Greater St. Louis is the 23rd-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States, the largest in

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, and the second-largest in

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. Its

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—

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Miss ...

—sits in the geographic center of the metro area, on the west bank of the

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. The river bisects the metro area geographically between Illinois and Missouri, although the latter portion is much more populous. The MSA includes St. Louis County, which is independent of the City of St. Louis; their two populations are generally tabulated separately. The St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan statistical area (MSA) includes the City of St. Louis; the

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, Clinton,

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, Macoupin,

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, and St. Clair (known collectively as the

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); and the Missouri counties of Crawford (only the City of

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, Jefferson,

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, St. Charles,

St. Louis St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) 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 populatio ...

(separate from and not inclusive of the city of St. Louis), and

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. The larger St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area (CSA) includes all of the aforementioned MSA, plus the Farmington, MO micropolitan statistical area, which includes St. Francois County,

, and the Centralia, IL micropolitan statistical area, which includes Marion County,

. In 2020, the St. Louis MSA was the 21st-largest in the nation with a population of 2,820,253. The larger CSA is ranked 20th largest in the United States, with a population of 2,909,003. It fell out of the country's top 20 largest MSAs in 2017 for the first time since 1840. As of 2021, Greater St. Louis is home to the headquarters of ten of Missouri's eleven

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companies, six Fortune 1,000 companies, and four of the top 50 largest private companies in America, as ranked by ''

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''. The metropolitan area received the

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in 2008.

History

The Illini Confederacy once dominated what is today the St. Louis area. During the 17th century, the population of indigenous peoples in the area was well over tens of thousands, including 20,000 in the Grand Village of Illinois. Indigenous peoples in the area built earthwork mounds on both sides of the Mississippi River, with the

Cahokia Mounds Cahokia Mounds ( 11 MS 2) is the site of a Native American city (which existed 1050–1350 CE) directly across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis. The state archaeology park lies in south-western Illinois between East St. L ...

as the regional center. St. Louis would later receive the nickname of "Mound City". Pierre Laclede Liguest and his 13-year-old grandson,

Auguste Chouteau René-Auguste Chouteau Jr. (; September 7, 1749, or September 26, 1750 – February 24, 1829Beckwith, 8.), also known as Auguste Chouteau, was one of the founders of St. Louis, Missouri, a successful fur trader and a politician. He and his partne ...

, selected St. Louis as the site for a French fur trading post in 1764 because it was a rarely flooded area at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. In 1770, ownership of St. Louis was transferred to Spain, and then returned to France during a secret treaty ( Treaty of San Ildefonso). The area became part of the United States in the 1803

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, and steadily grew thereafter. It was the starting point for

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. St. Louis was incorporated as a city in 1823. Between 1840 and 1860, the population exploded, particularly because of the arrival of German and Irish immigrants. St. Louis's current boundaries were established in 1876. After the

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, St. Louis continued to grow into a major manufacturing center due to its access to rail and water transportation. By the 1890s, St. Louis was the 4th-largest city in the United States. In 1904, St. Louis hosted the

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and the Olympics at Washington University's Francis Field. More than 20 million people visited the city during the fair's seven-month long run. St. Louis was seen as a city of industrialization with ties to the automobile industry. The Great Migration between World War I and World War II brought thousands of African Americans to the city, boosting St. Louis's population to 800,000 by 1940. The population peaked in 1950 at 856,000. There was no more room for expansion within city boundaries and earlier immigrant generations started moving to suburbs that could not be annexed. During the mid-1960s, construction began on the

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and

Busch Stadium Busch Stadium (also referred to informally as "New Busch Stadium" or "Busch Stadium III") is a baseball stadium located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the home of Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals. It has a seating capacity of 44,383, ...

, in part to help revitalize the central business district. A 30-year downtown building boom followed. Today, there is a continued population decline although revitalization efforts are under way.

