Saint Louis, Missouri

:This article is about the city in Missouri. For other uses of Saint Louis, see Saint Louis.

People and culture

Demographics

As of the census{{GR|2}} of 2000, there are 348,189 people, 147,076 households, and 76,920 families residing in the city. The population density is 2,171.1/km² (5,622.9/mi²). There are 176,354 housing units at an average density of 1,099.7/km² (2,847.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 51.20% African American, 43.85% White, 1.98% Asian, 0.27% Native American, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.80% from other races, and 1.88% from two or more races. 2.02% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. Historically, North Saint Louis City has been primarily African American while South Saint Louis City has been primarily White. This has changed in recent years as large portions of North Saint Louis City have been depopulated, with African-American residents moving either south or to surrounding counties.

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Census - 2000 - Population density - African American - White - Asian - Native American - Pacific Islander - Other races - Hispanic - Latino

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There are 147,076 households, out of which 25.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.2% are married couples living together, 21.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 47.7% are non-families. 40.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.30 and the average family size is 3.19.

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In the city the population is spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 84.2 males.

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The median income for a household in the city is $27,156, and the median income for a family is $32,585. Males have a median income of $30,106 versus $24,987 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,108. 24.6% of the population and 20.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 36.4% of those under the age of 18 and 17.4% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

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Per capita income - Poverty line

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Cuisine

• Anheuser-Busch beers
• Fried-brain sandwiches
• Gooey butter cake
• Missouri wine
• Pork steaks
• Provel cheese
• Saint Louis-style pizza, exemplified by regional chain Imo's Pizza
• Schlafly beers
• Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
• Toasted ravioli
• Vess soda
• St. Paul sandwiches
• Saint Louis-style barbecue, often featuring spare ribs and thin, tangy tomato-based barbecue sauce

Museums and other points of interest

There are several museums and attractions in the city. The City Museum offers a variety of interesting exhibits, including several large caves and a huge outdoor playground. It also serves as a meeting point for Saint Louis' young arts scene. The Eugene Field House, located in downtown Saint Louis, is a museum dedicated to the distinguished children's author.

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The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra plays at Powell Symphony Hall. Leonard Slatkin is one of the former conductors. The Fox Theatre, originally one of many movie theatres along Grand Boulevard, is now a newly restored theatre featuring a Byzantine facade and Oriental decor. The Fox Theatre presents a Broadway Series in addition to concerts.

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Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra - Leonard Slatkin

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There are several notable churches in the city, including the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, a large Roman Catholic cathedral designed in the Byzantine and Romanesque styles. The interior is decorated with lovely mosaics, the largest mosaic collection in the world.

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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis - Roman Catholic - Cathedral - Byzantine - Romanesque - Mosaic

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The Basilica of St. Louis, King of France (1834), also known as the "Old Cathedral", is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral west of the Mississippi River. The Old Cathedral is located adjacent to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

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Basilica of St. Louis, King of France - Mississippi River

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The Hill is a historically Italian neighborhood where many of the area's best Italian restaurants can be found. The Hill was the home of Yogi Berra and many other noted baseball players. The International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame is also located by Busch Stadium in downtown Saint Louis.

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The Hill - Yogi Berra - Bowling - Museum - Hall of Fame

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Laclede's Landing, located on the Mississippi Riverfront directly north of the historic Eads Bridge, is popular for its restaurants and nightclubs. St. Louis also possesses several distinct examples of 18th and 19th century architecture, such as the Soulard Market district (1779-1842), the Chatillon-de Menil House (1848), the Bellefontaine Cemetery (1850), the Robert G. Campbell House (1852), the Old Courthouse (1845-62), the original Anheuser-Busch Brewery (1860), and two of Louis Sullivan's early skyscrapers, the Wainwright Building (1890-91) and the Union Trust Building.

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Laclede's Landing - Mississippi River - Eads Bridge - Louis Sullivan - Wainwright Building - 1890 - 91

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There are also several notable museums in surrounding cities. The Delmar Loop, located in University City, just west of the Saint Louis city line, is a popular entertainment, cultural and restaurant district. The Butterfly House is located in western St. Louis County.

