TRADE IN FRESH AND FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS 507 
ESTIMATED POPULATION OF THE GREATER ST. LOUIS AREA, 1926 
The estimated population of the greater St. Louis area in 1926, 
including 22 separate municipalities, and covered by the section 16 by 
21 miles according to ‘‘A Study of Principal American Markets”’? for 
1927, was as follows: 
Missouri: 
ERISA ea ee, ee ay aed A. os 834, 392 
Role pine eee ee Sl ee woe bs 
LS ERIN Dice pee ges ae 2, 030 
POtGROEeArEAGKRar 2 tes S58 ee 1, 000 
UTR ee ea 3, 725 
ING mWOUCeese eerers Serer eee ge ee ES 1, 298 
BINS Kay, OG) ere ae pian el 4, 604 
emcee ie sea Ser ee ee tt 2, 000 
IMctale wou deems seme wee eh ee See ee 9, 208 
OVERLAIN GMteai seres en Pie ee Pe ae eee oe Se 1, 000 
Richmondsetleiphtsesss ech. 2 es Pa 2, 500 
WmniversitveGiiyese. se eee 2 mere cree a ee 9, 960 
WWicbsterg Groves == Sie oa a Pee a Be 11, 207 
NVGlIS Homies ee aie ae uted Ser ee oe ee See ee 7, 433 
Illinois: 
ESO SOU ses st4 pm ete Se erie ier ge 72, 726 
Belleville 25s es Fd ee SS om 2 oa 27, 503 
IBROO kiliy rae eee = Cee peg te, ee ee one tee 1, 769 
Barman Gaby ees 8 re Be ig A 1, 500 
Granite lye: a Cte ee Lae Ta os a EL 18, 271 
Tees ons aie reas ene bere e A eS lo Boe et 4, 996 
MERIC ERse Sasa cioee re oad eee saci pees egret jus tat Ue 4, 023 
\PaTAEEVSH WON a {OY Olea] BEEN ere = Me ccd IS ep a ec 1, 663 
agai. free op ts riya syn Dee ete s TIT eG 1, 025, 934 
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF FISH 
The estimated population of greater St. Louis in 1926 was 1,025,934. 
During this period, 13,127,000 pounds of fresh and frozen fishery prod- 
ucts were received in greater St. Louis. Of this amount 1,191,000 
pounds were reshipped, leaving 11,936,000 pounds for consumption, 
making an annual per capita consumption of these products, in the 
round, of about 12 pounds. Considering only the edible portion, 
amounting to 9,295,000 pounds, the annual per capita consumption 
is about 9 pounds. 
In the survey of the fisheries trade in New York City, it was stated 
that the per capita consumption of fish was influenced by the large 
foreign-born, Jewish, and Catholic populations and to the unusually 
large number of transients. While the fisheries trade in greater St. 
Louis depends to some extent on the Jewish population as well as the 
negro population for a large percentage of its trade, it is believed that 
these are minor factors in influencing consumption and that the trade 
has been developed to a large degree among all races and creeds by 
the efficient methods employed by the wholesalers, coupled with 
advertising. As has been shown, the trade is supplied largely with 
filleted, steaked, or skinned varieties of fish. It is easy for the retailer 
to handle these, for the housewife to cook, and, as the portions con- 
ae few or no bones, they are eaten readily by children as well as 
adults. 

2 Published by the 100,000 group of American Cities, Chicago, Ill. 
