Hispanic Population Continues Growth Throughout Missouri 2000-2003
The 2000 population census reported a Hispanic population of nearly 120,000 in 2000 - a population nearly double the 1990 population of 60,000. The Census Bureau 2003 population estimates reveal a 2003 Missouri Hispanic population of just short of 131,000 - an increase of 10.4 percent from 2000-2003. The 2003 estimates indicate that all Missouri counties have at least some Hispanic population and all but 10 Missouri counties have a county Hispanic population of more than 50 persons.
Concentrations of Hispanic Population
Table 1 reports there are 61 counties having a 2003 Hispanic population of between 100 and 1000 and 21 counties in which the Hispanic population exceeds 1000. The 21 counties each having more than 1000 Hispanic residents in 2003 had a combined for a total of 109,865 Hispanics in 2003 - 83.9 percent of Missouri's total Hispanic population. Although all Missouri counties have at least some Hispanic population more than 75 percent of the state total reside in one of the 23 metropolitan counties.
Table 1
The greatest concentration of Hispanic population in 2003 was Jackson County having an estimated Hispanic population of 38,911. The Hispanic population in Jackson County increased by more than 10 percent from 2000-2003. Other large concentrations of Hispanics in 2003 included St. Louis County with 15,431, Clay County with 7,587, St. Louis City with 6,939, St. Charles County with 4,934, Jasper County with 4,585 and Greene County with 4,505. Together those 7 counties were home to 82,892 Hispanic people in 2003 - 60 percent of total Hispanic population.
Changes in Hispanic Population 2000-2003
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Map 1 shows that all but 22 of Missouri counties had some increase in Hispanic population from 2000-2003. There were 20 counties in which the number of Hispanics increased by more than 100. The major concentration of growth were the Kansas City and St. Louis Metro areas, the Columbia, Jefferson City Metro areas in Central Missouri and the Southwest corner of the state which includes Joplin and counties having a high concentration of poultry production and processing. Table 2 shows the biggest numerical gain was in Jackson County with a gain of 3,751 followed by Clay with an increase of 993. Other counties having significant gains included Jasper with 970, St. Louis with 854, St. Charles with 758, Cass with 522 and Pettis with 418.
Table 2 shows that of the 22 counties having no gain in Hispanic population from 2000-2003 there were 6 counties in which the population did not change and 6 counties which declined by less than 5 persons. There were only three counties in which the decline was greater than 70 - a decline of 195 in Saline County, 183 in Johnson County and 823 in St. Louis City.
Changes in Population of Rural Meat Processing Counties
Although there were 9 rural counties which had dramatic gains in Hispanic population during the latter half of the 1990s the Hispanic population of those counties remained relatively stable from 2000-2003. Eight of those 9 counties were centers of poultry or swine production and processing. The remaining county of that group was Taney - the location of Branson. The nine counties and their population in 2000 and 2003 are as follows:
| County | 2000 | 2003 |
| Barry | 1,713 | 2,005 |
| Dunklin | 824 | 945 |
| Lawrence | 1,195 | 1,412 |
| McDonald | 2,030 | 2,226 |
| Newton | 1,147 | 1,392 |
| Pettis | 1,527 | 1,945 |
| Saline | 1,050 | 855 |
| Sullivan | 634 | 628 |
| Taney | 962 | 1,127 |
| Total | 11,082 | 12,535 |
This cluster of counties gained at about the same rate as the state total Hispanic population 10.4% vs. 13.1%.
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OSEDA Regional Grouping of Counties Many demographic factors vary by region within the state of Missouri. For the convenience of our user community, OSEDA prepares tables using three different regional groupings of counties: Extension, Economic Development and Transportation. For each of these groupings, one table summarizes the indicators by regional total and a second table shows values for each county grouped by region. Users may select the county grouping most helpful for their application and understanding. |
Change in Hispanic Population by Region 2000-2003
University of Missouri Extension Regions.
Table 3 shows the largest Hispanic population among the eight Extension Regions is West Central which includes the Kansas City metro area. The West Central Region had a Hispanic population of 48,474 in 2000 but achieved an 11.4 percent increase to 54,015 by 2003. The Hispanic population in West Central accounted for 41.3 percent of Missouri’s total 2003 Hispanic population. That is up slightly from 2000 when the West Central Region included 40.8 percent of Missouri’s Hispanic population in that year.
The West Central Region is the only one of the eight Extension Regions in which Hispanics accounted for more than 3.9 percent of region population. Hispanic population accounted for less than 2 percent of region population in the East Central Region (1.6 percent), the Southeast Region (1.5 percent) and the Northwest Region (1.9 percent).
Of the eight Extension Regions only the Northwest and East Central Regions had an Hispanic population increase of less than 9 percent from 2000-2003.
