1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (see ). The pop. of St. Louis in 1920 was 772,897, an increase of 85,868 since 1910, or 12.5%. In the preceding decade the increase was 111,791 or 19.4%. The area remained as fixed in 1876, but the increasing pop. and industries have spread beyond these limits. The city, the counties of St. Louis and St. Charles in Missouri and the counties of St. Clair and Madison in Illinois are grouped as the St. Louis district and treated as a whole in the U.S. industrial census. In 1920 the district contained 1,145,443 inhabitants.

When the Armistice was signed Nov. 11 1918 one in 13 of the city's pop.—56,944—was in the army, navy or marine corps. The total casualties were 2,511, of which 1,384 were killed in battle. Of the three Liberty Loans, St. Louis took the equivalent of 25% of the assessed value of the city's realty and personalty. On the third, fourth and fifth calls for loans the St. Louis Federal Reserve district was the first to subscribe its quota. On the third loan the city subscribed $65 for every man, woman and child, nearly three times the quota. (Author:Walter Barlow Stevens)