Change in Missouri Population Age 85 and Older, 2000-2004
The cohort of Missourians age 85 and older increased from 98,569 in 2000 to 100,379 from 2000-2004 – an increase of only 1.8 percent, somewhat below the statewide population increase of 2.8 percent from 2000-2004. Missourians age 85 and older accounted for only 1.7 percent of total statewide population in 2004, down slightly from 1.8 percent of total population in 2000.
Table 1 shows there were 15 counties in which the population age 85 and older was between 98 and 199 persons and there were 86 counties whose 85 and older population was between 200 and 1,000. Only 14 counties had a 2004 population age 85 and older of greater than 1,000. The counties with the largest 85 and older population were St. Louis with 18,369, Jackson with 10,943 and St. Louis City with 7,151. More than 36 percent of all Missourians age 85 lived in one of those three counties in 2004.
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Although Missouri’s total 85 and older population increased by 1.8 percent between 2000 and 2004, Map 1 shows there were 35 counties in which the 85 and older population declined by more than 5 percent and an additional 22 counties in which the 85 and older population declined, but by less than five percent. Map 1 shows that the 57 counties where 85 and older population declined were uniformly distributed throughout the state. Among the declining counties the greatest percentage loss occurred in Iron County (-35.3 percent), followed by Osage County with a loss of -21.3 percent, Grundy County with a loss of -16.8 percent, Dade County with a loss of -15.4 percent, Clark County with a loss of -14.9 percent and Lafayette with a loss of -14.6 percent. Most of the remaining counties experiencing a decline in their 85 and older population had a decline of less than 10 percent.
.There were, however, 58 counties in which the 85 and older population increased (Map 1). Those counties gaining population age 85 and older were much like those losing 85 and older population – they were uniformly distributed throughout the state. The greatest percentage increases in 85 and older population occurred in the following counties: DeKalb (32.1 percent), Hickory (26.6 percent), St. Charles (23.2 percent), Polk (19.7 percent) and Shannon with an increase of 17.8 percent).
Map 2 shows there were only 20 counties in which persons age 85 and older accounted for more than 3.0 percent of county population in 2004. All but one of those counties was located in rural north Missouri.
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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 two different regional groupings of counties: Extension and Regional Planning Commissions. 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 Population Age 85 and Older from 2000-2004 by Regions
University of Missouri Extension Regions
Table 2 shows there is little variation among the eight Extension Regions in the proportion of total region population accounted for by persons age 85 and over in 2004. The 85 and over age cohort comprises 2.6 percent of total population in the Northwest and Northeast Regions. However, in the other six regions the 2004 population age 85 and older accounted for a much smaller percentage (between 1.6-2.1 percent) of total region population.
The greatest percentage changes in 85 and older population between 2000 and 2004 was 6.8 percent which occurred in the Southwest Region and a 3.6 percent increase in West Central. Between 2000 and 2004 the numerical increase in age 85 and older population in those two regions was 85 percent (1,542) of the states’ total increase in 85 and older population from 2000-2004. The remaining six regions each had very little change in the 85 and older cohort between 2000 and 2004. Those six regions combined added only 268 to the statewide increase in the 85 and older population.
Because of their larger urban populations the East Central, West Central and Southwest Extension Regions had the largest populations of persons age 85 and older in 2004. East Central had a population of 34,281 persons age 85 and older, followed by 18,864 in West Central and 14,046 in Southwest. Together, those three regions are home to 67 percent of Missouri’s total 2004 population age 85 and older.
Missouri Regional Planning Commission Areas
Table 3 shows there is relatively little variation among the 19 Regional Planning Commission Areas in the proportion of total region population occupied by persons age 85 and older in 2004
The regions in which the 85 and older age cohort comprises the largest percent of total regional population are in the Green Hills RPC with 3.2 percent and the NWMO Regional Council of Governments with 3.1 percent.
On the other extreme there is one region, Lake of Ozarks Council of Local Government, in which persons age 85 and older account for only 1.4 percent of total regional population and there are three regions, Boonslick RPC, Mid-America RPC and Mid-America RPC in which the population age 85 and older accounts for only 1.5 percent of total regional population in each of the three.
Of the 19 RPCs there are three, East-West Gateway Coordinating Council, Mid-America RPC and the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments which, because those regions include larger cities, also have the largest number of persons age 85 and older. Together, the above three RPCs, in order of the size of the 85 and older population, include 31,455, 15,730 and 9,813 for a total of 56,998 which accounts for 57 percent of Missouri’s total population age 85 and older.
The RPCs having the greatest percentage change in the 85 and older population from 2000-2004 were the Harry S. Truman Coordinating Council with an increase of 8.1 percent, the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments with an increase of 6.2 percent and the Bootheel RPC with an increase of 5.7 percent.
Of the remaining RPCs nine had a decline in population age 85 and older. Those regions are predominantly located in rural north Missouri and in the south east Ozarks.
It is significant that nearly all the entire statewide increase of age 85 and older population from 2000-2004 (1,810) occurred in four of the 19 RPC Areas – Mid-America RPC, Southwest Missouri Council of Governments, East-West Gateway Coordinating Council, and Harry Truman Coordinating Council. The population age 85 and older in those four RPCs increased by 1,753 (97 percent of the total). These changes in the location of the 85 and older population over the past four years have important implications for the distribution of health care and other services needed by the aging population.
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The following links provide detailed tables of Missouri Population Age 85 and Older, 2000-2004. They are available in both HTML and Adobe Acrobat(PDF) formats. All Missouri Counties |
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| Missouri Population Age 85 and Older, 2000-2004 By County With State Totals | HTML | |
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Missouri Population Age 85 and Older, 2000-2004 - By UM Extension Region |
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| Missouri Population Age 85 and Older, 2000-2004 - By County Within UM Extension Region | HTML | |
| DED Regions | ||
| Missouri Population Age 85 and Older, 2000-2004 - By DED Region | HTML | |
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Missouri Population Age 85 and Older, 2000-2004 - By County Within DED Region |
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| MoDOT Regions | ||
| Missouri Population Age 85 and Older, 2000-2004 - By DOT District | HTML | |
| Missouri Population Age 85 and Older, 2000-2004 - By County Within DOT District | HTML | |
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| Missouri Population Age 85 and Older, 2000-2004 - By RPC | HTML | |
| Missouri Population Age 85 and Older, 2000-2004 - By County Within RPC | HTML | |
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