| Missouri Population and Change, 1990-2000 and 2000-2003 |
| By County Within Dept. of Economic Development Region |
| Total Population | Change, 2000-2003 | Change, 1990-2000 | |||||
| 2003 | 2000 | 1990 | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Missouri Totals | |||||||
| Missouri | 5,704,484 | 5,596,683 | 5,117,073 | 107,801 | 1.9 | 479,610 | 9.4 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: St. Louis MSA | |||||||
| St. Louis MSA | 2,031,637 | 2,003,757 | 1,903,530 | 27,880 | 1.4 | 100,227 | 5.3 |
| Franklin County | 96,905 | 93,807 | 80,603 | 3,098 | 3.3 | 13,204 | 16.4 |
| Jefferson County | 206,786 | 198,099 | 171,380 | 8,687 | 4.4 | 26,719 | 15.6 |
| Lincoln County | 44,207 | 38,944 | 28,892 | 5,263 | 13.5 | 10,052 | 34.8 |
| St. Charles Coun | 311,531 | 283,893 | 212,907 | 27,638 | 9.7 | 70,986 | 33.3 |
| St. Louis County | 1,013,123 | 1,016,300 | 993,529 | -3,177 | -0.3 | 22,771 | 2.3 |
| Warren County | 26,862 | 24,525 | 19,534 | 2,337 | 9.5 | 4,991 | 25.6 |
| St. Louis city | 332,223 | 348,189 | 396,685 | -15,966 | -4.6 | -48,496 | -12.2 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: Kansas City MSA | |||||||
| Kansas City MSA | 1,099,211 | 1,070,052 | 977,991 | 29,159 | 2.7 | 92,061 | 9.4 |
| Cass County | 88,834 | 82,092 | 63,808 | 6,742 | 8.2 | 18,284 | 28.7 |
| Clay County | 194,247 | 184,006 | 153,411 | 10,241 | 5.6 | 30,595 | 19.9 |
| Clinton County | 20,140 | 18,979 | 16,595 | 1,161 | 6.1 | 2,384 | 14.4 |
| Jackson County | 659,723 | 654,880 | 633,232 | 4,843 | 0.7 | 21,648 | 3.4 |
| Lafayette County | 32,951 | 32,960 | 31,107 | -9 | -0.0 | 1,853 | 6.0 |
| Platte County | 79,390 | 73,781 | 57,867 | 5,609 | 7.6 | 15,914 | 27.5 |
| Ray County | 23,926 | 23,354 | 21,971 | 572 | 2.4 | 1,383 | 6.3 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: Springfield - Branson | |||||||
| Springfield - Branson | 455,998 | 436,735 | 343,457 | 19,263 | 4.4 | 93,278 | 27.2 |
| Christian County | 61,571 | 54,285 | 32,644 | 7,286 | 13.4 | 21,641 | 66.3 |
| Dallas County | 16,113 | 15,661 | 12,646 | 452 | 2.9 | 3,015 | 23.8 |
| Greene County | 245,765 | 240,391 | 207,949 | 5,374 | 2.2 | 32,442 | 15.6 |
| Polk County | 28,081 | 26,992 | 21,826 | 1,089 | 4.0 | 5,166 | 23.7 |
| Stone County | 29,941 | 28,658 | 19,078 | 1,283 | 4.5 | 9,580 | 50.2 |
| Taney County | 41,403 | 39,703 | 25,561 | 1,700 | 4.3 | 14,142 | 55.3 |
| Webster County | 33,124 | 31,045 | 23,753 | 2,079 | 6.7 | 7,292 | 30.7 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: Central | |||||||
| Central | 389,287 | 380,382 | 330,879 | 8,905 | 2.3 | 49,503 | 15.0 |
| Audrain County | 25,716 | 25,853 | 23,599 | -137 | -0.5 | 2,254 | 9.6 |
| Boone County | 141,122 | 135,454 | 112,379 | 5,668 | 4.2 | 23,075 | 20.5 |
| Callaway County | 42,225 | 40,766 | 32,809 | 1,459 | 3.6 | 7,957 | 24.3 |
| Cole County | 72,454 | 71,397 | 63,579 | 1,057 | 1.5 | 7,818 | 12.3 |
| Cooper County | 17,009 | 16,670 | 14,835 | 339 | 2.0 | 1,835 | 12.4 |
| Gasconade County | 15,542 | 15,342 | 14,006 | 200 | 1.3 | 1,336 | 9.5 |
| Howard County | 10,007 | 10,212 | 9,631 | -205 | -2.0 | 581 | 6.0 |
| Moniteau County | 14,965 | 14,827 | 12,298 | 138 | 0.9 | 2,529 | 20.6 |
| Montgomery Count | 12,068 | 12,136 | 11,355 | -68 | -0.6 | 781 | 6.9 |
| Osage County | 13,134 | 13,062 | 12,018 | 72 | 0.6 | 1,044 | 8.7 |
