Greater St. Louis is the common name of the St. Louis-St.Charles, MO-IL CSA, also known as Metro St. Louis. Greater St. Louis is the 16th largest in the United States (2007), with a population of 2,871,421. The region is anchored around the Independent City of St. Louis, and includes the Missouri counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Francois, St. Louis, Warren and Washington; and the Illinois counties of Bond, Calhoun, Clint...
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Greater St. Louis is the common name of the St. Louis-St.Charles, MO-IL CSA, also known as Metro St. Louis. Greater St. Louis is the 16th largest in the United States (2007), with a population of 2,871,421. The region is anchored around the Independent City of St. Louis, and includes the Missouri counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Francois, St. Louis, Warren and Washington; and the Illinois counties of Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair, collectively known as the Metro-East. Population statistics are shown below:
As of now, four new counties have entered the St. Louis Area, one in Missouri (Washington), and three in Illinois (Bond, Calhoun, and Macoupin). Although the population of all four of the new counties are much smaller than the rest of the existing counties in the St. Louis Metro Area, they are growing much faster than the other counties. For example, in Washington County, Missouri, the employment rate grew 66.7%...
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