Political divisions in Greater St. Louis

Missouri

*Crawford County MO:

(partially) *Franklin County MO:

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, Charmwood,

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, Miramiguoa Park,

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, Oak Grove Village,

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(partially),

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, St. Clair,

(partially), Union,

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* Jefferson County MO: Arnold, Barnhart, Byrnes Mill, Cedar Hill Lakes, Crystal City, De Soto,

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, Hillsboro, Imperial, Kimmswick, Lake Tekakwitha, Olympian Village, Parkdale, Peaceful Village, Pevely, Scotsdale * Lincoln County MO:

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, Chain of Rocks, Elsberry, Foley, Fountain N' Lakes, Hawk Point, Moscow Mills, Old Monroe,

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, Truxton, Whiteside, Winfield * St. Charles County MO: Augusta, Cottleville, Dardenne Prairie, Defiance, Foristell, Flint Hill, Josephville, Lake St. Louis, New Melle, O'Fallon, Portage des Sioux, St. Charles,

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, St. Peters, Weldon Spring, Weldon Spring Heights, Wentzville, West Alton * St. Louis (Independent City): City of

* St. Louis County MO: Ballwin, Bel-Nor, Bel-Ridge,

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, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Bellerive,

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, Black Jack, Breckenridge Hills, Brentwood, Bridgeton, Calverton Park,

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, Charlack, Chesterfield, Clarkson Valley, Clayton, Cool Valley, Country Club Hills, Country Life Acres, Crestwood, Creve Coeur, Crystal Lake Park, Dellwood, Des Peres, Edmundson, Ellisville,

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, Fenton, Ferguson, Flordell Hills, Florissant, Frontenac, Glen Echo Park, Glendale, Grantwood Village,

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, Greendale, Hanley Hills, Hazelwood, Hillsdale, Huntleigh, Kinloch, Kirkwood,

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Ladue Ladue is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 8,989. Ladue has the highest median household income of any city in Missouri with a population over 1,000. Ge ...

, Lakeshire,

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, Maplewood,

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, Moline Acres,

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, Northwoods, Norwood Court,

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, Olivette, Overland,

(partially), Pagedale, Pasadena Hills, Pasadena Park, Pine Lawn, Richmond Heights, Riverview, Rock Hill, St. Ann, St. John,

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, Sunset Hills, Sycamore Hills, Town and Country, Twin Oaks, University City,

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, Valley Park, Velda City, Velda Village Hills, Vinita Park, Warson Woods,

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, Wellston, Westwood, Wilbur Park, Wildwood,

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, Woodson Terrace * Warren County MO: Foristell, Innsbrook, Marthasville, Pendleton, Three Creeks, Truesdale, Warrenton, Wright City

Illinois

* Bond County IL: Donnellson, Greenville, Keyesport (partially), Mulberry Grove, Old Ripley,

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, Pierron,

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, Smithboro, Sorento * Calhoun County IL: Batchtown,

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, Hardin, Kampsville * Clinton County IL: Albers, Aviston, Bartelso, Beckemeyer, Breese, Carlyle, Centralia (partially), Damiansville, Germantown,

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, Huey, Keyesport (partially), New Baden, St. Rose, Shattuc, Trenton, Wamac (partially) * Jersey County IL:

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(partially), Elsah,

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, Fieldon, Grafton, Jerseyville, Otterville * Macoupin County IL:

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(mostly), Bunker Hill,

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, Chesterfield, Dorchester, East Gillespie, Eagarville, Gillespie, Girard, Hettick, Lake Ka-ho, Mt. Olive, Medora,

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, Mount Clare, Nilwood,

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, Royal Lakes, Sawyerville, Scottville, Shipman,

Standard City Standard City is a village in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 135 at the 2020 census. Geography Standard City is located in northeastern Macoupin County at . It is northeast of Carlinville, the county seat, and we ...

