Facts
- Population
- 231,888 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.3 %
- Net migration
- 2,057 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7 % (2025)
- State
- Missouri
- Population base, April 2020
- 226,569 (2020)
- Births
- 2,254 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.7
- Deaths
- 2,411 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -157
- International migration
- 93 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,964 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 8.9
- Postal code
- MO
- FIPS code
- 29099
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 % |
| 2024 | 3.4 % |
| 2023 | 2.8 % |
| 2022 | 2.5 % |
| 2021 | 3.8 % |
| 2020 | 6.1 % |
| 2019 | 3.0 % |
| 2018 | 3.1 % |
| 2017 | 3.6 % |
| 2016 | 4.3 % |
| 2015 | 5.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 231,888 |
| 2023 | 231,155 |
| 2022 | 229,268 |
| 2021 | 228,030 |
| 2020 | 226,947 |