 stepchildren), 12,435 grandchildren, 5,570 brothers or sisters, 2,758 parents, 6,677 other relatives, 8,662 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 81,913 (32,573 male householders (26,702 living alone)), 36,929 female householders (32,555 living alone)), 12,411 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 10,650 (4,720 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 30,116 2-persons, 19,296 3-persons, 14,287 4-persons, 7,741 5-persons, 3,800 6-persons, 2,544 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 59,257 1-person, 9,040 2-persons, 797 3-persons, 246 4-persons, 95 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 47 7-or-more-persons.

30,781 married couples with children.
42,359 single-parent households (5,315 men, 37,044 women).

91.4% of residents of St. Louis city speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (48% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (35% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (56% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $9,095,374,000 ($26496 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,063,372,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $816,020,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $863,448,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $46,751,000
Federal grants: $1,372,140,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,174,724,000 ($4,856,399,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $822,289,000 ($129,578,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $93,679,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $175,610,000
Federal Government insurance: $70,549,000

Here:	84 per 1000 residents
State:	69 per 1000 residents

Here:	61 per 1000 residents
State:	49 per 1000 residents

Here:	+26 per 1000 residents
State:	+7 per 1000 residents

Here:	-127 per 1000 residents
State:	+5 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 147.06 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Here:	5.5
State:	6.0

Here:	3.8
State:	4.2

53% of St. Louis city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Missouri.

St. Louis city:	52.7%
State average:	54.3%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 244749
• Northeast: 5398
• Midwest: 28107
• South: 41898
• West: 6956

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $51,000

Here:	19.6%
Missouri:	13.7%

Here:	17.9%
Missouri:	11.6%

Here:	39.9%
Missouri:	24.9%

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