Greater St. Louis is the common name of the St. Louis-St.Charles, MO-IL CSA, also known as Metro St. Louis. Greater St. Louis is the16th largest in the United States (2008), with a population of 2,877,126. The region is anchored around the Independent City of St. Louis, and includes the Missouri counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Francois, St. Louis, Warren and Washington; and the Illinois counties of Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair, collectively known as the Metro-East. Population statistics are shown below:

New Greater St. Louis counties

As of now, four new counties have entered the St. Louis Area, one in Missouri (Washington), and three in Illinois (Bond, Calhoun, and Macoupin). Although the population of all four of the new counties are much smaller than the rest of the existing counties in the St. Louis Metro Area, they are growing much fasterthan the other counties. For example, in Washington County, Missouri, the employment rate grew 66.7% between 1990 to 1999. The St. Louis, MO-IL MSA covers a total area of 8,846 sq. mi. . is land and . is water. The St. Louis CSA includes the Farmington , in which the total CSA covers a total of 9,298 sq. mi. is land and . is water.

Counties in the St. Louis MSA

(includes counties in Missouri and Illinois, 2008)

District	Population	% change 1990-2000	Density (/mi²)	(/km²)	Area (mi²)	(km²)
St. Louis MSA, MO/IL (2008)	2,813,912	4.5	325.3	125.5	8,649	22,401
St. Louis County, MO	991,830	2.3	1,952	753	508	1316
St. Louis City, MO	354,361	-12.2	5,716	2,204	62	161
St. Charles County, MO	349,407	33.4	624	241	560	1450
Madison County, IL	267,038	3.9	368	142	725	1878
St. Clair County, IL	261,409	-2.6	394	152	664	1720
Jefferson County, MO	217,679	15.6	331	128	657	1702
Franklin County, MO	100,898	16.4	109	42	923	2391
(St. Francois County, MO) [not in MSA, but in CSA, 2008]	(63,214)	11.8	140	54	452	1172
Lincoln County, MO	52,775	34.8	84	32	630	1632
Macoupin County, IL	48,143	2.8	55	21	868	2247
Clinton County, IL	36,470	4.7	77	30	474	1228
Monroe County, IL	32,335	23.2	83	32	388	1005
Warren County, MO	31,214	25.6	72	28	431	1116
Washington County, MO	24,548	2.5	32	12	762	1975
Jersey County, IL	22,451	5.5	61	23	369	956
Bond County, IL	18,253	1.3	48	18	383	991
Calhoun County, IL	5,101	-4.5	18	7	284	735

Major highways

• Interstate 55
• Interstate 44
• Interstate 64
• Interstate 70
• U.S. 61
• U.S. 67
• U.S. 40

Cities in counties in the St. Louis area

• Franklin County: Berger, Gerald, New Haven,Pacific, Saint Clair, Sullivan, Union, Washington

• Jefferson County: Arnold, Barnhart, Byrnes Mill, Crystal City, De Soto, Festus, Herculaneum, Hillsboro, Pevely

• Lincoln County: Elsberry, Moscow Mills, Old Monroe, Troy, Winfield

• Monroe County IL: Columbia, Waterloo

• St. Francois County: Bonne Terre , Desloge ,Farmington ,Leadwood , Park Hills

• St. Charles County: Cottleville, Dardenne Prairie, Foristell, Lake St. Louis, O'Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters, Weldon Spring, Wentzville

• St. Louis City (Independent City)

• St. Louis County: Affton, Ballwin, Berkeley, Black Jack, Breckenridge Hills, Bridgeton, Charlack, Chesterfield, Clayton, Cool Valley, Crestwood, Creve Coeur, Des Peres, Edmundson, Ferguson, Fenton, Florissant, Hazelwood, Kinloch, Kirkwood, Jennings, Ladue, Maryland Heights, Mehlville, Olivette, Overland, Rock Hill, St. Ann, St. John, Sunset Hills, Spanish Lake, Sycamore Hills, University City, Webster Groves, Wellston, Wildwood

• Warren County: Foristell, Marthasville, Truesdale, Warrenton, Wright City

• Washington County: Belgrade, Caledonia , Irondale, Potosi, Richwoods

• Bond County IL: Greenville

• Calhoun County IL: Hardin

• Clinton County IL: Carlyle, Centralia (smaller part), Germantown, New Baden

• Jersey County IL: Jerseyville , Grafton

• Macoupin County IL: Carlinville, Staunton

• Madison County IL: Alton, Collinsville, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Granite City, Highland, Troy, Wood River

• St. Clair County IL: Belleville, Cahokia, Caseyville, East Saint Louis, Fairview Heights, Lebanon, O'Fallon, Shiloh and other municipilities

County population statistics are 2007 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Higher education

For a complete list of colleges and universities in the St. Louis Metropolitan area, see Colleges and Universities of St. Louis, Missouri According to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 21.4 percent of the adult population in St. Louis holds a bachelors degree compared with the national average of 27 percent. Almost 209,000 students are enrolled in the area's nearly 40 colleges, universities, and technical schools.Washington University in St. Louis which is one of the top research universities in the nation, internationally known for its schools of Medicine, Architecture, Business, Social Work and Law; the University's school of law is the oldest continuously operating law school west of the Mississippi.In 2006 approximately 5,287 associates degrees were granted, almost a third of these from the St. Louis Community Colleges. As the largest Community college system in the state of Missouri, more than half of the households in St. Louis have at least one member who attended or attends the college. University of Missouri–St. Louis is the major comprehensive public university in Greater St. Louis and more than 20 percent of all St. Louis area residents with a bachelor degree attended UM-St. Louis. The region has a diverse range of institutions of higher learning including, the Jesuit Catholic university Saint Louis University which is the oldest university west of the Mississippi.