, Staunton, Virden (partially), White City, Wilsonville * Madison County IL:

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, Bethalto, Collinsville (mostly), East Alton, Edwardsville, Fairmont City (partially),

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, Glen Carbon, Granite City, Grantfork, Hamel,

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, Livingston,

, Marine, Maryville, New Douglas,

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, Pierron,

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, South Roxana, St. Jacob,

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, Williamson, Wood River, Worden * Monroe County IL: Columbia, Fults, Hecker, Maeystown, Valmeyer,

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* St. Clair County IL: Belleville,

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, Cahokia Heights, Caseyville, Collinsville (partially), Columbia, Dupo, East Carondelet, East St. Louis, Fairmont City (partially), Fairview Heights, Fayetteville, Freeburg, Hecker,

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, Marissa, Mascoutah, Millstadt, New Athens, New Baden, O'Fallon, Sauget, Shiloh, Smithton, St. Libory, Summerfield,

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, Washington Park As noted above, the Greater St. Louis area includes two municipalities named O'Fallon (in St. Charles County, Missouri and St. Clair County, Illinois), two municipalities named Troy (in Lincoln County, Missouri and Madison County, Illinois), and two municipalities named Chesterfield (in St. Louis County, Missouri and Macoupin County, Illinois). Greater St. Louis contains several separately-chartered, county-level governmental units that exist independently of the hierarchical municipality-county-state structure. These span multiple counties, and even cross state lines. Generally, their jurisdiction is focused on providing specific services that otherwise would be inadequately funded or inefficiently provided. They include the

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, the Great Rivers Greenway District, the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the

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, and the Special School District of St. Louis County. The

East-West Gateway Council of Governments The East-West Gateway Council of Governments (EWGCOG or EWG) is the official Council of Governments and Metropolitan planning organization for Greater St. Louis, USA. It was incorporated in 1965. Purpose The council coordinates planning and prob ...

is the federally-designated

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for the region's transportation infrastructure. The nearby

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–

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and

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metropolitan area are technically not located within the metropolitan area, but are regionally associated due to their proximity and accessibility to Greater St. Louis.

Demographics

According to the 2010 United States Census, in Greater St. Louis there were 2,787,701 people living in 1,143,001 households, of which 748,892 households were families.

Race

In 2010, 98.2% of the population of Greater St. Louis considered themselves of one race, while 1.8% considered themselves of

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. Of those of one race, 76.9% (2,214,298) were

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, 18% (519,221) were

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, 2.1% (60,316) were

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, and 1.1% (32,542) were American Indian,

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Pacific Islander American Pacific Islander Americans (also colloquially referred to as Islander Americans) are Americans who are of Pacific Islander ancestry (or are descendants of the Indigenous peoples of Oceania). For its purposes, the United States census also cou ...

, or some other race. 2.5% (72,797) were

Hispanic or Latino Americans Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans who have a Spaniards, Spanish or Latin Americans, Latin American background, culture, or family origin. This demographic group includes all Americans who identify as Hispanic or Latino (demonym), ...

of any race.

Religion

According to a

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study conducted in 2014, 75% of St. Louis metro area residents identify with Christianity and its various denominations, and 4% are adherents of non-Christian religions. 21% have no religion. Of those, about 3% specifically identify as atheists, about 3% identify as agnostics, and about 16% identify as "Nothing in particular". The religious demographics of the St. Louis metro area are as follows: *

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

75% **

Protestantism Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

47% ***

Evangelical Protestant Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of the Christian ...

20% ***

Mainline Protestant The mainline Protestants (sometimes also known as oldline Protestants) are a group of Protestantism in the United States, Protestant denominations in the United States and Protestantism in Canada, Canada largely of the Liberal Christianity, theolo ...

17% *** Historically Black Protestant 10% **

Catholicism The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

25% **

Mormonism Mormonism is the theology and religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationism, Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 1830s. As a label, Mormonism has been applied to va ...

2% **Other Christian 1% *Non-Christian Faiths 4% **

Judaism Judaism () is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jews, Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of o ...

