Florissant is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 50,229 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Florissant is the 12th largest community in Missouri.

Unlike some cities, Florissant isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Florissant are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Florissant is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Florissant who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.92%), sales jobs (11.09%), and management occupations (6.04%).

Also of interest is that Florissant has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Florissant is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

"If you live in Florissant, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Florissant residents do (97%). Florissant is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Florissant Information and Demographics

The population of Florissant overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Florissant, 17.41% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Florissant in 2000 was $20,622, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $82,488 for a family of four.

Florissant is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Florissant home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Florissant is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Florissant include German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Florissant is English.