Webster University (the largest institution, by enrollment, of higher learning in the region), Maryville University, Fontbonne University, the Kenrick-Glennon Seminary (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis), Aquinas Institute of Theology (a Dominican seminary and graduate school), Concordia Seminary (the largest American seminary for the Lutheran Church), Covenant Theological Seminary (a seminary for the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), and Missouri Baptist University, a small Christian college, Harris-Stowe State University, the city's only historically black college, and one of four in the Midwest.

Logan College of Chiropractic is located in Chesterfield and is one of the top Chiropractic colleges in the nation is known for graduating Chiropractic Physicians and researchers.

Cities in Greater St. Louis

St. Louis County

(Main article: St. Louis County)


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¹"CDP" indicates an unincorporated "census designated place" 
² only a portion of Pacific is in St. Louis County

Population of

Place	Population	land area (sq. miles)	Population density (per sq. mile)
City of St. Louis (2007)	355,663	61.9	5,745.8
St. Louis County (2007)	995,118	508	1,958.9
Places in St. Louis County
Florissant	51,812	11.37	4,442.4
Chesterfield	46,635	31.51	1,485.4
University City	37,428	5.88	6,363.1
Oakville (CDP)1	35,309	16.08	2,196.4
Wildwood	32,884	66.03	498.0
Ballwin	31,283	8.95	3,494.6
Mehlville (CDP)1	28,822	7.36	3,913.6
Kirkwood	27,324	9.23	2,961.3
Hazelwood	26,206	15.88	1,649.9
Maryland Heights	25,756	21.39	1,204.4
Webster Groves	23,230	5.90	3,937.5
Ferguson	22,406	6.19	3,620.6
Spanish Lake (CDP)1	21,337	7.36	2,900.4
Affton (CDP)1	20,535	4.58	4,480.1
Manchester	19,161	5.00	3,834.6
Lemay (CDP)1	17,215	4.35	3,959.0
Overland	16,838	4.38	3,842.8
Concord (CDP)1	16,689	5.51	3,027.0
Creve Coeur	16,500	10.13	1,628.9
Clayton	16,061	2.48	5,164.4
Bridgeton	15,550	14.57	1,067.1
Jennings	15,469	3.69	4,193.3
St. Ann	13,607	3.13	4,352.8
Crestwood	11,863	3.60	3,296.2
Bellefontaine Neighbors	11,271	4.38	2,573.2
Town and Country	10,894	11.88	916.8
Berkeley	10,063	4.94	2,040.6
Richmond Heights	9,602	2.29	4,191.5
Maplewood	9,228	1.55	5,963.8
Ellisville	9,104	4.35	2,094.1
Ladue	8,645	8.59	1,006.2
Des Peres	8,592	4.40	1,954.3
Sunset Hills	8,267	9.03	915.3
Brentwood	7,693	1.95	3,948.4
Eureka	7,676	10.05	763.7
Olivette	7,438	2.79	2,667.5
Sappington (CDP)1	7,287	2.56	2,850.5
St. John	6,871	1.42	4,825.8
Black Jack	6,792	2.67	2,553.3
Shrewsbury	6,644	1.43	4,655.4
Valley Park	6,518	3.02	2,156.2
Glendale	5,767	1.29	4,474.6
Pacific	5,482²	5.43	1,011.0
Dellwood	5,255	1.03	5,108.2
Glasgow Village (CDP)1	5,234	0.93	5,649.3
Normandy	5,153	1.82	2,826.3
Breckenridge Hills	4,817	0.82	5,890.1
Rock Hill	4,765	1.09	4,370.0
Northwoods	4,643	0.71	6,545.7
Castle Point (CDP)1	4,559	0.69	6,653.9
Fenton	4,360	6.13	710.7
Pine Lawn	4,204	0.61	6,942.5
Woodson Terrace	4,189	0.78	5,346.2
Pagedale	3,616	1.20	3,003.8
Frontenac	3,483	2.85	1,221.3
Riverview	3,146	0.83	3,801.0
Bel-Ridge	3,082	0.81	3,799.0
Clarkson Valley	2,675	2.69	995.1
Green Park	2,666	1.40	1,909.0
Moline Acres	2,662	0.56	4,720.6
Wellston	2,460	0.90	2,732.6
Marlborough	2,235	0.23	9,829.4
Hanley Hills	2,124	0.37	5,721.9
Warson Woods	1,983	0.59	3,352.6
Vinita Park	1,924	0.73	2,628.7
Winchester	1,651	0.25	6,723.0
Velda City	1,616	0.16	9,872.8
Bel-Nor	1,598	0.63	2,555.5
Oakland	1,540	0.60	2,545.7
Hillsdale	1,477	0.35	4,226.3
Charlack	1,431	0.26	5,463.1
Country Club Hills	1,381	0.18	7,761.7
Lakeshire	1,375	0.21	6,436.4
Calverton Park	1,322	0.42	3,154.5
St. George	1,288	0.19	6,949.0
Pasadena Hills	1,147	0.23	5,044.0
Velda Village Hills	1,090	0.12	9,235.6
Cool Valley	1,081	0.48	2,244.1
Norwood Court	1,061	0.14	7,783.2
others (see below)	9,634	-	-
Notes:

