St. Louis, MO-IL

1950‑1959:		St. Louis, MO-IL SMA
1959‑1983:		St. Louis, MO-IL SMSA
1983‑1984:		St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
1984‑2003:		St. Louis, MO-IL MSA
2003‑2006:		St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area in St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL CSA

Subareas

Timeline

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Subarea

Alton-Granite City, IL

East St. Louis-Belleville, IL

St. Louis, MO-IL

In this area

Defined but not in this area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Bond County, IL	14,157	14,060	14,012	16,224	14,991	17,633	18,011

Calhoun County, IL	6,898	5,933	5,675	5,867	5,322	5,084	5,166

Clinton County, IL	22,594	24,029	28,315	32,617	33,944	35,535	36,138

Jersey County, IL	15,264	17,023	18,492	20,538	20,539	21,668	22,423

Macoupin County, IL	44,210	43,524	44,557	49,384	47,679	49,019	49,016

Madison County, IL	182,307	224,689	250,934	247,691	249,238	258,941	263,975

Monroe County, IL	13,282	15,507	18,831	20,117	22,422	27,619	31,289

St. Clair County, IL	205,995	262,509	285,176	267,531	262,852	256,082	259,388

Crawford County, MO	11,615	12,647	14,828	18,300	19,173	22,804	23,810

Franklin County, MO	36,046	44,566	55,116	71,233	80,603	93,807	98,987

Jefferson County, MO	38,007	66,377	105,248	146,183	171,380	198,099	213,011

Lincoln County, MO	13,478	14,783	18,041	22,193	28,892	38,944	47,834

St. Charles County, MO	29,834	52,970	92,954	144,107	212,907	283,883	329,606

St. Louis County, MO	406,349	703,532	951,353	973,896	993,529	1,016,315	1,002,258

Warren County, MO	7,666	8,750	9,699	14,900	19,534	24,525	28,765

Washington County, MO	14,689	14,346	15,086	17,983	20,380	23,344	23,972

St. Louis city, MO	856,796	750,026	622,236	453,085	396,685	348,189	352,572



Total	1,681,281	2,060,103	2,363,017	2,356,460	2,444,099	2,603,607	2,782,411
Percent Change	-	22.5%	14.7%	-0.3%	3.7%	6.5%	6.9%



Total (as currently defined)	1,907,572	2,262,624	2,535,725	2,503,549	2,580,897	2,698,687	2,782,411
Percent Change	-	18.6%	12.1%	-1.3%	3.1%	4.6%	3.1%

Timeline

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Component

Bond County, IL

Calhoun County, IL

Clinton County, IL

Jersey County, IL

Macoupin County, IL

Madison County, IL

Monroe County, IL

St. Clair County, IL

Crawford County, MO

Franklin County, MO

Jefferson County, MO

Lincoln County, MO

St. Charles County, MO

St. Louis County, MO

Warren County, MO

Washington County, MO

St. Louis city, MO

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


St. Louis, MO	856,796	*	750,026	*	622,236	*	453,085	*	396,685	*	348,189	*	344,362	*

Alton, IL	32,550		43,047		39,700		34,171		32,905	*	30,496	*	29,433

Belleville, IL	32,721		37,264		41,699		41,580		42,785	*	41,410	*	41,143

East St. Louis, IL	82,295		81,712		69,996		55,200		40,944	*	31,542	*	29,843

Granite City, IL	29,465		40,073		40,440		36,815		32,862	*	31,301	*	30,796

St. Charles, MO	14,314		21,189		31,834		37,379		54,555	*	60,321	*	62,304	*



Total	856,796		750,026		622,236		453,085		600,736		543,259		406,666
Metro	1,681,281		2,060,103		2,363,017		2,356,460		2,444,099		2,603,607		2,782,411
Percent	51.0%		36.4%		26.3%		19.2%		24.6%		20.9%		14.6%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

St. Louis, MO

Alton, IL

Belleville, IL

East St. Louis, IL

Granite City, IL

St. Charles, MO

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,506,943	89.6%
		UA Population		1,400,058	83.3%
	Rural Population			174,338	10.4%

	Inside Central Cities			856,796	51.0%
	Outside Central Cities			824,485	49.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,681,281	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	St. Louis, MO-IL		1,400,058	1,400,058	100.0%

	Total			1,400,058


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,840,784	87.5%
		UA Population		1,667,693	79.2%
	Rural Population			263,885	12.5%

	Inside Central Cities			750,026	35.6%
	Outside Central Cities			1,354,643	64.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,104,669	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	St. Louis, MO-IL		1,667,693	1,667,693	100.0%

	Total			1,667,693


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,054,402	85.2%
		UA Population		1,978,942	82.1%
	Rural Population			355,761	14.8%

	Inside Central Cities			622,236	25.8%
	Outside Central Cities			1,787,927	74.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,410,163	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Alton, IL		95,998	95,998	100.0%
	St. Louis, MO-IL		1,882,944	1,882,944	100.0%

