Change in Senior Population in Missouri, 1990-2000
By County Within UM Extension Region

  Population Age 65 to 84 Years Population Age 85 Yrs or Older
  Change, 1990-2000   Change, 1990-2000
  2000 1990 Number Percent 2000 1990 Number Percent
              Missouri Totals
Missouri 656,808 636,464 20,344 3.2 98,571 81,217 17,354 21.4
              UM Extension Region: Central
Central 50,154 48,399 1,755 3.6 8,062 6,623 1,439 21.7
Audrain 3,749 4,034 -285 -7.1 608 524 84 16.0
Benton 3,458 2,846 612 21.5 370 294 76 25.9
Boone 10,009 8,315 1,694 20.4 1,630 1,128 502 44.5
Callaway 3,927 3,631 296 8.2 547 461 86 18.7
Carroll 1,721 1,965 -244 -12.4 343 333 10 3.0
Chariton 1,575 1,731 -156 -9.0 309 259 50 19.3
Cole 6,972 6,781 191 2.8 1,109 1,014 95 9.4
Cooper 2,130 2,372 -242 -10.2 406 309 97 31.4
Howard 1,363 1,552 -189 -12.2 285 273 12 4.4
Moniteau 1,749 1,829 -80 -4.4 313 260 53 20.4
Morgan 3,356 2,865 491 17.1 431 348 83 23.9
Osage 1,644 1,622 22 1.4 277 196 81 41.3
Pettis 5,243 5,128 115 2.2 827 650 177 27.2
Saline 3,258 3,728 -470 -12.6 607 574 33 5.7
              UM Extension Region: East Central
East Central 234,592 227,405 7,187 3.2 34,009 27,924 6,085 21.8
Franklin 10,021 8,763 1,258 14.4 1,311 1,012 299 29.5
Jefferson 16,429 12,928 3,501 27.1 1,770 1,313 457 34.8
Lincoln 3,659 2,957 702 23.7 535 360 175 48.6
Montgomery 1,719 1,929 -210 -10.9 372 324 48 14.8
St. Charles 22,479 13,268 9,211 69.4 2,373 1,424 949 66.6
Ste. Genevieve 2,259 2,020 239 11.8 333 254 79 31.1
St. Francois 7,330 6,912 418 6.0 988 796 192 24.1
St. Louis 124,839 116,421 8,418 7.2 18,423 13,577 4,846 35.7
Warren 2,866 2,446 420 17.2 320 256 64 25.0
Washington 2,462 2,149 313 14.6 271 219 52 23.7
St. Louis City 40,529 57,612 -17,083 -29.7 7,313 8,389 -1,076 -12.8
              UM Extension Region: Northeast
Northeast 27,115 30,371 -3,256 -10.7 5,278 4,846 432 8.9
Adair 2,563 2,852 -289 -10.1 497 415 82 19.8
Clark 1,046 1,124 -78 -6.9 194 165 29 17.6
Knox 787 845 -58 -6.9 139 124 15 12.1
Lewis 1,375 1,541 -166 -10.8 312 278 34 12.2
Linn 2,373 2,802 -429 -15.3 456 450 6 1.3
Macon 2,507 2,831 -324 -11.4 492 459 33 7.2
Marion 3,899 4,208 -309 -7.3 810 756 54 7.1
Monroe 1,372 1,482 -110 -7.4 265 240 25 10.4
Pike 2,310 2,422 -112 -4.6 436 336 100 29.8
Putnam 936 1,058 -122 -11.5 144 159 -15 -9.4
Ralls 1,205 1,263 -58 -4.6 166 150 16 10.7
Randolph 3,100 3,428 -328 -9.6 561 569 -8 -1.4
Schuyler 697 848 -151 -17.8 129 124 5 4.0
Scotland 777 945 -168 -17.8 171 151 20 13.2
Shelby 1,065 1,354 -289 -21.3 275 264 11 4.2
Sullivan 1,103 1,368 -265 -19.4 231 206 25 12.1
              UM Extension Region: Northwest
Northwest 31,719 34,559 -2,840 -8.2 5,996 5,589 407 7.3
Andrew 2,015 1,972 43 2.2 367 331 36 10.9
Atchison 1,117 1,359 -242 -17.8 237 217 20 9.2
Buchanan 11,020 11,903 -883 -7.4 1,856 1,734 122 7.0
Caldwell 1,297 1,499 -202 -13.5 231 244 -13 -5.3
Clinton 2,180 2,132 48 2.3 499 361 138 38.2
Daviess 1,237 1,395 -158 -11.3 174 202 -28 -13.9
DeKalb 1,396 1,359 37 2.7 214 271 -57 -21.0
Gentry 1,228 1,422 -194 -13.6 257 298 -41 -13.8
Grundy 1,775 2,002 -227 -11.3 374 326 48 14.7
Harrison 1,592 1,753 -161 -9.2 353 289 64 22.1
Holt 947 1,179 -232 -19.7 204 197 7 3.6
Livingston 2,302 2,412 -110 -4.6 460 427 33 7.7
Mercer 693 835 -142 -17.0 134 121 13 10.7
Nodaway 2,499 2,815 -316 -11.2 527 468 59 12.6
Worth 421 522 -101 -19.3 109 103 6 5.8