1% **

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

1% **

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for a range of Indian religions, Indian List of religions and spiritual traditions#Indian religions, religious and spiritual traditions (Sampradaya, ''sampradaya''s) that are unified ...

1% **Other religion 1% *Unaffiliated 21%

Age and gender

As of 2010, the median age for Greater St. Louis is 38.2, and 47.4% of the population was male while 52.6% was female.

Income and housing statistics

As of 2010, Greater St. Louis included 1,264,680

housing units A housing unit, or dwelling unit (at later mention, often abbreviated to ''unit''), is a structure or the part of a structure or the space that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one person or more people who maintain a common hous ...

, of which 90.4% (1,143,001) were occupied. Of those units that were vacant, 3.2% (40,553) of units were for rent, 1.6% (19,956) were for sale, 1% (12,575) were unoccupied seasonal homes, and .5% (6,771) were sold or rented but unoccupied. 3.3% (41,884) of units were vacant and not for sale or rent. Of the occupied housing units, 70.6% (807,431) were owner-occupied with 2,075,622 occupants. 29.4% (335,570) of units were rented with 739,749 occupants. In 2010, the median income for a household in the St. Louis metro was $50,900.

Transportation

Transportation in Greater St. Louis includes

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rail Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Railway track or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' (1967 fil ...

, and

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transportation modes connecting the communities in the area with national and international transportation networks. Parts of Greater St. Louis also support a

public transportation Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whi ...

network that includes

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, as well as the MetroLink

light rail Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from ...

which began operating in 1993. The principal airport serving the region is

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, located in St. Louis County. It also includes

MidAmerica St. Louis Airport MidAmerica St. Louis Airport – also known as Belleville–St. Louis Airport – is a public use airport next to Scott Air Force Base. It is located east of downtown St. Louis and east of the central business district of Belleville in ...

Education

Education in Greater St. Louis is provided by 132 public school districts, independent private schools,

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, and several public library systems. Greater St. Louis also is home to more than 30 colleges and universities.

Parks

Parks in Greater St. Louis are administered by a variety of state, county, and municipal authorities, and the region also includes the state of Missouri's only

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Gateway Arch National Park Gateway Arch National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In its initial form as a List of nationa ...

. Several

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in the region and parks owned by St. Louis County are larger than 1,000 acres, while one park in the city of St. Louis,

, also exceeds 1,000 acres.

Economy

The 2014 Gross Metropolitan Product (GMP) of St. Louis was $145.958 billion, that makes St. Louis the 21st highest GMP in the United States. The three largest categories of employment in Greater St. Louis are trade, transportation, and utilities with 249,000 workers, education and healthcare services with 225,000 workers, and professional and business services with 185,000 workers.Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2011). Greater St. Louis has more than 1.3 million non-farm workers, representing roughly 15 percent of the non-farm workforce of Missouri and Illinois combined. As of May 2011, 125,000 non-farm workers were unemployed in Greater St. Louis, with an unemployment rate of 8.6 percent. As of the third quarter of 2010, the Greater St. Louis region had more than 73,000 companies or establishments paying wages, while average weekly wages for that period were $833, slightly lower than the U.S. national average of $870. The largest industry by business conducted was wholesaling with $71 billion, followed by manufacturing with $67 billion, retail trade with $36 billion, and healthcare with $16 billion. The area's largest employer by sector was healthcare with 174,000 workers, followed by retail trade with 152,000 workers and manufacturing with 134,000 workers.2007 Economic Census. Using available data, the combined value of business conducted in the combined statistical area was $213 billion in 2007. With a gross metropolitan product of $112 billion in 2009, St. Louis' economy makes up 40% of the Gross State Product of Missouri.

Companies and major employers

As of 2021, Greater St. Louis is home to eight of Missouri's ten

companies:

Centene Centene Corporation is an American for-profit healthcare company based in St. Louis, Missouri, which is an intermediary for government-sponsored and privately insured healthcare programs. Centene ranked No. 25 on the 2023 Fortune 500. History ...

