Transcribed by Scott K. Williams
Our city, (St. Louis, Mo.) lithograph by A. Janicke & Co., St. Louis. Published 1859 by Anzeiger des Westens
1772 Spanish Census of San Luis (St. Louis):
Total population: 597; White Males: 248; White Females: 151; Slave Males: 116; Slave Females: 82
1791 Spanish Census of San Luis (St. Louis):
Total population: 1,188; White Males: 505; White Females: 332; Free Mulatto Males: 10; Free Mulatto Females: 13; Free Negro Males: 8; Free Negro Females: 6; Slave Mulatto Males: 39; Slave Mulatto Females: 36; Slave Negro Males: 128; Slave Negro Females: 111
Carondelet Settlement (in 1791 was counted separately from St. Louis): Total population: 141; White Males: 80; White Females: 58; Free Negro Males: 1; Free Negro Female: 2
1796 Spanish Census (Settlements within present day St. Louis City/County)
Grand total: 1465
San Luis: Total population: 975; White Males: 390; White Females: 261; Free Mulatto Males: 16; Free Mulatto Female: 18; Free Negroes Male: 1; Free Negroes Females: 7; Mulatto Slave Males: 37; Mulatto Slave Females: 48; Negroes Slave Male: 100; Negroes Slave Female: 97
Carondelet: Total Population: 181 White Males: 102; White Females: 76; Free Mulatto Males: 0; Free Mulatto Female: 0; Free Negroes Male: 0; Free Negroes Female: 0; Mulatto Slave Males: 0; Mulatto Slave Females:0; Negroes Slave Male: 1; Negroes Slave Female: 2
Marais des Liards ("Cottonwood Swamp", known today as Bridgeton): Total Population: 124 ; White Males: 69; White Females: 44; Free Mulatto Males: 0; Free Mulatto Female: 0; Free Negroes Male: 0; Free Negroes Female: 0; Negroes Slave Males: 8; Negroes Slave Females: 3
San Fernando (Florissant): Total population: 185; White Males: 107; White Females: 71; Free Mulatto Males: 0; Free Mulatto Female: 0; Free Negroes Male: 0; Free Negroes Female: 0; Mulatto Slave Males: 0; Mulatto Slave Females:0; Negroes Slave Male: 2; Negroes Slave Female: 5
Note: The Spanish census also lists 34 white males and 23 white females in the "habitations of Maramec". It is possible that a few of these may reside in areas along the north bank of the Meramec river in present St. Louis County. (Not listed among the grand total.)
1804 St. Louis District Population Estimate:
(Reported by Capt. Amos Stoddard, U.S. Army at the time of the Louisiana Purchase. St. Louis District also included St. Charles settlement.) Total population: 9,373. Whites: 7,876; Blacks (free and slave) 1,497.
1830 U.S. Census St. Louis: Total Population: 14,125; White: 11,109; Free Colored: 220; Slaves: 2,796; Aliens: 42
1840 U.S. Census St. Louis: Total Population:: 35,979; White: 30,505; Free Colored: 858; Slaves: 4,616; People employed in Agriculture: 3,996; Commerce: 1,011; Manufacturing: 3,034
1850 U.S. Census St. Louis: Total Population: 104,978; White: 97,541; Free Colored: 1,470; Slaves: 5,967. In addition to population, the number of persons born out of the U.S. (immigrants) was tallied at: 52,969. Number of Churches/Synagogues : Baptist (1); Episcopal (5); Jewish (1); Lutheran (4); Methodist (13); Presbyterian (10); Roman Catholic (15). Number of people employed in Manufacturing: 10,239; Number of people that cannot read/write: 1,958.
1860 U.S. Census St. Louis: Total Population: 190,524; White:184,313; Free Colored: 1,865; Slaves: 4,340. Persons born out of the U.S.: 96,086. Number of persons that are slaveholders: 1,156. Number of farms: 1,876.
1870 U.S. Census St. Louis: Total Population: 351,189; White: 324,720; Colored: 26,387 (no slaves, all freed in 1865); Number of Farms: 2,866. Cannot Read/Write: 23,438; Number employed in Manufacturing: 40,856; Number of Churches/Synagogues: Baptist (21); Christian (5); Episcopal (13); German Reformed (not recorded); Jewish (not recorded); Lutheran (28); Methodist (23); Presbyterian (28); Roman Catholic (38). Number of persons born out of the U.S.: 124,378; Number born in: England/Wales 6,308; France 3,310; Germany: 65,936; Great Britain: 6; Spain (not recorded).