Department of Economic Development Regions (DED)
Table 4 shows the largest Hispanic population among the 13 DED Regions to be the Kansas City MSA which had a Hispanic population of 46,625 in 2000 but achieved a 12.1 percent increase to 52,282 by 2003. The Hispanic population in the Kansas City MSA accounted for 39.9 percent of Missouri’s total 2003 Hispanic population.
Although the Kansas City MSA had the largest numerical increase in Hispanic population from 2000-2003 (5,657), there were four DED Regions in which Hispanic population had a percentage gain greater than the 12.1 percent gain in Kansas City MSA. Those regions with greater percentage gains were, in order, Southwest (19.2 percent), South Central (14.3 percent), Lake Ozark-Rolla (12.7 percent) and Bootheel (12.5 percent).
The Kansas City MSA had the highest percent of Hispanic population (5.3 percent) of the 13 DED Regions, although Hispanics as a percent of the total Southwest Region and the total North Central Region population were similar with 5.2 percent and 5.0 percent respectively. There were, however, eight of the DED Regions (Lower East Central-Cape, South Central, Northeast, Central, St. Louis MSA, Bootheel, Springfield-Branson, Northwest) in which Hispanics accounted for 2.0 percent or less of region population in 2003
Missouri Department of Transportation Districts (MODOT)
Table 5 shows the largest Hispanic population among the 10 MODOT Districts to be in the Kansas City District. The Kansas City District reached a Hispanic population of 53,520 in 2003 – an increase of 5,492 (11.4 percent) from 2000.
In 2003 the Kansas City District alone accounted for 40.9 percent of Missouri’s total Hispanic population. However, if the St. Louis and Joplin Districts with their Hispanic populations of 30,199 and 12, 471 respectively are added, those three MODOT Districts accounted for 73.5 percent of Missouri’s 2003 Hispanic population. Those three districts also had the greatest increases in Hispanic population from 2000-2003. The Kansas City Districts increase of 5,492 was followed by an increase of 1,986 in the Joplin District and 1,744 in the St. Louis District. Together those three districts claimed 75 percent of Missouri Hispanic population gain from 2000-2003.
In contrast, the St. Joseph and Macon Districts had virtually no increase in Hispanic population from 2000-2003. The Hispanic population increased by 45 and 2 persons respectively in those two districts.
Hispanics as a percent of total district population in 2003 was greatest in the Kansas City District with 5.2 percent and the Joplin District with 5.1 percent.
Regional Planning Commission Areas (RPCs)
Table 6 shows the largest Hispanic population among the 19 Missouri Regional Planning Commission Areas (RPCs) in 2003 was the Mid-America RPC which includes five of the seven Kansas City metropolitan counties. The Mid-America RPC had a Hispanic population of 46,034 in 2000 which increased to 51,675 in 2003. That increase, 5,641, accounted for 43 percent of Missouri’s total increase in Hispanic population from 2000-2003.
Following the Mid-America RPC there were only three other RPCs having an increase of Hispanic population between 2000 and 2003 of greater than 466. Those three were, in order of numerical increase, East-West Gateway Coordinating Council (1,744), Harry Truman Coordinating Council (1,4220) and the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments (1,168).The 2000-2003 gain of Hispanic population in those three RPCs along with Mid-America totaled 9,995 which was 81.2 percent of Missouri’s total gain from 2000-2003.
The Harry Truman Coordinating Council includes McDonald, Newton, Jasper and Barton counties. Each of these counties has a high concentration of poultry processing and therefore also a signification population of Hispanic workers. The Hispanic population in the Harry Truman Area increased by 20.9 percent from 2000-2003. That was the greatest percentage increase of any of the RPCs. One of the four counties, McDonald, has the highest proportion of Hispanic population in the state (10.1 percent).
Of the 19 RPCs there were five in which the 2003 Hispanic population was less than 1,100. There were also 12 of the 19 RPCs in which Hispanics accounted for less than 2.0 percent of the RPC area total population.
| Detailed Tables of Hispanic Population Change in Missouri | ||
The following links provide detailed tables of Hispanic Population Change in Missouri 2000-2003. They are available in both HTML and Adobe Acrobat(PDF) formats. Missouri Summary |
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All Missouri Counties |
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| Hispanic Population in Missouri, 2000-2003 - By County with State Totals | HTML | |
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Hispanic Population in Missouri, 2000-2003 - By UM Extension Region |
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| Hispanic Population in Missouri, 2000-2003 - By County Within UM Extension Region | HTML | |
| DED Regions | ||
| Hispanic Population in Missouri, 2000-2003 - By DED Region | HTML | |
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Hispanic Population in Missouri, 2000-2003 - By County Within DED Region |
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| MoDOT Regions | ||
| Hispanic Population in Missouri, 2000-2003 - By DOT District | HTML | |
| Hispanic Population in Missouri, 2000-2003 - By County Within DOT District | HTML | |
| RPC Regions | ||
| Hispanic Population in Missouri, 2000-2003 - By RPC | HTML | |
| Hispanic Population in Missouri, 2000-2003 - By County Within RPC | HTML | |
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