ST. LOUIS — St. Louis City saw the second-highest decline in population in the country, according to the U.S. Census’s most recent report from 2023 to 2024.
According to the U.S. Census, 3,077 people left the city of St. Louis within the year, leaving the area with 279,695 in population. In 2020 there were 301,371 in St. Louis, and by 2024 the city saw 21,676 leave the area.
St. Louis ranked one below Memphis or Shelby County, Tennessee, which saw a decline of 3,379 people as the population dropped from 930,015 to 910,530 in the course of the year.
The city ranked above Mississippi’s Hinds County and the city of Jackson, where 2,542 people left, leaving the area with 211,975 people.
In 2023, the entire state of Missouri saw 135,000 people leave the state and move outbound to states such as Kansas, Illinois, and even further south to Texas and Illinois.