Jury Pool Profile
St. Louis City City, Missouri
Democratic +65 (2024)
- Population
- 293,109
- Median household income
- $55,279
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 133,985 45.7%
- Black or African American alone 126,357 43.1%
- Asian alone 10,016 3.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 710 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 97 0.0%
- Some other race alone 4,721 1.6%
- Two or more races 17,223 5.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15,005 5.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 36.6
- Under 18 54,409 18.6%
- 18–24 25,780 8.8%
- 25–44 99,711 34.0%
- 45–64 69,587 23.7%
- 65 and over 43,622 14.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.7%
- +0.71 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $40.4B
- 9% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $79,002
- Establishments
- 15,318
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 79,227 35.8%
- Professional & business services 34,101 15.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 26,791 12.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 24,009 10.8%
- Manufacturing 16,124 7.3%
- Financial activities 13,081 5.9%
- Public administration 9,013 4.1%
- Construction 7,721 3.5%
- Other services 6,220 2.8%
- Information 4,444 2.0%
- Natural resources & mining 734 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 45.4%
- Median gross rent
- $978
- Owner-occupied
- 65,511
- Renter-occupied
- 78,939
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Largest employers
Principal employers by headcount
| # | Employer | Sector | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BJC HealthCare (downtown campuses) | Healthcare | 10,000 |
| 2 | Saint Louis University | Education | 10,000 |
| 3 | Ascension Health | Healthcare | 5,000 |
| 4 | Anheuser-Busch InBev (HQ) | Manufacturing / Beverages | 3,000 |
| 5 | Wells Fargo (downtown) | Financial Services | 3,000 |
| 6 | Charter Communications | Telecommunications | 3,000 |
| 7 | Stifel Financial (HQ) | Financial Services | 3,000 |
| 8 | City of St. Louis | Government | 3,000 |
| 9 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | Government / Finance | 1,000 |
| 10 | Peabody Energy (HQ) | Energy | 500 |
Source: Greater St. Louis, Inc. (2025)
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 116,082 votes cast
- Democratic 94,458 81.4%
- Republican 19,342 16.7%
- Other / third-party 2,282 2.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
91.1% speak only English at home
- Spanish 8,320 3.0%
- Other Indo-European 3,046 1.1%
- Other 2,341 0.8%
- Chinese 1,775 0.6%
- Vietnamese 1,642 0.6%
- French (incl. Cajun) 1,573 0.6%
- Other Asian/Pacific 1,385 0.5%
- Arabic 1,180 0.4%
- Slavic languages 1,160 0.4%
- German 937 0.3%
- Korean 702 0.3%
- Tagalog 561 0.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 144,450
- Family households
- 60,848
- 42.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 34,291
- Single-mother households
- 10,841
- Veterans
- 14,005
- 5.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
79.8% overall adherence rate
- Black Protestant 68,776 22.8%
- Evangelical Protestant 63,135 20.9%
- Catholic 49,769 16.5%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 38,897 12.9%
- Mainline Protestant 17,276 5.7%
- Orthodox 2,765 0.9%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 90.7%
- With a disability
- 16.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 40.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 22nd Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 31 (circuit + associate circuit judges combined; vintage 2019-2020 Bluebook)
- Court seats
- St. Louis
Traffic safety context
Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 52
- 21.78 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 49
NHTSA FARS 2023