| Randolph County | 25,045 | 24,663 | 24,370 | 382 | 1.5 | 293 | 1.2 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: Bootheel | |||||||
| Bootheel | 230,060 | 230,092 | 226,800 | -32 | -0.0 | 3,292 | 1.5 |
| Butler County | 40,854 | 40,867 | 38,765 | -13 | -0.0 | 2,102 | 5.4 |
| Carter County | 5,974 | 5,941 | 5,515 | 33 | 0.6 | 426 | 7.7 |
| Dunklin County | 32,654 | 33,155 | 33,112 | -501 | -1.5 | 43 | 0.1 |
| Mississippi Coun | 14,386 | 13,427 | 14,442 | 959 | 7.1 | -1,015 | -7.0 |
| New Madrid Count | 19,187 | 19,760 | 20,928 | -573 | -2.9 | -1,168 | -5.6 |
| Pemiscot County | 19,729 | 20,047 | 21,921 | -318 | -1.6 | -1,874 | -8.5 |
| Ripley County | 13,781 | 13,509 | 12,303 | 272 | 2.0 | 1,206 | 9.8 |
| Scott County | 40,779 | 40,422 | 39,376 | 357 | 0.9 | 1,046 | 2.7 |
| Stoddard County | 29,626 | 29,705 | 28,895 | -79 | -0.3 | 810 | 2.8 |
| Wayne County | 13,090 | 13,259 | 11,543 | -169 | -1.3 | 1,716 | 14.9 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: Lake Ozark Rolla | |||||||
| Lake Ozark Rolla | 250,080 | 240,061 | 208,333 | 10,019 | 4.2 | 31,728 | 15.2 |
| Camden County | 38,302 | 37,051 | 27,495 | 1,251 | 3.4 | 9,556 | 34.8 |
| Crawford County | 23,513 | 22,804 | 19,173 | 709 | 3.1 | 3,631 | 18.9 |
| Dent County | 14,921 | 14,927 | 13,702 | -6 | -0.0 | 1,225 | 8.9 |
| Laclede County | 33,326 | 32,513 | 27,158 | 813 | 2.5 | 5,355 | 19.7 |
| Maries County | 8,841 | 8,903 | 7,976 | -62 | -0.7 | 927 | 11.6 |
| Miller County | 24,255 | 23,564 | 20,700 | 691 | 2.9 | 2,864 | 13.8 |
| Morgan County | 20,000 | 19,309 | 15,574 | 691 | 3.6 | 3,735 | 24.0 |
| Phelps County | 41,668 | 39,825 | 35,248 | 1,843 | 4.6 | 4,577 | 13.0 |
| Pulaski County | 45,254 | 41,165 | 41,307 | 4,089 | 9.9 | -142 | -0.3 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: Lower East Central-Cape | |||||||
| Lower East Central-Cape | 229,017 | 224,867 | 202,735 | 4,150 | 1.8 | 22,132 | 10.9 |
| Bollinger County | 12,318 | 12,029 | 10,619 | 289 | 2.4 | 1,410 | 13.3 |
| Cape Girardeau C | 69,876 | 68,693 | 61,633 | 1,183 | 1.7 | 7,060 | 11.5 |
| Iron County | 10,306 | 10,697 | 10,726 | -391 | -3.7 | -29 | -0.3 |
| Madison County | 11,804 | 11,800 | 11,127 | 4 | 0.0 | 673 | 6.0 |
| Perry County | 18,225 | 18,132 | 16,648 | 93 | 0.5 | 1,484 | 8.9 |
| Reynolds County | 6,581 | 6,689 | 6,661 | -108 | -1.6 | 28 | 0.4 |
| Ste. Genevieve C | 18,094 | 17,842 | 16,037 | 252 | 1.4 | 1,805 | 11.3 |
| St. Francois Cou | 57,929 | 55,641 | 48,904 | 2,288 | 4.1 | 6,737 | 13.8 |
| Washington Count | 23,884 | 23,344 | 20,380 | 540 | 2.3 | 2,964 | 14.5 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: North Central | |||||||
| North Central | 72,382 | 73,666 | 74,091 | -1,284 | -1.7 | -425 | -0.6 |
| Carroll County | 10,149 | 10,285 | 10,748 | -136 | -1.3 | -463 | -4.3 |
| Chariton County | 8,251 | 8,438 | 9,202 | -187 | -2.2 | -764 | -8.3 |
| Grundy County | 10,311 | 10,432 | 10,536 | -121 | -1.2 | -104 | -1.0 |
| Linn County | 13,460 | 13,754 | 13,885 | -294 | -2.1 | -131 | -0.9 |
| Livingston Count | 14,387 | 14,558 | 14,592 | -171 | -1.2 | -34 | -0.2 |
| Mercer County | 3,596 | 3,757 | 3,723 | -161 | -4.3 | 34 | 0.9 |
| Putnam County | 5,148 | 5,223 | 5,079 | -75 | -1.4 | 144 | 2.8 |
| Sullivan County | 7,080 | 7,219 | 6,326 | -139 | -1.9 | 893 | 14.1 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: Northeast | |||||||