**1880: By this time the City of St. Louis had seceded (separated) from St. Louis County.
1880 U.S. Census St. Louis City: Total Population: 350,518; White: 328,191; Colored: 22,256; Number of persons foreign born: 105,013. Chinese: 56; Indians:15; Persons Born in Bohemia: 2,456; Persons Born in the German Empire: 54,901; Persons Born in British America: 2,091; Persons Born in England/Wales:6,453; Persons Born in France: 2,138 Persons Born in Ireland: 28,536; Persons Born in Scotland: 1,309; Persons Born in Sweden/Norway: 660; Persons Born in Switzerland: 2,385; Number of farms: 423. Number of manufacturing establishments: 2,924; Average number of youths and children employed in manufacturing: 3,084. Number of males under age 16 employed in iron and steel manufacturing: (data unavailable); Number of females under age 16 employed in iron and steel manufacturing: (data unavailable). Total number of people employed in Iron and Steel manufacturing: (data unavailable).
1880 U.S. Census St. Louis County: Total Population: 31,888; White: 28,008; Colored: 3,880. Number of persons foreign born: 6589. Chinese: 0; Indians: 0; Persons Born in Bohemia: 18; Persons Born in the German Empire: 4,382 ;Persons Born in British America 116; Persons Born in England/Wales: 274 ; Persons Born in France: 278; Persons Born in Ireland: 992. Persons Born in Scotland: 59; Persons Born in Sweden/Norway: 30; Persons Born in Switzerland: 181; Number of farms: 3,343. Number of manufacturing establishments: 47; Average number of youths and children employed in manufacturing: 1. Number of males under age 16 employed in iron and steel manufacturing: 110. Number of females under age 16 employed in iron and steel manufacturing: 0. Total number of people employed in Iron and Steel manufacturing: 2,268.
1890 U.S. Census St. Louis City: Total Population: 451,770; White: 414,704; Colored: 37,066; Number of persons listed as Colored that consider themselves Negro: 26,865. Number of persons foreign born: 114,876 Number of farms: 286; Number of manufacturing establishments reporting: 6,148; Number of persons of all classes employed in manufacturing: 94,051; Number of Children employed as skilled/unskilled operatives in manufacturing: 2,290 Number of children employed as pieceworkers in manufacturing:136; Number of persons born in Austria: 1,586; Belgium: 175; Bohemia: 2,301; Canada/NewFoundland: 2,008; China: 177; England:6,507; France: 1,717; Germany: 66,000; Holland:355 ; Hungary: 253; Italy: 1,295; Ireland: 24,270; Mexico: 62; Poland: 875; Russia: 1,538; Scotland: 1,370; Switzerland: 2,209; Wales: 262
1890 U.S. Census St. Louis County. Total Population: 36,307; White: 32,836; Colored 3,471; Number of persons listed as Colored that consider themselves Negro: 3,469. Number of persons foreign born: 6,663. Number of farms: 3,298. Number of manufacturing establishments reporting: 43; Number of persons of all classes employed in manufacturing: 174; Number of Children employed as skilled/unskilled manufacturing work: 1; Number of persons born in Austria: 36; Belgium: 30; Bohemia: 18; Canada/NewFoundland: 113; China: 0; England: 317; France:226; Germany: 4,693; Holland: 30 ;Hungary: 6; Italy: 23; Ireland: 722; Mexico: 1; Poland: 7; Russia: 10; Scotland: 67; Switzerland: 174; Wales: 8
1900 U.S. Census St. Louis City: Total Population: 575,238; White: 539,385; Colored: 35,853; Number of persons listed as Colored that consider themselves Negro: 35,516; Number of persons foreign born: 111,356. Number of farms: 826. Number of manufacturing establishments: 6,732; Average number of wage earners in manufacturing: 82,672; Average number of child wage earners under age 16: 3,013; Total of wages ($) of children wage earners under 16: 539,747. Number of persons born in: Austria: 2,563 ; Belgium: 216 ; Bohemia: 47 ; Canada (English): 2,151; Canada (French): 339; China: 304; England: 5,800; France: 1,462; Germany: 4,856 ; Holland: 368 ;Hungary: 561 ; Italy: 2227 ; Ireland: 19,421; Mexico: 76; Poland (Austrian): 322; Poland (German) 1,192; Poland (Russian): 1,248 ; Poland (not reported/unknown ethnicity): 95; Russia: 4,785; Scotland: 1,264 ; Sweden: 1,116 ; Switzerland: 2,752 ; Wales: 238
1900 U.S. Census St. Louis County: Total Population: 50,040; White: 46,511; Colored: 3,529; Number of persons listed as Colored that consider themselves Negro: 3,526. Number of persons foreign born: 7,360. Number of farms: 3,908. Number of manufacturing establishments: 183 ; Average number of wage earners in manufacturing: 664 ; Average number of child wage earners under age 16: 17; Total of wages ($) of children wage earners under 16: 3,049. Number of persons born in: Austria: 75 ; Belgium: 36 ; Bohemia: 47 ; Canada (English): 160 ; Canada (French): 43 ; China: 2; England: 450 ; France: 163 ; Germany: 4,856 ; Holland: 52; Hungary: 7 ; Italy: 26 ;Ireland: 754 ; Mexico: 1; Poland (Austrian):1 ; Poland (German)1 ; Poland (Russian): 5 ; Poland (not reported/unknown ethnicity): 6; Russia: 49; Scotland: 103 ; Sweden: 64;Switzerland: 247 ;Wales: 8
1910 U.S. Census St. Louis City: Total Population: 687,029; White: 642,488; Negro: 43,960; Other: 581. Number of white persons foreign born: 125,706. Number of non-white persons foreign born: 15,138. Number of farms: 464.
