St. Charles, Missouri
Demographics
Table:
Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±

1850	1,498	—
1860	3,239	116.2%
1870	5,570	72.0%
1880	5,014	−10.0%
1890	6,161	22.9%
1900	7,982	29.6%
1910	9,437	18.2%
1920	8,503	−9.9%
1930	10,491	23.4%
1940	10,803	3.0%
1950	14,314	32.5%
1960	21,189	48.0%
1970	31,834	50.2%
1980	37,379	17.4%
1990	54,555	46.0%
2000	60,321	10.6%
2010	65,794	9.1%
2016 (est.)	69,293	[3]	5.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[23]

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