(#24),

Emerson Electric Emerson Electric Co. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The Fortune 500 company delivers a range of engineering services, manufactures industrial automation equipment, climate control systems, and p ...

(#181), Reinsurance Group of America (#207), Edward Jones (#295),

Graybar Graybar Electric Company, Inc. is an American wholesale electrical, communications and data networking products distribution business, which also supplies related supply-chain management and logistics services. The company is based in Clayton, ...

(#399),

Ameren Ameren Corporation is an American power company created December 31, 1997, by the merger of Union Electric Company (formerly NYSE: UEP) of St. Louis, Missouri and the neighboring Central Illinois Public Service Company (CIPSCO Inc. holding, for ...

(#469),

Olin Corporation Olin Corporation is an American manufacturer of ammunition, chlorine, and sodium hydroxide. The company traces its roots to two companies, both founded in 1892: Franklin W. Olin's Equitable Powder Company and the Mathieson Alkali Works. Acciden ...

(#472), and

Post Holdings Post Holdings, Inc. is an American Fast-moving consumer goods, consumer packaged goods holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri with businesses operating in the center-of-the-store, refrigerated, foodservice, and food ingredient categ ...

(#474). In addition, the area is home to six Fortune 1,000 companies:

Stifel Stifel Financial Corp. is an American multinational independent investment bank and financial services company created under the Stifel name in July 1983 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange on November 24, 1986. Its predecessor company wa ...

(#633),

Peabody Energy Peabody Energy is a coal mining company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Its primary business consists of the mining, sale, and distribution of coal, which is purchased for use in electricity generation and steelmaking. Peabody also marke ...

(#772),

Energizer Holdings Energizer Holdings, Inc. is an American manufacturer and one of the world's largest manufacturers of batteries, headquartered in Clayton, Missouri. It produces batteries under the Energizer, Ray-O-Vac, Varta, and Eveready brand names and fo ...

(#775), Caleres (#935), Belden (#964),

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(#999). As well as two of the Top 50 Largest Private Companies in America, as ranked by Forbes:

Enterprise Holdings Enterprise Holdings, Inc. (doing business as Enterprise Mobility) is an American private holding company headquartered in Clayton, Missouri, in Greater St. Louis. It is the parent company of car rental agencies Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Nationa ...

(#9) and World Wide Technology (#20). Other notable corporations from the area include

Wells Fargo Advisors Wells Fargo Advisors is a subsidiary of Wells Fargo, located in St Louis, Missouri. It is the third largest brokerage firm in the United States as of June 30, 2021 with $1.9 trillion retail client assets under management In finance, assets u ...

(formerly A.G. Edwards),

, and

Ralcorp Ralcorp Holdings is an American manufacturer of various food products, including breakfast cereal, cookies, crackers, chocolate, snack foods, mayonnaise, pasta, and peanut butter. The company is based in St. Louis, Missouri. The majority of the ...

. Significant healthcare and biotechnology institutions with operations in St. Louis include

Pfizer Pfizer Inc. ( ) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered at The Spiral (New York City), The Spiral in Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 184 ...

, the

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is an independent, not-for-profit research institute dedicated to plant science located in the Creve Coeur community of Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States. It was founded in 1998 by William Henry ...

, the Solae Company,

Sigma-Aldrich Sigma-Aldrich (formally MilliporeSigma) is an American chemical, life science, and biotechnology company owned by the multinational chemical conglomerate Merck Group. Sigma-Aldrich was created in 1975 by the merger of Sigma Chemical Company and ...

, and Multidata Systems International. Although it was purchased by Belgium-based

InBev InBev () was a brewing company that resulted from the merger between Belgium-based company Interbrew and Brazilian brewer AmBev which took place in 2004. It existed independently until the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch in 2008, which formed Anheu ...

