St. Louis area

Greater St. Louis is the 23rd-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States with an MSA population of more than 2.8 million, and almost 3 million CSA the largest in Missouri, and the second-largest in Illinois. Its core city—St. Louis, Missouri—sits in the geographic center of the metro area, on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The river bisects the metro area geographically between Illinois and Missouri, although the latter portion is much more populous. The MSA inclu