{"id":24547,"date":"2021-09-02T17:20:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T17:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=24547"},"modified":"2021-09-02T17:20:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T17:20:34","slug":"florissant-has-largest-population-in-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=24547","title":{"rendered":"Florissant has Largest Population in County"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n2020 Census Shows Florissant Still<br \/>\nMost Populated City in STL County<\/h1>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24548\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thumbnail-2.jpg?resize=288%2C213&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"213\" \/>Results of the 2020 US Census were released in late August and it shows that Florissant had an increase of about 400 more residents than the 2010 Census showed.<br \/>\nThere are currently 52,533 people that reside in Florissant compared to 52,553 on the April 2010 Census report.<br \/>\nThe population of Florissant in 1980 was 55,372. The figures for 2000 Census showed 50,206 residents<br \/>\nIn the Fall of 2019, Mayor Tim Lowery met with members of his administration to begin preparations for the 2020 Census. The main goal was to ensure that all of our residents were counted and that Florissant retain the important status of being the largest municipality and a premier community in St. Louis County.<br \/>\nMayor Lowery reported, in a newsletter, that \u201cafter almost two years of work, effort, and time invested, the population of Florissant has grown to a level not seen in the city since the mid 1980s (see graph of population growth in Florissant the last 40 years).<br \/>\nThe mayor thanked all of those who made this achievement possible with \u201cimmense gratitude to the members of the city council, the hard-working city staff, the numerous volunteers, and all of the residents for sharing in the important responsibility of reporting our population data correctly.\u201d<br \/>\nLooking forward, Mayor Lowery said, \u201cwe now have the collective opportunity to write the next chapter in our rich history here in North St. Louis County. Working jointly with all citizens of Florissant, we can see even more growth in population, investment, and development over the next decade.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 Census Shows Florissant Still Most Populated City in STL County Results of the 2020 US Census were released in late August and it shows that Florissant had an increase of about 400 more residents than the 2010 Census showed. 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