DEMOGRAPHICS

Metropolitan Diversity: St. Louis, 2000-2010

By and Ryan Morris

Updated: May 29, 2013 | 11:53 p.m.
September 21, 2012 | 1:05 p.m.

View Maps of 12 Featured Cities: The dozen cities selected represent metro areas with very visible demographic change. They are: Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Portland, Ore., Seattle, and St. Louis.

Full Report (pdf): "America's Racially Diverse Suburbs: Opportunities and Challenges" by the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity.

Explore the next cities:

« Seattle | Chicago »

Between 2000 and 2010, a ring of diversity pushed out from the city center into the suburban areas surrounding St. Louis. 

While the diversity affected a startling geographic area particularly when viewed on a map, the share of people living in communities in the St. Louis metro area considered diverse increased by 6 percent; the share of those living in predominantly non-white suburbs increased by only 1 percent. The share of people living in communities considered predominantly white decreased by 6 percent. 

Overall, the region grew a modest 4 percent, to about 2.8 million people, according to the St. Louis summary data (pdf).

Get the latest news and analysis delivered to your inbox. Sign up for National Journal's morning alert, Wake-Up Call, and afternoon newsletter, The Edge. Subscribe here.


Read & Post Comments
More By These Writers
Leave A Comment
The National Journal Group has the right (but not the obligation) to monitor the comments and to remove any materials it deems inappropriate.
Comments powered by Disqus
@TheNextAmerica
twitterLogo
What is Next America?
Virtually every issue the United States contends with promises to be affected by deep currents of change illuminated by demographic shifts. With The Next America, National Journal unveils an unprecedented effort to explore the significant political, economic and social impact of profound racial and cultural changes.

The initiative includes polls, national and local events with thought leaders, magazine supplements and launch of a full website May 1.


The Story That Started It All

In 2010, Ronald Brownstein wrote The Gray and the Brown: A Generational Mismatch about America’s shift to an older, more ethnically diverse population and how these changes affect us as a nation.