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Delmar Loop - University City - St. Louis County

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The Museum of Transportation is located in Kirkwood, a suburb in southwestern St. Louis County.

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Kirkwood - St. Louis County

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Six Flags St. Louis, known as, "Six Flags over Mid-America," when it opened in 1971, is an amusement park located in Eureka, Missouri, in the far west of St. Louis County.

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Six Flags St. Louis - 1971 - Amusement park - Eureka, Missouri - St. Louis County

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Saint Charles, is the seat of St. Charles County and first capital of the state of Missouri, and is the location from which the Lewis and Clark Expedition began. It also has a downtown historic district with many small craft shops.

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Saint Charles - Seat - St. Charles County - Missouri - Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Cahokia Mounds, located near Collinsville, Illinois, holds the ruins of a city of the ancient Mississippian aboriginal culture. Similar mounds within Saint Louis, used as construction fill in the 1800s, gave the city one of its nicknames.

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Cahokia Mounds - Collinsville - Illinois - Mississippian

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Magic House, children's hands on exploration museum, located in Kirkwood. One of the top rated family attractions in the US. Worldways Children's museum, an international children's cultural museum. Located in Kirkwood off Kirkwood Road.

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Media

The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch is the region's major daily newspaper. Founded by Joseph Pulitzer in the 1800s, the paper was owned by Pulitzer Publishing until 2005, when the company was acquired by Lee Enterprises. The company also owns the Suburban Journals, a collection of local newspapers. The daily Belleville News Democrat, published in Belleville, Illinois, serves many Illinois communities in the St. Louis Metro Area.

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Saint Louis Post-Dispatch - Newspaper - Joseph Pulitzer - 1800 - Pulitzer Publishing - 2005 - Belleville, Illinois

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In 1900, St. Louis had at least five daily newspapers: the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and the Republic in the morning, and the Post-Dispatch and Star-Chronicle in the afternoon, as well as the German-language Westlische Post. One by one, these papers folded or consolidated. The Post-Dispatch bought out its remaining afternoon competitor, the Star-Times, in 1951. Until the mid-1980s, the morning Globe-Democrat, which was editorially more conservative than the Post-Dispatch, served as the Post's main rival. Although the Post-Dispatch and the Globe-Democrat maintained a joint-operating agreement for years, the Globe-Democrat folded shortly after the Post-Dispatch switched from afternoon to morning publication.

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1900 - St. Louis Globe-Democrat - 1951 - 1980

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The city's main alternative weekly publications include the Evening Whirl, and the Riverfront Times. African-American weeklies include the St. Louis Argus (est. 1912), the Saint Louis American (est. 1928), and the St. Louis Sentinel (est. 1969). A variety of glossy monthly and quarterly publications cover topics such as local history, cuisine, and lifestyles. St. Louis is also home to the last remaining metropolitan journalism review, the St. Louis Journalism Review, based at Webster University in the suburb of Webster Groves, Missouri.

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Evening Whirl - St. Louis Argus - 1912 - Saint Louis American - 1928 - St. Louis Sentinel - 1969 - Webster University - Webster Groves, Missouri

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The St. Louis metro area is served by a wide variety of local television stations, and is the twenty-first largest designated market area (DMA) in the U.S., with 1,222,380 homes (1.11% of the total U.S.). The major network television affiliates are KMOV 4 (CBS), KDNL 30 (ABC), KSDK 5 (National Broadcasting Company), KTVI 2 (Fox Broadcasting Company), KPLR 11 (WB), and WRBU 46 (UPN). There is also a PBS station at KETC 9.

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Designated market area - KMOV - CBS - KDNL - ABC - KSDK - National Broadcasting Company - KTVI - Fox Broadcasting Company - KPLR - WB - WRBU - UPN - PBS - KETC

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The region's radio airwaves offer a variety of locally produced programming. KMOX (1120 AM), which pioneered the call-in talk radio format in the 1960s, retains significant regional influence due to its 50,000-watt, clear-channel signal, its sports lineup, and an unusually active newsroom operation. Public radio station KWMU (90.7 FM), an NPR affiliate, also provides extensive, locally produced programming treating social issues, politics, and the arts. St. Louis is one of only a few U.S. cities to have its own independent community radio station, KDHX (88.1 FM), which features a wide range of music and talk from local residents. Washington University's college radio station, KWUR (90.3 FM), also provides community broadcasting and an eclectic mix of underground music.

