91.6% of residents of St. Louis speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English less than very well).
5.8% of residents speak other language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English less than very well).
English speakers - Born in the United States:
95.9% of residents of St. Louis speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English less than very well).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (52% speak English very well, 48% speak English less than very well).
English speakers - Native, born elsewhere:
68.7% of residents of St. Louis speak English at home.
11.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English less than very well).
19.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
English speakers - Foreign born:
14.8% of residents of St. Louis speak English at home.
15.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English less than very well).
70.1% of residents speak other language at home (29% speak English very well, 71% speak English less than very well).
White - Speak only English
Native:
96.4% (141,505)
Foreign born:
11.6% (1,294)
White - Speak another language
Native:
3.6% (5,285)
Foreign born:
88.4% (9,849)
Black or African American - Speak only English
Native:
98.9% (150,927)
Foreign born:
30.5% (877)
Black or African American - Speak another language
Native:
1.1% (1,743)
Foreign born:
69.5% (1,995)
American Indian / Alaska Native - Speak another language
Native:
11.2% (82)
Foreign born:
100.0% (34)
Asian - Speak only English
Native:
56.9% (1,393)
Foreign born:
10.7% (496)
Asian - Speak another language
Native:
43.1% (1,057)
Foreign born:
89.3% (4,149)
Other race - Speak only English
Native:
34.3% (684)
Foreign born:
14.3% (307)
Other race - Speak another language
Native:
65.7% (1,313)
Foreign born:
85.7% (1,842)
Two or more races - Speak only English
Native:
95.0% (5,534)
Foreign born:
40.0% (97)
Two or more races - Speak another language
Native:
4.9% (287)
Foreign born:
34.2% (83)
White alone, not Hispanic / Latino - Speak only English
Native:
97.1% (139,429)
Foreign born:
10.4% (991)
White alone, not Hispanic / Latino - Speak another language
Native:
2.9% (4,171)
Foreign born:
89.6% (8,521)
Hispanic or Latino - Speak only English
Native:
53.2% (3,114)
Foreign born:
14.8% (550)
Hispanic or Latino - Speak another language
Native:
46.8% (2,744)
Foreign born:
85.2% (3,170)
19,542 residents are foreign born (2.5% Europe, 1.8% Asia, 0.8% Latin America).
This city:
5.6%
Missouri:
2.7%
Median age by place of birth - St. Louis
Place of birth - St. Louis White
Place of birth - St. Louis Black or African American
Place of birth - St. Louis American Indian / Alaska Native
Place of birth - St. Louis Asian
Place of birth - St. Louis Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
Place of birth - St. Louis Other race
Place of birth - St. Louis Two or more races
Place of birth - St. Louis White alone, not Hispanic / Latino
Place of birth - St. Louis Hispanic or Latino
Population born outside the United States - St. Louis
Year of entry for the foreign-born population - St. Louis
Year of entry for the foreign-born male population - St. Louis
Year of entry for the foreign-born female population - St. Louis
Place of birth by age - St. Louis
Marital status for White population 15 years and over:
Males:
Never married: 47.5%
Now married: 34.2%
Separated: 2.6%
Widowed: 2.1%
Divorced: 13.6%
Females:
Never married: 33.5%
Now married: 35.8%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 11.3%
Divorced: 17.5%
Women who had a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
63.5% (2,014)
Unmarried:
36.5% (1,160)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
32.3% (13,796)
Unmarried:
67.7% (28,893)
Marital status for Black or African American population 15 years and over:
Males:
Never married: 58.4%
Now married: 19.8%
Separated: 7.6%
Widowed: 2.3%
Divorced: 11.8%
Females:
Never married: 55.2%
Now married: 15.8%
Separated: 6.3%
Widowed: 9.8%
Divorced: 12.9%
Women who had a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
10.8% (402)
Unmarried:
89.2% (3,306)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
19.7% (8,776)
Unmarried:
80.3% (35,795)
Marital status for American Indian / Alaska Native population 15 years and over:
Males:
Never married: 66.0%
Now married: 22.5%
Separated: 5.3%
Widowed: 0.0%
Divorced: 6.3%
Females:
Never married: 25.9%
Now married: 27.5%
Separated: 5.9%
Widowed: 20.7%
Divorced: 12.0%
Women who had a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
0.0% (0)
Unmarried:
24.0% (4)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
