Missouri's 1st congressional district

Missouri's 1st congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Distribution
  • 99.21% urban
  • 0.79% rural
Population (2023)741,792
Median household
income
$61,562
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+29

Missouri's 1st congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state. It includes all of St. Louis City and much of northern St. Louis County, including the cities of Maryland Heights, University City, Ferguson and Florissant. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+29, it is the most Democratic district in Missouri. Roughly half of the district's population is African American.

Its current representative is Democrat Wesley Bell, who was first elected in 2024. William Lacy Clay, Jr., had previously represented the district between 2001 and 2021, succeeding his father, William Lacy Clay, Sr.