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KMOX - 1960 - Public radio - KWMU - NPR - KDHX - Washington University's - College radio - KWUR

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Music

St. Louis has long been associated with ragtime, jazz and blues. Early rock and roll singer/guitarist Chuck Berry is a native St. Louisan and continues to perform there several times a year. Soul music artists Ike Turner and Tina Turner and jazz innovator Miles Davis began their careers in nearby East St. Louis, Illinois.

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Ragtime - Jazz - Blues - Rock and roll - Chuck Berry - Soul music - Ike Turner - Tina Turner - Miles Davis - East St. Louis, Illinois

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In the 1990's, the metro area produced several prominent alt-country artists, including Uncle Tupelo, a Belleville, Illinois trio often considered the originators of the style, and The Bottle Rockets. More recently, the rise of Nelly, The Saint Lunatics, Murphy Lee, Chingy, J-Kwon and other musicians have made it one of the centers of rap and hip-hop, often mentioned side-by-side with New York City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Detroit.

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Alt-country - Uncle Tupelo - Belleville, Illinois - The Bottle Rockets - Nelly - The Saint Lunatics - Murphy Lee - Chingy - Rap - Hip-hop - New York City - Atlanta - Los Angeles - Detroit

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Parks and outdoor attractions

The city operates 105 parks that serve as gathering spots for neighbors to meet, and contains playgrounds, areas for summer concerts, picnics, baseball games, tennis courts, and lakes.

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Concert - Baseball - Tennis

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Forest Park, located on the western edge of the central corridor of the City of St. Louis, is one of the largest urban parks in the world, outsizing Central Park in New York City by 500 acres. It offers many of Saint Louis' most popular attractions: the free Saint Louis Zoological Park, the Municipal Theatre (also known as, "The Muny," the largest and oldest outdoor musical theatre in the United States), the Saint Louis Science Center and Observatory (with its architecturally distinctive McDonnell Planetarium), the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Missouri History Museum, and, of course, plenty of lakes and scenic, open areas. Forest Park completed a multimillion dollar renovation in 2004 for the centennial of the St. Louis World's Fair.

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Forest Park - Central Park - New York City - Saint Louis Zoological Park - Planetarium - Saint Louis Art Museum - Missouri History Museum - 2004 - St. Louis World's Fair

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The Missouri Botanical Garden, also known as "Shaw's Garden", is one of the world's leading botanical research centers. It possesses a beautiful collection of flowery plants, shrubs, and trees, and includes the Japanese Garden, which features a lake filled with koi and lovely gravel designs, the woodsy English Garden, the Chinese Garden, the Home Gardening Center, a rose garden, the climate-controlled dome Climatron, as well as many other scenic gardens. Immediately south of the Missouri Botanical Garden is Tower Grove Park, a gift to the City by Henry Shaw.

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Missouri Botanical Garden - Botanical research - Tree - Koi - Tower Grove Park - Henry Shaw

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The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, better known as the Gateway Arch, is perhaps the most recognizable structure of the city. It is located near the riverfront in downtown Saint Louis, and was designed by noted architect Eero Saarinen. The Arch is the centerpiece of a national park that also includes the nearby Old Courthouse, where the famous Dred Scott case was tried. This area is also the location of the annual July 4th festival, Fair Saint Louis, widely regarded as America's largest birthday celebration.

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Jefferson National Expansion Memorial - Architect - Eero Saarinen - Dred Scott case - July 4th - Fair Saint Louis

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St. Louis Cardinals

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Major League Baseball

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National League

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Busch Stadium

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St. Louis Rams

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Football

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National Football League : NFC

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National Football League - NFC

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Edward Jones Dome

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St. Louis Blues

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Ice Hockey

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National Hockey League

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Savvis Center

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St. Louis Steamers

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Soccer

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Major Indoor Soccer League

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Savvis Center

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