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According to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the St. Louis region lost more than 3,200 residents in the year ending July 1, 2023. The population decline caused the region to drop from the 21st-largest U.S. metro area to the 23rd, now behind Charlotte and Orlando.
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The region bucks the norm in most other major metropolitan areas: people from India make up the largest share of foreign-born people in the St. Louis region over people from Mexico.
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Public school enrollment is relatively flat this year, compared to last year. But it is still down from recent years, and experts say more decline is likely coming.
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The makeup of the St. Louis region is changing. Here’s what the latest census date tells us about the population and racial demographic trends of the region — and what challenges local leaders must tackle to attract more St. Louisans in the decade to come.
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The new initiative aims to help Latin American startups in agtech or geospatial land in St. Louis and also help similar companies in St. Louis more easily expand to those international markets.
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New census data shows the St. Louis metropolitan region lost around 19,000 people between April 2020 and July 2022. St. Louis and St. Louis County led the declines while suburban and exurban counties, like St. Charles, Lincoln and Jefferson, posted gains as they have in the past.
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The answer is complicated and depends on how you look at the 2.6% unemployment rate for the overall St. Louis metropolitan area.
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An annual report by the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the St. Louis metropolitan region saw a population drop of about half of one percent last year. Much of the estimated decrease came from the City of St. Louis.
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The study examined migration patterns for young adults across the country, tracking where residents born between 1984 and 1992 were living when they were 16 years old and then again when they were 26.
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The 14-county region hovered around 2.8 million people only shedding about 10,000 between 2020 and 2021, but the changes weren’t evenly distributed.