St. Paul is a large city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 287,151 people and 84 constituent neighborhoods, St. Paul is the second largest community in Minnesota. St. Paul has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

St. Paul is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, St. Paul is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Paul who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.02%), sales jobs (9.29%), and management occupations (7.74%).

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

St. Paul is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although St. Paul is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.

St. Paul Information and Demographics

The education level of St. Paul citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 32.02% of adults in St. Paul have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in St. Paul in 2000 was $20,216, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,864 for a family of four.

St. Paul is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call St. Paul home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in St. Paul is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in St. Paul include German, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in St. Paul is English. Other important languages spoken here include Miao, Hmong and Spanish.