St. Charles County

St. Charles County is located in east-central Missouri.  The County Seat is St. Charles and the largest city is O'Fallon.  The Official Web Site is located at http://www.sccmo.org/.  The 2014 population estimate is 379,493 and the 2010 census population was 360,485.  The land area is 560.44 square miles and there are 643.2 persons per square mile.

91% of the population is White, 4.6% is Black or African American, 3% is Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% is Asian, 0.3% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.8% is two or more races.  93.6% have a high school degree or higher, and 35.1% have a Bachelor degree or higher.

The median home value is $189,100, there are 135,974 households, an average of 2.64 persons per household.  The per capita income is $31,586,  the median household income is $71,077, and 5.8% of the persons in St. Charles County are considered below poverty level.

The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 28,083.  Retail sales (in $1000) were $4,408,513, and sales per capita were $12,822.  The percentage of black-owned firms is 2%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 27.9%.

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