St. Louis Hits 130 Year Population Low;
Better than Expected
The city of St. Louis continued its decline according to the 2000 US Census. The city registered a loss of 49,000 residents, to 348,000. The US Census
has counted more than that figure in every census since 1870. Since 1950, St. Louis has lost 59.4 percent of its population, by far the largest
percentage loss of any major city in the world in modern times. The 1950 census showed a St. Louis population of 857,000.
Nonetheless, the population decline was not as great as expected. In 1999, the Census Bureau estimated the St. Louis population at 334,000.
|
Year |
Population |
Change |
% Change |
|
1850 |
78,000 |
|
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1860 |
161,000 |
83,000 |
106.4% |
|
1870 |
311,000 |
150,000 |
93.2% |
|
1880 |
351,000 |
40,000 |
12.9% |
|
1890 |
452,000 |
101,000 |
28.8% |
|
1900 |
575,000 |
123,000 |
27.2% |
|
1910 |
687,000 |
112,000 |
19.5% |
|
1920 |
773,000 |
86,000 |
12.5% |
|
1930 |
822,000 |
49,000 |
6.3% |
|
1940 |
816,000 |
(6,000) |
-0.7% |
|
1950 |
857,000 |
41,000 |
5.0% |
|
1960 |
750,000 |
(107,000) |
-12.5% |
|
1970 |
622,000 |
(128,000) |
-17.1% |
|
1980 |
453,000 |
(169,000) |
-27.2% |
|
1990 |
397,000 |
(56,000) |
-12.4% |
|
2000 |
348,000 |
(49,000) |
-12.3% |
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