Missouri Population and Components of Change, 2000-2003

By Dept. of Economic Development Region

	Components of Population Change, 2000-2003
				Natural Increase		Net Migration
DED Economic Region	Population Change	Births	Deaths	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
-Missouri Totals-	107,801	245,375	180,689	64,686	1.2	43,115	0.8
St. Louis MSA	27,880	87,757	60,736	27,021	1.4	859	0.2
Kansas City MSA	29,159	52,443	31,256	21,187	2.0	7,972	0.8
Springfield - Branson	19,263	18,420	14,091	4,329	1.0	14,934	3.5
Central	8,905	15,641	10,799	4,842	1.3	4,063	1.1
Bootheel	-32	10,293	9,321	972	0.4	-1,004	-0.4
Lake Ozark Rolla	10,019	9,761	8,270	1,491	0.6	8,528	3.6
Lower East Central-Cape	4,150	9,332	8,352	980	0.4	3,170	1.4
North Central	-1,284	2,780	3,306	-526	-0.7	-758	-1.0
Northeast	-542	5,627	5,456	171	0.1	-713	-0.5
Northwest	-1,549	6,880	6,670	210	0.1	-1,759	-0.9
South Central	1,792	4,605	4,777	-172	-0.1	1,964	1.7
Southwest	7,270	14,138	10,853	3,285	1.1	3,985	1.3
West Central	2,770	7,698	6,802	896	0.5	1,874	1.1
Source: USDC, Census Bureau, Federal State Cooperative for Population Estimates Prepared by the University of Missouri Extension, Office of Social & Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA) Report generated on 18AUG2004 by setup in moco_compchg_2000_2003