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| Full name | Greater St. Louis | | Official name | Greater St. Louis | | Other name | St. Louis-St. Charles, Farmington, MO-IL | | Settlement type | CSA | | Motto | Gateway To The West | | Country | United States | | State | Missouri | | Largest city | St. Louis | | Counties | List
In MSA:
St. Louis County
St. Louis
St. Charles
Madison
St. Clair
Jefferson
Franklin
St. Francois
Lincoln
Macoupin
Clinton
Warren
Washington
Jersey
Bond
Calhoun
| | Total Area | 8458 sq mi (21906.2 km2) | | Land Area | 8261 sq mi (21396 km2) | | Water Area | 197 sq mi (510.2 km2) | | Elevation | 466 - 1,280 ft (142 m) | | MSA | 2,779,939 (18th) | | CSA | 2,845,298 (16th) | | Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | | - Summer (DST) | CST (UTC-5) | | Area code | 314, 636, 618, 573 |
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Greater St. Louis is the area of Missouri and Illinois that surrounds and includes the independent city of St. Louis. Depending on the counties included in the area, it can refer to the St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or the St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL combined statistical area (CSA). Included in the MSA is the city of St. Louis; the Southern Illinois counties of Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair, which are collectively known as the Metro East; the Missouri counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis County (separate from and not inclusive of the city of St. Louis), Warren Washington, and part of Crawford County. The CSA includes all of the MSA listed above and the Farmington, MO micropolitan statistical area, which includes Washington County, Missouri and Saint Francois County, Missouri. The CSA was the 16th largest in the United States in 2010, with a population of 2,878,255, while the MSA was the 18th largest in the country with a population of 2,812,896.
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