期刊名称：Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Regional Economist
出版年度：2014
出版社：Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
摘要：F rench fur traders Pierre Lacled e and Auguste Chouteau founded St. Louis 250 yea rs ago, in Febr uary 1764. Their small trading village would soon blossom into a thriving metropolis. Following the Lewis a nd Clark exploration, entrepreneurs made fortunes in St. Louis, selling supplies to adventurers traveling west. Later in the 19th century, St. Louis became a major industrial center and home to the largest brewer y in the U.S. The high volume of trade attracted many ba nks and financia l firms. Financial services remain an impor- tant growth sector to this day. In the past several decades, St. Louis has emerged as a leader in the health care industry, too. The MSA has struggled to retain popula- tion: Dur ing the 1970s and early 1980s, it lost an average of roughly 3,000 people per year. Since then, it has grown slower than the nationa l average, a lthough the popula- tion has increased every year since 1982. Between 2002 and 2012, the population increased by 95,673
