In 2023, the population of the St. Louis metropolitan area in the United States was about 2.79 million people. This is a slight decrease in comparison to the previous year, when the population was 2.8 million people.

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Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the St. Louis metro area from 1950 to 2025.

In 2022, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the St. Louis metropolitan area amounted to roughly 178.66 billion chained 2017 U.S. dollars. This was an increase from the previous year, when the GDP of St. Louis amounted to about 175.04 billion chained 2017 U.S. dollars.

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 21st largest MSA, with a population around 2.8 million inhabitants.

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In 2022, the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area recorded the highest homicide rate of U.S. cities with a population over 250,000, at **** homicides per 100,000 residents, followed by the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area. However, homicide data was not recorded in all U.S. metro areas, meaning that there may be some cities with a higher homicide rate. St. Louis St. Louis, which had a murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate of **** in 2022, is the second-largest city by population in Missouri. It is home to many famous treasures, such as the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, Washington University in St. Louis, the Saint Louis Zoo, and the renowned Gateway Arch. It is also home to many corporations, such as Monsanto, Arch Coal, and Emerson Electric. The economy of St. Louis is centered around business and healthcare, and boasts ten Fortune 500 companies. Crime in St. Louis Despite all of this, St. Louis suffers from high levels of crime and violence. As of 2023, it was listed as the seventh most dangerous city in the world as a result of their extremely high murder rate. Not only does St. Louis have one of the highest homicide rates in the United States, it also reports one of the highest numbers of violent crimes. Despite high crime levels, the GDP of the St. Louis metropolitan area has been increasing since 2001.

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