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," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

One notable thing about Florissant is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Florissant is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 97% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Florissant Information and Demographics

The education level of Florissant citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 17.41% of adults in Florissant 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.