St. Louis is a large city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 286,578 people and 166 associated neighborhoods, St. Louis is the second largest community in Missouri. St. Louis has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, St. Louis is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Louis is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Louis who work in management occupations (10.02%), office and administrative support (9.98%), and healthcare (8.40%). Also of interest is that St. Louis has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.55% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Many people in St. Louis take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among St. Louis citizens for affordable transportation.The education level of St. Louis citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.62% of adults in St. Louis have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in St. Louis in 2022 was $36,722, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,888 for a family of four. However, St. Louis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. St. Louis is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call St. Louis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Louis residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Louis include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in St. Louis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