	Total			1,978,942


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,073,539	87.2%
		UA Population		1,937,584	81.5%
	Rural Population			303,459	12.8%

	Inside Central Cities			658,230	27.7%
	Outside Central Cities			1,718,768	72.3%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,376,998	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Alton, IL		88,994	88,994	100.0%
	St. Louis, MO-IL		1,848,590	1,848,590	100.0%

	Total			1,937,584


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,157,389	86.6%
		UA Population		2,032,762	81.6%
	Rural Population			335,136	13.4%

	Inside Central Cities			600,736	24.1%
	Outside Central Cities			1,891,789	75.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,492,525	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Alton, IL		86,236	86,236	100.0%
	St. Louis, MO-IL		1,946,526	1,946,526	100.0%

	Total			2,032,762


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,325,782	85.5%
		UA Population		2,162,317	79.5%
	Rural Population			395,709	14.5%

	Inside Principal Cities			408,510	15.0%
	Outside Principal Cities			2,312,981	85.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,721,491	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Alton, IL		84,655	84,655	100.0%
	St. Louis, MO-IL		2,077,662	2,077,662	100.0%

	Total			2,162,317


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: St. Louis, MO-IL SMA
-		Madison County, IL included as original SMA component
-		St. Clair County, IL included as original SMA component
-		St. Charles County, MO included as original SMA component
-		St. Louis County, MO included as original SMA component
-		St. Louis city, MO included as original SMA component
-		St. Louis, MO designated as original central city of new SMA


Dec 1958



-		Jefferson County, MO added


Oct 1963



-		Franklin County, MO added


Apr 1973



-		Clinton County, IL added
-		Monroe County, IL added


Jun 1983



-		Title of St. Louis, MO-IL SMSA changed to St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		New PMSA: Alton-Granite City, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Jersey County, IL included as original component of Alton-Granite City, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Madison County, IL included as original component of Alton-Granite City, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Alton, IL designated as original central city of new Alton-Granite City, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Granite City, IL designated as original central city of new Alton-Granite City, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		New PMSA: East St. Louis-Belleville, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Clinton County, IL included as original component of East St. Louis-Belleville, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Clair County, IL included as original component of East St. Louis-Belleville, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Belleville, IL designated as original central city of new East St. Louis-Belleville, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		East St. Louis, IL designated as original central city of new East St. Louis-Belleville, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		New PMSA: St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Monroe County, IL included as original component of St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Franklin County, MO included as original component of St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Jefferson County, MO included as original component of St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Charles County, MO included as original component of St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Louis County, MO included as original component of St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Louis city, MO included as original component of St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Charles, MO designated as original central city of new St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Louis, MO transferred to St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA, designated as original central city of new PMSA


Oct 1984



-		Title of St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA changed to St. Louis, MO-IL MSA (The St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA was abolished by P.L. 98-473, Section 119A, 98 Stat. 1968 (Oct. 12, 1984).)
-		Alton-Granite City, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA abolished (The Alton-Granite City, IL PMSA in the St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA was abolished and became part of the St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.)
-		Jersey County, IL added, transferred from Alton-Granite City, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Madison County, IL added, transferred from Alton-Granite City, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		East St. Louis-Belleville, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA abolished (The East St. Louis-Belleville, IL PMSA in the St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA was abolished and became part of the St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.)
-		Clinton County, IL added, transferred from East St. Louis-Belleville, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Clair County, IL added, transferred from East St. Louis-Belleville, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA abolished (The St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in the St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA was abolished and became part of the St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.)
-		Monroe County, IL added, transferred from St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Franklin County, MO added, transferred from St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Jefferson County, MO added, transferred from St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Charles County, MO added, transferred from St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Louis County, MO added, transferred from St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Louis city, MO added, transferred from St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Alton, IL designated as central city of MSA, transferred from Alton-Granite City, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Belleville, IL designated as central city of MSA, transferred from East St. Louis-Belleville, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		East St. Louis, IL designated as central city of MSA, transferred from East St. Louis-Belleville, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		Granite City, IL designated as central city of MSA, transferred from Alton-Granite City, IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Charles, MO designated as central city of MSA, transferred from St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA
-		St. Louis, MO designated as central city of MSA, transferred from St. Louis, MO-IL PMSA in St. Louis-East St. Louis-Alton, MO-IL CMSA


Dec 1992



-		Lincoln County, MO added
-		Warren County, MO added


Jun 2003



-		Bond County, IL added
-		Calhoun County, IL added
-		Macoupin County, IL added
-		Crawford County, MO added
-		Washington County, MO added
-		Alton, IL no longer designated as principal/central city
-		Belleville, IL no longer designated as principal/central city
-		East St. Louis, IL no longer designated as principal/central city
-		Granite City, IL no longer designated as principal/central city


Dec 2003



-		Crawford County, MO deleted, reverted to nonmetro status

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