Cities in St. Louis County with less than 1,000 population:

Flordell Hills (931) --Grantwood Village (883) --Edmundson (840) --Greendale (722) --Sycamore Hills (722) --Bella Villa (687) --Beverly Hills (603) --Pasadena Park (489) --Wilbur Park (475) --Uplands Park (460) --Crystal Lake Park (457) --Kinloch (449) --Twin Oaks (362) --Huntleigh (323) --Vinita Terrace (292) --Westwood (284) --Bellerive (254) --Glen Echo Park (166) --Mackenzie (137) --Country Life Acres (81) --Champ (12)

Other counties in Missouri

St. Charles, St. Francois, Jefferson, Franklin, Warren and Washington Counties, in Missouri

The largest cities in

Place	County	Population
O'Fallon	St. Charles County	72,477
St. Charles	St. Charles County	63,009
St. Peters	St. Charles County	54,839
Arnold	Jefferson County	20,766
Wentzville	St. Charles County	17,988
Washington	Franklin County	14,228
Farmington	St. Francois County	13,924
Lake St. Louis	St. Charles County	13,708
Festus	Jefferson County	11,202
Troy	Lincoln County	10,985

Counties in Illinois

Madison, St. Clair,

Jersey, Clinton,
Monroe, Bond, Macoupin, Calhoun
counties in Illinois

The largest cities in

Place	County	Population	Density per sq. mile
Belleville	St. Clair	41,095	2,196.4
Granite City	Madison	30,593	1,876.2
East St. Louis	St. Clair	29,448	2,242.9
Alton	Madison	29,269	1,949.3
O'Fallon	St. Clair	25,822	2,007.6
Collinsville	Madison/St. Clair	25,610	1,817.4
Edwardsville	Madison	24,270	1,549.2
Godfrey	Madison	17,051	472.3
Fairview Heights	St. Clair	16,587	1,348.6
Cahokia	St. Clair	15,430	1,705.8
Swansea	St. Clair	12,582	2,085.6
Glen Carbon	Madison	12,349	1,405.5
Wood River	Madison	10,933	1,865.2
Shiloh	St. Clair	10,575	760.2
Troy	Madison	8,524	2,037.6
Highland	Madison	8,438	1,561.1
Columbia	Monroe	7,922	841.7
Greenville	Bond	6,995	1,337.0

Major companies

• Amdocs - (Chesterfield, Missouri)
• Ameren - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Anheuser-Busch InBev - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Arch Coal - (Creve Coeur, Missouri)
• Ascension Health - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Boeing Integrated Defense Systems - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Brown Shoe Company - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Build-A-Bear Workshop - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Centene Corporation - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Charter Communications - (Town and Country, Missouri)
• Deal$ - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Dierbergs - (Chesterfield, Missouri)
• Drury Hotels - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Edward Jones Investments - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Emerson Electric Company - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Energizer Holdings - (Town and Country, Missouri)
• Express Scripts - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Graybar Electric Company - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Hardee's - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Isle of Capri Casinos - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Imo's Pizza - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• The Korte Company - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• MB Motorsports - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Monsanto Company - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Nestlé Purina PetCare - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Novus International - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Olin Corp. - (Clayton, Missouri)
• Panera Bread - (Richmond Heights, Missouri)
• Rawlings - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Reinsurance Group of America - (Chesterfield, Missouri)
• ReproMAX - (Chesterfield, Missouri)
• Roberts Broadcasting- (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Save-A-Lot - (Earth City, Missouri)
• SAVVIS - (Town and Country, Missouri)
• Schnucks- (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Scottrade- (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Shop 'n Save - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Sigma-Aldrich - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Simutronics -(St. Charles, Missouri)
• Stifel Nicolaus - (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Trans States Airlines - (St. Louis, Missouri) [American Airlines Connection]
• Wachovia Securities - (St. Louis, Missouri)) [f/k/a A.G. Edwards Investments]
• Wehrenberg Theatres - (St. Louis, Missouri)

See also

• Missouri census statistical areas
• St. Louis, Missouri
• St. Louis County, Missouri
• Metro-East

References

External links

• East-West Gateway Council of Governments
• 2006 U.S. Census estimates
• St. Louis County Economic Council