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Language Spoken At Home in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 2,633,655 | 100% |
English only | 2,466,879 | 93.7% |
Language other than English | 166,776 | 6.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 59,571 | 2.3% |
Spanish | 55,653 | 2.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 19,090 | 0.7% |
Other Indo-European languages | 60,701 | 2.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 18,982 | 0.7% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 37,126 | 1.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 17,045 | 0.6% |
Other languages | 13,296 | 0.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 4,454 | 0.2% |
Ancestry in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 2,810,367 | 100% |
American | 186,759 | 6.6% |
Arab | 11,877 | 0.4% |
Czech | 19,765 | 0.7% |
Danish | 7,276 | 0.3% |
Dutch | 39,672 | 1.4% |
English | 239,618 | 8.5% |
French (except Basque) | 118,436 | 4.2% |
French Canadian | 6,051 | 0.2% |
German | 860,656 | 30.6% |
Greek | 9,737 | 0.3% |
Hungarian | 11,691 | 0.4% |
Irish | 407,995 | 14.5% |
Italian | 137,722 | 4.9% |
Lithuanian | 4,989 | 0.2% |
Norwegian | 15,567 | 0.6% |
Polish | 76,158 | 2.7% |
Portuguese | 2,088 | 0.1% |
Russian | 19,731 | 0.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 27,876 | 1.0% |
Scottish | 43,920 | 1.6% |
Slovak | 4,324 | 0.2% |
Subsaharan African | 21,497 | 0.8% |
Swedish | 20,749 | 0.7% |
Swiss | 12,642 | 0.4% |
Ukrainian | 4,815 | 0.2% |
Welsh | 15,864 | 0.6% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 2,972 | 0.1% |
Households By Type in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 1,112,296 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 728,796 | 65.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 324,352 | 29.2% |
Married-couple family | 533,534 | 48.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 214,774 | 19.3% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 46,508 | 4.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 23,632 | 2.1% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 148,754 | 13.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 85,946 | 7.7% |
Nonfamily households | 383,500 | 34.5% |
Householder living alone | 322,447 | 29.0% |
65 years and over | 112,599 | 10.1% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 358,309 | 32.2% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 268,345 | 24.1% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 2,753,562 | 100% |
Householder | 1,112,296 | 40.4% |
Spouse | 533,394 | 19.4% |
Child | 843,808 | 30.6% |
Other relatives | 137,368 | 5.0% |
Nonrelatives | 126,696 | 4.6% |
Unmarried partner | 63,931 | 2.3% |
Marital Status in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 1,079,985 | 100% |
Never married | 364,761 | 33.8% |
Now married, except separated | 562,217 | 52.1% |
Separated | 17,920 | 1.7% |
Widowed | 28,260 | 2.6% |
Divorced | 106,827 | 9.9% |
Females 15 years and over | 1,181,991 | 100% |
Never married | 341,811 | 28.9% |
Now married, except separated | 555,405 | 47.0% |
Separated | 25,245 | 2.1% |
Widowed | 116,490 | 9.9% |
Divorced | 143,040 | 12.1% |
Fertility in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 38,465 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 14,143 | 36.8% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 37 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 55 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 23 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 102 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 24 | 0% |
Grandparents in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 53,426 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 24,012 | 44.9% |
Less than 1 year | 5,947 | 11.1% |
1 or 2 years | 5,740 | 10.7% |
3 or 4 years | 3,722 | 7.0% |
5 or more years | 8,603 | 16.1% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 24,012 | 100% |
Who are female | 15,643 | 65.1% |
Who are married | 15,688 | 65.3% |
School Enrollment in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 754,723 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 52,727 | 7.0% |
Kindergarten | 37,039 | 4.9% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 296,980 | 39.3% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 158,902 | 21.1% |
College or graduate school | 209,075 | 27.7% |
Educational Attainment in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 1,883,765 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 65,129 | 3.5% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 134,857 | 7.2% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 523,165 | 27.8% |
Some college, no degree | 441,910 | 23.5% |
Associate's degree | 151,680 | 8.1% |
Bachelor's degree | 348,676 | 18.5% |
Graduate or professional degree | 218,348 | 11.6% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 89.4% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 30.1% |
Veteran Status in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 2,135,518 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 225,593 | 10.6% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 2,772,471 | 100% |
With a disability | 337,540 | 12.2% |
Under 18 years | 667,338 | 100% |
With a disability | 29,127 | 4.4% |
18 to 64 years | 1,743,292 | 100% |
With a disability | 177,659 | 10.2% |
65 years and over | 361,841 | 100% |
With a disability | 130,754 | 36.1% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 2,774,959 | 100% |
Same house | 2,393,480 | 86.3% |
Different house in the U.S. | 371,707 | 13.4% |
Same county | 220,033 | 7.9% |
Different county | 151,674 | 5.5% |
Same state | 93,589 | 3.4% |
Different state | 58,085 | 2.1% |
Abroad | 9,772 | 0.4% |
Place Of Birth in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 2,810,367 | 100% |
Native | 2,687,476 | 95.6% |
Born in United States | 2,669,872 | 95.0% |
State of residence | 1,952,203 | 69.5% |
Different state | 717,669 | 25.5% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 17,604 | 0.6% |
Foreign born | 122,891 | 4.4% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 122,891 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 56,127 | 45.7% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 66,764 | 54.3% |
Year of Entry in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 140,495 | 100% |
Native | 17,604 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 214 | 1.2% |
Entered before 2010 | 17,390 | 98.8% |
Foreign born | 122,891 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 5,841 | 4.8% |
Entered before 2010 | 117,050 | 95.2% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in St. Louis
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 122,891 | 100% |
Europe | 33,485 | 27.2% |
Asia | 52,091 | 42.4% |
Africa | 8,758 | 7.1% |
Oceania | 1,113 | 0.9% |
Latin America | 24,407 | 19.9% |
Northern America | 3,037 | 2.5% |