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St. Louis, MO
279,695 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2965000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, St. Louis ranked #309 of 340 cities and 9th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is St. Louis and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Cincinnati OH, Buffalo NY, Atlanta GA, Toledo OH, Pittsburgh PA, Birmingham AL, Cleveland OH, Akron OH, Norfolk VA, Richmond VA, Baltimore MD, New Orleans LA, Jackson MS · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #309 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #317 | #320 | #336 | #325 | #303 | #281 | #335 | #333 | #328 | #337 | #335 | #321 | #334 | #325 | #336 | #338 | #283 | #316 | #309 | #277 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 324,945 | 320,131 | 317,959 | 317,955 | 318,842 | 319,336 | 319,344 | 319,416 | 318,476 | 317,399 | 316,010 | 312,633 | 308,233 | 303,419 | 300,576 | 300,315 | 293,484 | 286,292 | 282,772 | 279,695 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #337 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -2.7 | -2.5 | -1.7 | -1.2 | -0.9 | — | -0.9 | -0.8 | -1.0 | -1.1 | -1.3 | -1.8 | -2.1 | -2.2 | -1.5 | -0.4 | -2.5 | -3.0 | -2.0 | -2.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #225 of 269 cities with data · 11th of 11 in its peer group with data · 2023 | — | 1.4 | — | 1.2 | — | — | 0.7 | — | 0.8 | — | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.3 | — | 3.3 | 4.1 | 1.0 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #139 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 22.0% | 23.0% | 21.4% | 22.8% | 22.6% | 25.1% | 26.3% | 26.4% | 25.1% | 25.4% | 24.0% | 23.2% | 22.6% | 22.7% | 21.1% | — | 20.3% | 20.7% | 21.6% | 23.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #303 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 12 in its peer group with data | 40.3 | 40.3 | 43.4 | 52.5 | 44.8 | 45.1 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 37.7 | 50.1 | 59.5 | 60.1 | 66.5 | 61.6 | 64.5 | 87.6 | 69.2 | 70.2 | 56.6 | 54.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #289 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 453.9 | 462.5 | 411.3 | 387.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 234,046 | 237,226 | 232,103 | 232,141 | 224,637 | 231,310 | 232,757 | 232,695 | 237,017 | 233,368 | 235,115 | 240,903 | 229,906 | 230,600 | 227,473 | 209,255 | 217,930 | 222,778 | 229,379 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #123 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -3.1 | +0.6 | -3.9 | -1.3 | +1.3 | +3.8 | -1.1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | -2.8 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -5.3 | +0.3 | -1.7 | -2.2 | +1.7 | -0.9 | +0.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 139,972 | 141,006 | 147,204 | 147,000 | 152,050 | 155,937 | 156,857 | 158,338 | 155,959 | — | 147,952 | 153,877 | 155,864 | 149,323 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #176 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.5% | 14.1% | 11.2% | 11.9% | 9.5% | 7.0% | 7.0% | 6.2% | 5.2% | — | 6.3% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 5.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 84% | 89% | 93% | 91% | 89% | 87% | 83% | 80% | 80% | 84% | 82% | 81% | 84% | 84% | 83% | 82% | 83% | 81% | 79% | 79% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #64 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 29% | 22% | -3% | 21% | 9% | 17% | 7% | 5% | -7% | -3% | -2% | 3% | -0% | 3% | -3% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 28% | 34% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #260 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | $8,034 | $7,642 | $7,865 | $8,373 | $8,101 | $8,798 | $8,221 | $7,965 | $7,611 | $7,589 | $7,172 | $7,144 | $7,899 | $6,686 | $7,167 | $6,409 | $6,486 | $5,755 | $5,805 | $5,459 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for St. Louis. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.