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- This crowded city had no more room to grow within its fixed boundaries, and much of the housing stock had been neglected during the Great Depression of the 1930s and during World War II. Thus any new growth had to occur in the suburbs in St. Louis County, which St. Louis could not annex.
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Nov 13, 2023 · Most of the growth has been in Madison, St. Clair, St. Charles and St. Louis counties and the city of St. Louis, where Hispanic residents now account for more than 5% of the city's population. Reasons for the influx include the lower cost of living compared to bigger cities, educational and professional opportunities.
Mar 24, 2022 · The St. Louis region has a stable population, according to new estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 14-county region hovered around 2.8 million people, only shedding about 10,000 between 2020 and 2021, but the changes weren’t evenly distributed.
- Eric Schmid
May 31, 2019 · Comparing actual population growth with fore-casted growth may help identify the cause of the decline.4 The table summarizes population data for the St. Louis MSA and the five most populous counties. Five of the fif-teen counties in the MSA experienced population declines between 2000 and 2018, with the largest absolute and per-centage declines ...
Sep 20, 2023 · St. Louis County has only grown by about 50,000 in size over the last half-century, roughly a 5% change. From 2010 to 2020, it gained more residents than lost, but didn’t even grow 1% in size.
- Joey Schneider
Jul 21, 2023 · New census data shows the St. Louis metropolitan region lost around 19,000 people between April 2020 and July 2022. St. Louis and St. Louis County led the declines while suburban and exurban counties, like St. Charles, Lincoln and Jefferson, posted gains as they have in the past.
- Eric Schmid
Jun 20, 2019 · The St. Louis metropolitan statistical area’s population grew 4.7% from 2000 to 2018, significantly lagging the national growth rate of 19.9% over the same period, according to a recent Economic Synopses essay. Why the slow population growth for St. Louis?
May 1, 2021 · The most substantial losses, in an absolute sense, occurred in St. Louis City and St. Louis County, the Missouri Bootheel, and in the St. Joseph area. Two primary factors—migration (domestic and international) and natural change (births minus deaths)—drive population growth and decline.
