Download - Population Change: St. Louis County, MO
Population Change
St. Louis County, MO
Nancy Cole
Spatial Data Modeling and Design
May 6, 2013
Year St. Louis City
Population
St. Louis County
Population
1950 856,796 (Peak) 406,349
1960 750,026 703,532
1970 622,236 951,353
1980 453,085 973,896
1990 396,685 993,529
2000 348,189 1,016,315 (Peak)
2010 319,294 998,954
BALLWIN
BELLA VILLA
BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS
BELLERIVE
BEL-NOR
BEL-RIDGE
BERKELEY
BEVERLY HILLS
BLACK JACK
BRECKENRIDGE HILLS
BRENTWOOD
BRIDGETON
CALVERTON PARK
CHAMP
CHARLACK
CHESTERFIELD
CLARKSON VALLEY
CLAYTON
COOL VALLEY
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS
COUNTRY LIFE ACRES
CRESTWOOD
CREVE COEUR
CRYSTAL LAKE PARK
DELLWOOD
DES PERES
EDMUNDSON
ELLISVILLE
EUREKA
FENTON
FERGUSON
FLORDELL HILLS
FLORISSANT
FRONTENAC
GLEN ECHO PARK
GLENDALE
GRANTWOOD VILLAGE
GREEN PARK
GREENDALE
HANLEY HILLS
HAZELWOOD
HILLSDALE
HUNTLEIGH
JENNINGS
KINLOCH
KIRKWOOD
LADUE
LAKESHIRE
MACKENZIE
MANCHESTER
MAPLEWOOD
MARLBOROUGH
MARYLAND HEIGHTS
MOLINE ACRES
NORMANDY
NORTHWOODS
NORWOOD COURT
OAKLAND
OLIVETTE
OVERLAND
PACIFIC
PAGEDALE
PASADENA HILLS
PASADENA PARK
PINE LAWN
RICHMOND HEIGHTS
RIVERVIEW
ROCK HILL
SHREWSBURY
ST. ANN
ST. JOHN
SUNSET HILLS
SYCAMORE HILLS
TOWN & COUNTRY
TWIN OAKS
UNIVERSITY CITY
UPLANDS PARK
VALLEY PARK
VELDA CITY
VELDA VILLAGE HILLS
VINITA PARK
VINITA TERRACE
WARSON WOODS
WEBSTER GROVES
WELLSTON
WESTWOOD
WILBUR PARK
WILDWOOD
WINCHESTER
WOODSON TERRACE
90 Municipalities
1. Which municipalities lost population, between 2000 and 2010?
2. Which municipalities saw a decline in median household income,
between 2009 and 2011?
3. For those municipalities that lost population and saw a decline in
median household income, calculate:
A. Percent Black, 2010
B. Percent 65 and Older, 2010
C. Percent of Adults with a Four-Year Degree or More, 2011
Questions
Methods / Limitations
Apportionment by area of block and tract data to municipalities
Assumes population spread evenly across each block and tract
Highlights problems with municipal boundary polygons
Check Geometry & Repair Geometry
1 Self-Intersection
Create Topology & Validate Topology
1 Overlap and 1 Gap
Not coterminous with TIGER shapefiles
Year Population Apportioned
Population
Difference /
“Lost” People
2000 1,016,315 1,016,050 -265
2010 998,954 998,666 -288