Change in Missouri Asian and Pacific Islander Population 1990-2000
The Missouri Asian and Pacific Island population increased from 41,277 in 1990 to 64,773 in 2000 - an increase of 56.9 percent. As a result of that growth, the Asian/Pacific Island population increased from 0.8 percent of Missouri total in 1990 to 1.2 percent in 2000. The Asian population increased in 99 of Missouri's 115 counties during the 1990s.
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Although all Missouri counties had some Asian/Pacific Islander population in 2000, Missouri's Asian population is predominantly urban, (Map 1). St. Louis County is home to Missouri's largest Asian population - 22,857 persons. Jackson County (Kansas City) had an Asian population of 9,580 in 2000, the second largest among Missouri counties. Not only did those two counties have the largest Asian population, but they also experienced the greatest Asian population growth during the 1990s. The Asian population of St. Louis County increased by 8,690 (61.3 percent), and Jackson County's increased by 3,134 (48.6 percent). Half (50.3 percent) of Missouri's total increase in Asian population during the 1990s occurred in those two counties.
As shown in Table 1, nine Missouri counties, including St. Louis and Jackson, had an Asian population greater than 1,000 in 2000. The combined Asian population of those nine counties totaled 53,781 in 2000 (83.0 percent of Missouri's total Asian/Pacific Islander population). All but one of those counties is metropolitan, the exception being Pulaski (Fort Leonard Wood). The Kansas City and St. Louis metro areas each included three of the nine counties. Boone County (Columbia) had the fourth largest Asian population (4,057) trailing only St. Louis County and City and Jackson County.
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Missouri's Asian population became more metropolitan during the 1990s. As shown in Table 1, the Asian population of the nine counties having an Asian population of greater than 1,000 in 2000 increased by 64.1 percent during the 1990s. For comparison the Asian population of the remaining 106 counties increased by only 29.3 percent from 1990 to 2000.
Table 1 also shows 12 counties having an Asian population of between 200 and 999 in 2000. Together the population of those 12 counties (6,422) accounted for 9.9 percent of Missouri's Asian population in 2000. Six of those 12 counties were also metropolitan. The remaining six are larger regional center counties having major education and health care institutions such as Jefferson City, Cape Girardeau, and Rolla.
Although there were 94 additional counties having an Asian population of less than 200, the population of those counties combined for only 7.1 percent of Missouri's Asian/Pacific Islander population in 2000. There was little change during the 1990s in the number of counties having a small Asian population - from 96 in 1990 to 94 in 2000.
Change in Asian/Pacific Islander Population By Region 1990-2000
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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. |
Following in this section is a report of Asian/Pacific Island population in 2000 and change from 1990. The regions include: (1) the eight regions used the by University of Missouri Extension Service; (2) the 10 districts utilized by the Missouri Department of Transportation; and, (3) the 13 regions used by the Missouri Department of Economic Development.
Change in Asian Population Among University of Missouri Extension Regions:
Table 2 shows two Extension regions, East Central (St. Louis) and West Central (Kansas City) each having an Asian population of greater than 14,000 in 2000. Together those two regions included 75 percent of Missouri's total Asian population in 2000, up slightly from 72 percent of the Asian population living in those two regions in 1990.
In addition to the East and West Central regions, there were two other regions (Central and Southwest) each having an Asian population of about 5,000 in 2000. Even though those two regions had the most rapidly growing population in the state during the 1990s, the rate of growth of the Asian population within those regions were greater.
Although the South Central region had the fourth largest Asian population in 2000, more than 40 percent was located in Pulaski County (Fort Leonard Wood). Excluding the Asian population concentration in Pulaski, the remainder of the South Central Region had proportionately about the same small Asian population as the Southeast, Northeast and Northwest regions.
Change in Asian Population Among Missouri Department of Transportation Districts
Table 3 shows that, of the ten MODOT districts, three had an Asian/Pacific Islander population of greater than 5,000 in 2000, while three of the districts (St. Joseph, Macon, and Hanibal) had an Asian population of less than 1,000 in 2000. They are the three Districts that serve north Missouri.
As described above, the Missouri Asian population is heavily concentrated in the St. Louis and Kansas City metro areas. The St. Louis District had an Asian population of 33,335 in 2000 (51.4 percent of Missouri total), and the Asian population of the Kansas City District was 14,841 (22.9 percent of Missouri total). The Central District adds another 5,443, and Springfield includes an additional 3,606. When combined, the Asian population of those four Districts included 88.3 percent of Missouri's total Asian population in 2000. Those four Districts also had the greatest increases in Asian population during the 1990s.
Change in Asian Population Among Missouri Department of Economic Development Regions.
The data in Table 4 reinforces the growing urban concentration of Missouri's Asian/Pacific Islander population. Of the 13 regions, four (St. Louis MSA, Kansas City MSA, Springfield-Branson and Central) included 86.9 percent of Missouri's 2000 Asian/Pacific Islander population. Those four regions not only had the greatest concentration of Asian population, but also contributed 92.2 percent of Missouri's total increase in Asian population during the 1990s.
Other smaller concentrations of Asian population in 2000 include the Lake Ozark-Rolla Region (2,408), Southwest, which includes Joplin, added 1,560, and an additional 1,198 Asians resided in the West Central Region, which excludes Kansas City but includes such health-education centers as Warrensburg and Sedalia as well as Whiteman Air Force Base.
Six of the 13 DED regions had an Asian population of less than 1,000 in 2000. These include all of North and Southeast Missouri. The Asian population is not only small in these regions, but also had modest Asian population growth during the 1990s.
Additional tables are attached which report Missouri's Asian and Pacific Islander Population for three different sets of regions: eight University of Missouri Extension regions; 10 Missouri Department of Transportation regions; and 13 Missouri Department of Economic Development regions.
| Detailed Tables Missouri's Asian and Pacific Islander Population | ||
| The following links provide detailed tables of Missouri's Asian and Pacific Islander Population. They are in both HTML and Adobe Acrobat (PDF) formats. | ||
| All Missouri Counties | ||
| Asian and Pacific Islander Population in Missouri, 1990-2000 - By County with State Totals | HTML | |
| Regional Tables | ||
| UO/E Regions | ||
| Asian and Pacific Islander Population in Missouri, 1990-2000 - By County with State Totals - By UM Extension Region | HTML | |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Population in Missouri, 1990-2000 - By County with State Totals - By County Within UM Extension Region | HTML | |
| DED Regions | ||
| Asian and Pacific Islander Population in Missouri, 1990-2000 - By County with State Totals - By DED Region | HTML | |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Population in Missouri, 1990-2000 - By County with State Totals - By County Within DED Region | HTML | |
| MoDOT Regions | ||
| Asian and Pacific Islander Population in Missouri, 1990-2000 - By County with State Totals - By DOT District | HTML | |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Population in Missouri, 1990-2000 - By County with State Totals - By County Within DOT District | HTML | |
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