St. Louis County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

St louis county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics





NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.


Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school281,608100.0
Nursery school, preschool23,8588.5
Kindergarten14,2145.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)120,03042.6
High school (grades 9-12)58,95020.9
College or graduate school64,55622.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over677,027100.0
Less than 9th grade26,9624.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma54,5738.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)162,40524.0
Some college, no degree153,94122.7
Associate degree39,4175.8
Bachelor's degree149,13922.0
Graduate or professional degree90,59013.4
Percent high school graduate or higher88.0(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher35.4(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over804,818100.0
Never married214,09726.6
Now married, except separated439,75254.6
Separated12,9091.6
Widowed58,7237.3
Female
48,7286.1
Divorced79,3379.9
Female
49,3166.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years16,393100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren7,03042.9
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over759,643100.0
Civilian veterans103,08313.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years228,331100.0
With a disability18,0107.9
Population 21 to 64 years575,821100.0
With a disability79,12513.7
Percent employed
61.3(X)
No disability496,69686.3
Percent employed
81.1(X)
Population 65 years and over135,766100.0
With a disability49,24836.3
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over952,458100.0
Same house in 1995563,75859.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995373,98039.3
Same county
186,26619.6
Different county
187,71419.7
Same state
113,07311.9
Different state
74,6417.8
Elsewhere in 199514,7201.5
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population1,016,315100.0
Native973,61395.8
Born in United States
968,48595.3
State of residence
702,89769.2
Different state
265,58826.1
Born outside United States
5,1280.5
Foreign born42,7024.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000
20,2602.0
Naturalized citizen
20,7812.0
Not a citizen
21,9212.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)42,702100.0
Europe14,04232.9
Asia18,88644.2
Africa2,3065.4
Oceania3120.7
Latin America5,27012.3
Northern America1,8864.4
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over952,458100.0
English only891,64593.6
Language other than English60,8136.4
Speak English less than 'very well
21,1292.2
Spanish
16,7581.8
Speak English less than "very well"
6,0040.6
Other Indo-European languages
26,2472.8
Speak English less than "very well"
7,8330.8
Asian and Pacific Island languages
13,6341.4
Speak English less than "very well"
6,2490.7
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population1,016,315100.0

Total ancestries reported

1,139,374112.1
Arab4,2100.4
Czech19,8441.0
Danish3,4350.3
Dutch13,4221.3
English94,8389.3
French (except Basque)144,2764.4
French Canadian13,2730.3
German306,70730.2
Greek4,9960.5
Hungarian5,5930.6
Irish1158,22415.6
Italian54,1095.3
Lithuanian2,3420.2
Norwegian6,4910.6
Polish30,8853.0
Portuguese6830.1
Russian14,2861.4
Scotch-Irish15,0761.5
Scottish14,9451.5
Slovak1,8210.2
Subsaharan African7,4840.7
Swedish8,8400.9
Swiss5,6100.6
Ukrainian2,7460.3
United States or American51,4195.1
Welsh5,9080.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)8800.1
Other ancestries267,03126.3
(X) Not applicable.
1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.



Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19


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