1910 U.S. Census St. Louis County: Total Population: 82,417; White: 78,146; Negro: 4,253; Other: 18; Number of white persons foreign born: 9,792; Number of non-white persons foreign born: 1,593. Number of farms: 4,048.
1920 U.S. Census St. Louis City: Total Population: 772,897; White: 702,615; Negro: 69,854; Other: 428; Number of white persons foreign born: 103,239; Number of farms: 244.
1920 U.S. Census St. Louis County: Total Population: 100,737; White: 95,988; Negro: 4,729; Other: 20; Number of white persons foreign born: 8,710; Number of farms: 3,735
1930 U.S. Census St. Louis City: Total Population: 821,960; White: 726,879; Negro: 93,580 Other: 1,501; Foreign-born White 80,386; Number of farms: 43
1930 U.S. Census St. Louis County: Total Population: 211,593; White: 201,791; Negro 9,645; Other: 157; Foreign-born Whites: 13,556. Number of farms: 3,058.
1940 U.S. Census St. Louis City: Total Population: 816,048; White: 706,794 Negro: 108,765; Other: 489; Foreign-born persons: 59,647; Farms with full owners: 47; Farms with part owners: 1; Farms with tenant farmer: 31.
1940 U.S. Census St. Louis County: Total Population: 274,230; White: 261,840 Negro:12,309; Other: 81; Foreign-born persons: 13,342; Farms with full owners: 1,946; Farms with part owners: 394; Farms with tenant farmers: 861.
1950 U.S. Census St. Louis City: Total Population: 856,796; White: 703,030 Negro:153,766; Other: 411; Foreign born whites: 41, 819. Number of farms: 37. Farms with full owners: 27; farms with part owners: 1; farms with tenant farmers: 8.
1950 U.S. Census St. Louis County: Total Population: 406,349; White: 389,419; Negro: 16,819; Other: 111. Foreign born whites: 15,556; Number of farms: 2,445; Number of farms with full owners: 1,728; Number of farms with part owners: 312; Farms with tenant farmers: 386.
1960 U.S. Census St. Louis City. Total Population: 750,026; White: 619,405; Negro: 214,377; Chinese: 448; Filipino: 211; Indian: 466; Japanese: 275; Other: 245. Persons of "Foreign Stock": 105,755.
1960 U.S. Census St. Louis County. Total Population: 703,532; White: 598,251; Negro: 19,007; Chinese: 215; Filipino: 118; Indian: 103; Japanese: 318; Other: 119. Persons of "Foreign Stock": 102,664.
1970 U.S. Census St. Louis City. Total Population: 622,236; (data unavailable at present time)
1970 U.S. Census St. Louis County. Total Population: 951,671: (data unavailable at present time)
1980 U.S. Census St. Louis City: Total Population: 452,804;
1980 U.S. Census St. Louis County: Total Population: 974,177;
1990 U.S. Census St. Louis City: Total Populaiton: 396,685
1990 U.S. Census St. Louis County: Total Population: 993,529
2000 U.S. Census St. Louis City: Total Population: 348,189; White: 152,666; Black: 178,666; American Indian/Alaska Native: 950; Asian: 6,891; Pacific Islander: 94; Other: 2,783; Persons of two or more races: 6,539; Hispanic/Latino (persons enumerated in any of the above races that consider themselves Hispanic/Latino): 7,022.
2000 U.S. Census St. Louis County: Total Population: 1,016,315; White: 780,830; Black: 193,306; American Indian/Alaska Native: 1,717; Asian 22,606; Pacific Islander: 251; Other: 4,775; Persons of two or more races: 12,830. Hispanic/Latino (persons enumerated in any of the above races that consider themselves Hispanic/Latino): 14,577