Anheuser-Busch Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC ( ) is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2008, it has been wholly owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (AB InBev), now the world's largest brewing company, which owns multiple ...

continues its presence in the city, as does Mallinckrodt Incorporated in spite of its purchase by

Tyco International Tyco International was a security systems company incorporated in the Republic of Ireland, with operational headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey, United States (Tyco International (US) Inc.). Tyco International was composed of two major busin ...

General Motors General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing f ...

continues to produce cars in the St. Louis area, although

Chrysler FCA US, LLC, Trade name, doing business as Stellantis North America and known historically as Chrysler ( ), is one of the "Big Three (automobile manufacturers), Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn H ...

closed its production facility in the region, which was located in

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. Despite its purchase by

Nestlé Nestlé S.A. ( ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 20 ...

Ralston Purina Ralston Purina Company was a St. Louis, Missouri,–based American conglomerate with substantial holdings in animal feed, food, pet food, consumer products, and entertainment. On December 12, 2001, it merged with Swiss food-giant Nestlé's ...

remained headquartered in St. Louis as a wholly owned subsidiary. St. Louis is also home to

Boeing Phantom Works Boeing Phantom Works is the advanced prototyping arm of the defense and security side of Boeing. Its primary focus is developing advanced military products and technologies, many of them highly classified. Founded by McDonnell Douglas, the resea ...

(formerly

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). In addition, the

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in downtown is one of two federal reserve banks in Missouri. St. Louis County in particular is home to several area companies.

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, formerly a chemical company and now a leader in

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, is headquartered in Creve Coeur.

Express Scripts Express Scripts Holding Company is a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organization. In 2017 it was the 22nd-largest company in the United States by total revenue as well as the largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organization in the Unit ...

, a pharmaceutical benefits management firm, has its corporate headquarters in the suburbs of St. Louis, near the campus of the

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, the battery company, is headquartered in Town and Country.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Enterprise Rent-A-Car is an American car rental agency headquartered in Clayton, Missouri, in Greater St. Louis. Enterprise is the flagship brand of Enterprise Holdings, which also owns other agencies including Alamo Rent a Car and National ...

's headquarters are located in Clayton.

Charter Communications Charter Communications, Inc., is an American telecommunications and mass media company with services branded as Spectrum. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. With over 32 million customers in 41 states as of 2022, it is the ...

was formerly headquartered in Town and Country, until the executive team moved to Stamford, Connecticut; however, Charter has continued to grow in St. Louis and has upwards of 4,000 employees in the region as of mid-2018.

's headquarters are located in Ferguson.

Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is a division of the Boeing Company based in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The division builds military airplanes, rotorcraft, and missiles, as well as space systems for both commercial and mili ...

is headquartered in

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Edward Jones Investments Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., (Doing business as, d.b.a. Edward Jones Investments), simplified as Edward Jones, is a financial services firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1922, Edward Jones pioneered the branch-office brokerage ...

is headquartered in Des Peres. From 1994 until its acquisition in 2000 by

, another chemical company,

Mallinckrodt Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals plc is an American-Irish domiciled manufacturer of specialty pharmaceuticals (namely, adrenocorticotropic hormone), generic drugs and imaging agents. In 2017, it generated 90% of its sales from the U.S. healthcare s ...

, was headquartered in St. Louis County. Many of the former Mallinckrodt facilities are still in operation by Tyco in the St. Louis suburb of

Hazelwood, Missouri Hazelwood is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, St. Louis County, Missouri, within Greater St. Louis. It is a second-ring northern suburb of St. Louis. Based on the 2020 United States census, the city had a total population of 25,485. It is loc ...

. Others are SSM Health Care, Mercy Hospital, and the

Tenet Healthcare Corporation Tenet Healthcare Corporation is an American for-profit multinational corporation, multinational healthcare services company based in Dallas, Texas. Through its brands, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and partnerships, including United Surgical Pa ...

chain.