44.2% (73)
Unmarried:
55.0% (91)
Marital status for Asian population 15 years and over:
Males:
Never married: 41.1%
Now married: 37.8%
Separated: 2.6%
Widowed: 0.0%
Divorced: 18.6%
Females:
Never married: 47.4%
Now married: 35.1%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 6.6%
Divorced: 10.8%
Women who had a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
109.1% (93)
Unmarried:
0.0% (0)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
33.5% (694)
Unmarried:
68.5% (1,421)
Marital status for Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander population 15 years and over:
Males:
Never married: 0.0%
Now married: 0.0%
Separated: 344.2%
Widowed: 0.0%
Divorced: 0.0%
Females:
Never married: 0.0%
Now married: 31.5%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 21.9%
Divorced: 46.6%
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
0.0% (0)
Unmarried:
100.0% (18)
Marital status for Other race population 15 years and over:
Males:
Never married: 47.8%
Now married: 48.4%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 0.0%
Divorced: 5.4%
Females:
Never married: 47.0%
Now married: 39.4%
Separated: 2.3%
Widowed: 6.9%
Divorced: 7.2%
Women who had a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
24.5% (15)
Unmarried:
71.3% (45)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
46.2% (375)
Unmarried:
55.2% (448)
Marital status for Two or more races population 15 years and over:
Males:
Never married: 49.3%
Now married: 26.1%
Separated: 9.9%
Widowed: 3.9%
Divorced: 12.8%
Females:
Never married: 54.3%
Now married: 20.7%
Separated: 6.5%
Widowed: 9.0%
Divorced: 12.2%
Women who had a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
0.0% (0)
Unmarried:
99.3% (38)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
27.6% (440)
Unmarried:
72.7% (1,159)
Marital status for White alone, not Hispanic / Latino population 15 years and over:
Males:
Never married: 47.4%
Now married: 34.4%
Separated: 2.7%
Widowed: 2.0%
Divorced: 13.6%
Females:
Never married: 33.4%
Now married: 36.2%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 11.3%
Divorced: 17.3%
Women who had a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
63.7% (1,975)
Unmarried:
36.3% (1,125)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
32.6% (13,521)
Unmarried:
67.4% (27,936)
Marital status for Hispanic or Latino population 15 years and over:
Males:
Never married: 46.6%
Now married: 41.4%
Separated: 1.1%
Widowed: 2.3%
Divorced: 8.6%
Females:
Never married: 31.8%
Now married: 37.1%
Separated: 4.2%
Widowed: 12.6%
Divorced: 14.4%
Women who had a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
35.3% (66)
Unmarried:
64.7% (121)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months
Now married:
48.7% (1,189)
Unmarried:
51.3% (1,251)
Ancestries in St. Louis (Other ancestries excluded from the graph)
Other - 173,242 (49.8%)
German - 50,575 (14.5%)
Irish - 30,117 (8.6%)
English - 13,435 (3.9%)
Italian - 12,579 (3.6%)
United States - 10,641 (3.1%)
French - 8,393 (2.4%)
Subsaharan African - 5,481 (1.6%)
Polish - 5,324 (1.5%)
Dutch - 2,450 (0.7%)
Scottish - 2,435 (0.7%)
Scotch-Irish - 2,429 (0.7%)
Czech - 2,275 (0.7%)
Arab - 1,643 (0.5%)
Russian - 1,253 (0.4%)
Swedish - 1,176 (0.3%)
Hungarian - 1,013 (0.3%)
Greek - 994 (0.3%)
Norwegian - 928 (0.3%)
Welsh - 885 (0.3%)
Swiss - 749 (0.2%)
French Canadian - 565 (0.2%)
West Indian - 498 (0.1%)
Lithuanian - 478 (0.1%)
Ukrainian - 423 (0.1%)
Slovak - 420 (0.1%)
Danish - 328 (0.09%)
Portuguese - 150 (0.04%)
Geographical mobility - Same house 1 year ago (%)
White: 129,920 (79.4%)
Black or African American: 128,078 (76.6%)
American Indian / Alaska Native: 509 (63.5%)
Asian: 5,359 (69.7%)
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 94 (100.0%)
Other race: 2,439 (86.4%)
Two or more races: 4,899 (77.7%)
White alone, not Hispanic / Latino: 126,141 (79.6%)
Hispanic or Latino: 8,659 (80.3%)
Geographical mobility - Moved within same county (%)
White: 14,968 (9.2%)
Black or African American: 25,685 (15.4%)
American Indian / Alaska Native: 136 (16.9%)
Asian: 929 (12.1%)
Other race: 190 (6.7%)
Two or more races: 516 (8.2%)
White alone, not Hispanic / Latino: 14,281 (9.0%)
Hispanic or Latino: 1,180 (10.9%)
Geographical mobility - Moved within same state (%)
White: 8,983 (5.5%)
Black or African American: 9,974 (6.0%)
American Indian / Alaska Native: 31 (3.9%)
Asian: 316 (4.1%)
Other race: 65 (2.3%)
Two or more races: 893 (14.2%)
White alone, not Hispanic / Latino: 8,722 (5.5%)
Hispanic or Latino: 370 (3.4%)
Geographical mobility - Moved from different state (%)
5.6%
2.7%