St. Louis

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St. Louis

Total population

279,695

Median home value

$214,500

45%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$53,374

St. Louis$53k

National$74k

Air quality index

42Good

Weather72°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates38.64°, -90.24°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while its metropolitan area, which extends into Illinois, had an estimated population of over 2.8 million. It is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the second-largest in Illinois. The city's combined statistical area is the 20th-largest in the United States.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for St. Louis, MO from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Ted Buckner

American musician (1913–1976)

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Azita

American musician

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Thomas H. Stix

American nuclear physicist (1924–2001)

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Amedee Reyburn

American swimmer (1879-1920)

Muddy Ruel

American baseball player and coach (1896-1963)

Scott Touzinsky

American volleyball player

Bob Kurland

American basketball player (1924–2013)

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Fredi Walker

American actress

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Miles Burke

boxer (1885–1928)

Del Andrews

Hollywood writer and director (1894-1942)

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Jan Garavaglia

American forensic pathologist and coroner

Richard Stika

Catholic bishop

Frank Converse

American actor

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Roberto Contreras

Euro-Indigenous Latino American character actor (1928–2000)

Ryan Howard

American baseball player

Joe Besser

American actor and comedian (1907–1988)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Missouri

• Clayton
  4.7 mi away
• Beverly Hills
  5 mi away
• Glen Echo Park
  5.3 mi away
• Greendale
  5.4 mi away
• Brentwood
  5.7 mi away
• Bel-Nor
  5.8 mi away
• Flordell Hills
  5.8 mi away
• Country Club Hills
  6.1 mi away
• Bellerive Acres
  6.4 mi away
• Bella Villa
  6.7 mi away
• Bel-Ridge
  7 mi away
• Charlack
  7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about St. Louis

Human sexual response

William H. Masters · 1966

Lion of the Valley, St. Louis, Missouri

James Neal Primm · 1981

Schnuck's, National, & Dierberg's Supermarkets, St. Louis, Missouri

1993

Rand McNally EasyFinder St. Louis, Missouri

Rand McNally · 1998

St. Louis, Missouri

Bill Grant · 2007

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. · 1994

Papyri from the Washington University Collection, St. Louis, Missouri

Klaus Maresch · 1990

Black Liberation in the Midwest

Kenneth S. Jolly · 2006

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of St. Louis, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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