What is Greater St. Louis?
{{no sources|date=November 2024}} The '''Greater St. Louis''' Metropolitan Area surrounds the city of [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. St. Louis is the main city and commercial center for the area. It also includes the '''St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan statistical area''' (MSA) and the '''St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL [[combined statistical area]]''' (CSA). The MSA area is the 21st-largest, as of 2020. In the '''St. Louis, MO-IL [[metropolitan statistical area]]''' (MSA), it includes the Illinois counties ([[Bond County, Illinois|Bond]], [[Calhoun County, Illinois|Calhoun]], [[Clinton County, Illinois|Clinton]], [[Jersey County, Illinois|Jersey]], [[Macoupin County, Illinois|Macoupin]], [[Madison County, Illinois|Madison]], [[Monroe County, Illinois|Monroe]], and [[St. Clair County, Illinois|St. Clair]] (known collectively as the Metro East)) and the Missouri counties ([[Crawford County, Missouri|Crawford]] (only the City of Sullivan), [[Franklin County, Missouri|Franklin]], [[Jefferson County, Missouri|Jefferson]], [[Lincoln County, Missouri|Lincoln]], [[St. Charles County, Missouri|St. Charles]], [[St. Louis County, Missouri|St. Louis]] (separate from and not inclusive of the city of St. Louis), and [[Warren County, Missouri|Warren]]). Greater St. Louis is home to many professional sports teams including the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] and [[St. Louis Blues]]. Former professional teams include the [[Los Angeles Rams|St. Louis Rams]] and [[History of the St. Louis Browns|St. Louis Browns]]. {{USLargestMetros|state=collapsed}} [[Category:St. Louis, Missouri]] [[Category:Metropolitan areas of the United States]] {{US-geo-stub}}