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Event:  1930 Census is taken
Category:  St. Louis and the West
Brief Description:  In the 1930 Census, St. Louis´ population was 821,960, a decline of 6.3% from the previous census. The City dropped from the sixth largest in the nation to the seventh. Los Angeles surpassed St. Louis in population, meaning St. Louis was no longer number one in population west of the Mississippi. (Primm 432)
Year:  1930
Decade:  1930 - 1939
Beginning Date:    1930

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