Companies headquartered in Greater St. Louis

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O'Fallon, Missouri O'Fallon ( ) is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. It is part of the St. Louis metropolitan statistical area, located along Interstates 64 and 70 between Lake St. Louis and St. Peters. As of the 2020 census, O'Fallon ha ...

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Overland, Missouri Overland is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 15,955 at the 2020 census. History The area south of the King's Road to St. Charles, Missouri, St. Charles was first settled in the ea ...

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Belleville, Illinois Belleville is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It is a southeastern suburb of St. Louis. The population was 42,404 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the most populated city in the Me ...

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Alton, Illinois Alton ( ) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 25,676 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is a part of the River Bend (Illinois), Riv ...

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University City, Missouri University City (colloquially, U. City) is an inner-ring suburb of the city of St. Louis in St. Louis County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was measured at 35,065 by the 2020 census. The city is one of the older suburbs in th ...

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Creve Coeur, Missouri Creve Coeur is a city located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, a part of Greater St. Louis. Its population was 18,834 at the 2020 census. Creve Coeur borders and shares a ZIP code (63141) with the neighboring city of Town and Co ...

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Ascension Health Ascension is a large private Catholic healthcare system in the United States. Ascension had 142,000 employees, 142 hospitals, and 40 senior living facilities operating in 19 states and the District of Columbia as of the end of 2021. Ascension ...

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Troy, Missouri Troy is a city in Lincoln County, Missouri, Lincoln County, Missouri, United States. As of 2019, the estimated population was 12,820. It is the county seat of Lincoln County. Troy is an exurb of St. Louis, and is part of the St. Louis Metropolita ...

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Maryland Heights, Missouri Maryland Heights is a second-ring west-northwest suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 27,472 at the 2010 census. The city was incorporated in 1985. Edwin L. Dirck was appointed the city's ...

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Des Peres, Missouri Des Peres () is a city in west St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,373 at the 2010 census. History The first inhabitants of Des Peres were the Cahokia, the Kaskaskia, the Mitchigamea, the Moingona, and the Otoe p ...

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Imo's Pizza Imo's Pizza is an American chain of pizza restaurants headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. As of 2020, the company says it has more than 100 restaurants and stores in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas. As of November 2015, Imo's was ranked the 32n ...

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Luxco Luxco, Inc. is an American privately owned producer and marketer of distilled beverages and liqueurs based in St. Louis, Missouri. It has been owned by MGP Ingredients since 2021. History The company was founded in 1958 by David Sherman Sr. and ...

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Alorton, Illinois Alorton (formerly Alcoa) was a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. Incorporated in 1944, it was one of three municipalities that merged to form the city of Cahokia Heights on May 6, 2021; the other two were the village of Ca ...

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Nestlé Purina PetCare Nestlé Purina PetCare Company (), or simply Purina, is an American subsidiary of the Swiss corporation Nestlé, based in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1893 by William H. Danforth. It produces and markets pet food, treats, and cat and dog l ...

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Weldon Spring, Missouri Weldon Spring is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,326 at the 2020 census. History Weldon Spring was platted in 1864. The community took its name from a spring of the same name near the original town s ...

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Novus International Novus International, Inc. is an American animal health and nutrition company headquartered in St. Charles, Missouri.http://www.stltoday.com/pr/business/PR05050910482578 Novus is privately owned by Mitsui & Co. and Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. and op ...

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Sports

The Greater St. Louis area is currently home to four professional sports teams: the

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) who won the Stanley Cup in 2019 Stanley Cup Finals, 2019, and the St. Louis Cardinals (Major League Baseball, MLB), who have won 19 National League Pennants, and 11 World Series Championships, the St. Louis BattleHawks (United Football League (2024), UFL) and the St. Louis City SC (Major League Soccer, MLS).

References

External links

East-West Gateway Council of Governments

St. Louis County Economic Council
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