Sep. 19, 2006 - An Overview of St. Louis County

St. Louis County consists of an area of 524 square miles. It has a year 2000 population of 1,016,315.

St. Louis Metro Statistical Area (MSA) consists of 7 counties in Missouri and 5 counties in Illinois.

Counties on the St. Louis side are: Lincoln, Monroe, Warren, St. Charles, Franklin, Jefferson, St. Louis. 

St. Louis County is the largest County in Missouri and has 91 municipalities and also an unincorporated area. The area contains appoximately 18% of the states population. One/half of the metro area's jobs are in Saint Louis County and account for almost 24% of the jobs in Missouri.

The county has 24 school districts , which are important to your home buying experience. More information regarding schools can be found by clicking here.

There are 23 fire protection districts, which share 20 municipality fire departments. A Special Services district provides sewer, library, junior college and cultural facilities within the County. Privately owned utilities provide electrical, natural gas, water and telephone service.

There are 39 municipalities in what is considered to be Mid-County, 21 in North County, 13 in South County and 18 in West County.  All of these areas are considered to be St. Louis County.