              UM Extension Region: South Central
South Central 48,592 44,139 4,453 10.1 6,468 5,058 1,410 27.9
Camden 6,540 4,747 1,793 37.8 483 317 166 52.4
Crawford 3,167 2,946 221 7.5 435 353 82 23.2
Dent 2,276 2,298 -22 -1.0 373 268 105 39.2
Douglas 1,950 1,788 162 9.1 284 264 20 7.6
Gasconade 2,438 2,578 -140 -5.4 451 365 86 23.6
Howell 5,440 4,892 548 11.2 808 587 221 37.6
Laclede 4,071 3,717 354 9.5 525 449 76 16.9
Maries 1,249 1,214 35 2.9 143 135 8 5.9
Miller 3,110 2,835 275 9.7 486 369 117 31.7
Oregon 1,624 1,717 -93 -5.4 239 170 69 40.6
Ozark 1,681 1,652 29 1.8 179 161 18 11.2
Phelps 4,828 4,388 440 10.0 699 466 233 50.0
Pulaski 2,925 2,503 422 16.9 332 289 43 14.9
Shannon 1,115 1,116 -1 -0.1 135 115 20 17.4
Texas 3,590 3,232 358 11.1 516 403 113 28.0
Wright 2,588 2,516 72 2.9 380 347 33 9.5
              UM Extension Region: Southeast
Southeast 48,741 50,395 -1,654 -3.3 7,390 5,792 1,598 27.6
Bollinger 1,579 1,632 -53 -3.2 201 175 26 14.9
Butler 5,968 5,835 133 2.3 847 592 255 43.1
Cape Girardeau 8,094 7,527 567 7.5 1,366 994 372 37.4
Carter 848 783 65 8.3 96 90 6 6.7
Dunklin 4,735 5,349 -614 -11.5 729 634 95 15.0
Iron 1,535 1,753 -218 -12.4 292 269 23 8.6
Madison 1,815 1,899 -84 -4.4 305 225 80 35.6
Mississippi 1,842 2,117 -275 -13.0 291 252 39 15.5
New Madrid 2,686 2,850 -164 -5.8 370 285 85 29.8
Pemiscot 2,567 3,238 -671 -20.7 412 383 29 7.6
Perry 2,423 2,595 -172 -6.6 422 350 72 20.6
Reynolds 975 985 -10 -1.0 111 119 -8 -6.7
Ripley 2,053 2,068 -15 -0.7 283 210 73 34.8
Scott 4,852 5,146 -294 -5.7 690 478 212 44.4
Stoddard 4,448 4,536 -88 -1.9 670 530 140 26.4
Wayne 2,321 2,082 239 11.5 305 206 99 48.1
              UM Extension Region: Southwest
Southwest 91,262 82,385 8,877 10.8 13,152 9,919 3,233 32.6
Barry 4,824 4,622 202 4.4 653 529 124 23.4
Barton 1,759 1,923 -164 -8.5 306 301 5 1.7
Cedar 2,473 2,603 -130 -5.0 382 313 69 22.0
Christian 5,129 3,277 1,852 56.5 622 366 256 69.9
Dade 1,370 1,404 -34 -2.4 240 250 -10 -4.0
Dallas 2,089 2,067 22 1.1 287 240 47 19.6
Greene 28,113 24,548 3,565 14.5 4,555 3,192 1,363 42.7
Hickory 2,130 1,898 232 12.2 199 173 26 15.0
Jasper 12,587 12,605 -18 -0.1 1,843 1,493 350 23.4
Lawrence 4,733 4,757 -24 -0.5 760 636 124 19.5
McDonald 2,153 2,234 -81 -3.6 287 214 73 34.1
Newton 6,495 5,791 704 12.2 893 662 231 34.9
Polk 3,607 3,210 397 12.4 518 475 43 9.1
Stone 4,961 3,719 1,242 33.4 468 290 178 61.4
Taney 5,762 4,970 792 15.9 663 467 196 42.0
Webster 3,077 2,757 320 11.6 476 318 158 49.7
              UM Extension Region: West Central
West Central 124,633 118,811 5,822 4.9 18,216 15,466 2,750 17.8
Bates 2,474 2,574 -100 -3.9 425 388 37 9.5
Cass 8,302 5,963 2,339 39.2 1,334 862 472 54.8
Clay 17,730 14,396 3,334 23.2 2,118 1,448 670 46.3
Henry 3,462 3,605 -143 -4.0 561 512 49 9.6
Jackson 71,492 72,882 -1,390 -1.9 10,489 9,583 906 9.5
Johnson 3,953 3,437 516 15.0 533 508 25 4.9
Lafayette 4,248 4,443 -195 -4.4 831 717 114 15.9
Platte 5,725 4,309 1,416 32.9 780 483 297 61.5
Ray 2,629 2,596 33 1.3 365 342 23 6.7
St. Clair 1,764 1,710 54 3.2 292 256 36 14.1
Vernon 2,854 2,896 -42 -1.5 488 367 121 33.0
 
Source: 1990 and 2000 Decenial Census, Summary File 1
Prepared by University Outreach & Extension - Office of Social & Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA)
Report generated on 19MAR2002 by setup in mocopop_sr65ov_1990_2000