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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
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Missouri statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
52
21.78 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
49

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for St. Louis City City, Missouri to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.