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By the Numbers

St. Louis Bound
Welcome to St. Louis! Hopefully you're on-site with us to experience the 2016 NRPA Annual Conference, but, even if you're
home-bound this year, there's still plenty to appreciate about our host city. St. Louis is home to more than 100 parks, including the
massive Forest Park and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, which hosts the iconic St. Louis Arch. It's a big city with
big demands of its parks amenities - below, find some other interesting facts about America's Gateway to the West.

315,685

Population estimate as of July 1, 2015.

23.8 minutes
Average travel time to work for
employees ages 16 and older.

34.7

$34,800

66.2 sq. miles

98

Median resident age.

St. Louis total land area.

Median household income.

Number of grocery stores
(2.76 per 10,000 people).

1874
585

Number of bridges.

The year Eads Bridge was completed.
Spanning the Mississippi River, the
arched steel truss bridge was, at the
time, the first of its kind in the world
and still carries all manner of transportation today.

1836

Founding year of Lafayette Park, the
first public park established west of
the Mississippi River.

300+
3

Number of cheeses that make up
Provel cheese - cheddar, Swiss and
provolone are specially blended as a
topping for thin St. Louis-style pizza.

19

Number of studio
albums cut by St.
Louis native Chuck Berry, known
as the Father of rock n' roll.

Sources: Explore St. Louis, City-Data.com, U.S. Census Bureau, Wikipedia

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Numbers of bird species that migrate
via the Mississippi flyway, along
which St. Louis is situated. The St.
Louis Audubon Center and Riverlands
Migratory Bird Sanctuary offer just
two of many excellent spots to view a
feathered friend.



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