| Northeast | 143,997 | 144,539 | 139,415 | -542 | -0.4 | 5,124 | 3.7 |
| Adair County | 24,790 | 24,977 | 24,577 | -187 | -0.7 | 400 | 1.6 |
| Clark County | 7,420 | 7,416 | 7,547 | 4 | 0.1 | -131 | -1.7 |
| Knox County | 4,311 | 4,361 | 4,482 | -50 | -1.1 | -121 | -2.7 |
| Lewis County | 10,226 | 10,494 | 10,233 | -268 | -2.6 | 261 | 2.6 |
| Macon County | 15,577 | 15,762 | 15,345 | -185 | -1.2 | 417 | 2.7 |
| Marion County | 28,289 | 28,289 | 27,682 | 0 | 0.0 | 607 | 2.2 |
| Monroe County | 9,396 | 9,311 | 9,104 | 85 | 0.9 | 207 | 2.3 |
| Pike County | 18,519 | 18,351 | 15,969 | 168 | 0.9 | 2,382 | 14.9 |
| Ralls County | 9,653 | 9,626 | 8,476 | 27 | 0.3 | 1,150 | 13.6 |
| Schuyler County | 4,209 | 4,170 | 4,236 | 39 | 0.9 | -66 | -1.6 |
| Scotland County | 4,905 | 4,983 | 4,822 | -78 | -1.6 | 161 | 3.3 |
| Shelby County | 6,702 | 6,799 | 6,942 | -97 | -1.4 | -143 | -2.1 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: Northwest | |||||||
| Northwest | 182,786 | 184,335 | 176,884 | -1,549 | -0.8 | 7,451 | 4.2 |
| Andrew County | 16,813 | 16,492 | 14,632 | 321 | 1.9 | 1,860 | 12.7 |
| Atchison County | 6,286 | 6,431 | 7,457 | -145 | -2.3 | -1,026 | -13.8 |
| Buchanan County | 84,909 | 85,998 | 83,083 | -1,089 | -1.3 | 2,915 | 3.5 |
| Caldwell County | 9,159 | 8,969 | 8,380 | 190 | 2.1 | 589 | 7.0 |
| Daviess County | 8,004 | 8,016 | 7,865 | -12 | -0.1 | 151 | 1.9 |
| DeKalb County | 13,063 | 13,073 | 9,967 | -10 | -0.1 | 3,106 | 31.2 |
| Gentry County | 6,566 | 6,861 | 6,848 | -295 | -4.3 | 13 | 0.2 |
| Harrison County | 8,828 | 8,850 | 8,469 | -22 | -0.2 | 381 | 4.5 |
| Holt County | 5,145 | 5,351 | 6,034 | -206 | -3.8 | -683 | -11.3 |
| Nodaway County | 21,743 | 21,912 | 21,709 | -169 | -0.8 | 203 | 0.9 |
| Worth County | 2,270 | 2,382 | 2,440 | -112 | -4.7 | -58 | -2.4 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: South Central | |||||||
| South Central | 121,282 | 119,490 | 107,238 | 1,792 | 1.5 | 12,252 | 11.4 |
| Douglas County | 13,363 | 13,084 | 11,876 | 279 | 2.1 | 1,208 | 10.2 |
| Howell County | 37,499 | 37,238 | 31,447 | 261 | 0.7 | 5,791 | 18.4 |
| Oregon County | 10,301 | 10,344 | 9,470 | -43 | -0.4 | 874 | 9.2 |
| Ozark County | 9,498 | 9,542 | 8,598 | -44 | -0.5 | 944 | 11.0 |
| Shannon County | 8,293 | 8,324 | 7,613 | -31 | -0.4 | 711 | 9.3 |
| Texas County | 24,142 | 23,003 | 21,476 | 1,139 | 5.0 | 1,527 | 7.1 |
| Wright County | 18,186 | 17,955 | 16,758 | 231 | 1.3 | 1,197 | 7.1 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: Southwest | |||||||
| Southwest | 310,138 | 302,868 | 259,526 | 7,270 | 2.4 | 43,342 | 16.7 |
| Barry County | 34,629 | 34,010 | 27,547 | 619 | 1.8 | 6,463 | 23.5 |
| Barton County | 12,999 | 12,541 | 11,312 | 458 | 3.7 | 1,229 | 10.9 |
| Cedar County | 13,838 | 13,733 | 12,093 | 105 | 0.8 | 1,640 | 13.6 |
| Dade County | 7,845 | 7,923 | 7,449 | -78 | -1.0 | 474 | 6.4 |
| Jasper County | 108,112 | 104,686 | 90,465 | 3,426 | 3.3 | 14,221 | 15.7 |
| Lawrence County | 36,426 | 35,204 | 30,236 | 1,222 | 3.5 | 4,968 | 16.4 |
| McDonald County | 21,973 | 21,681 | 16,938 | 292 | 1.3 | 4,743 | 28.0 |
| Newton County | 54,033 | 52,636 | 44,445 | 1,397 | 2.7 | 8,191 | 18.4 |
| Vernon County | 20,283 | 20,454 | 19,041 | -171 | -0.8 | 1,413 | 7.4 |
| Dept. of Economic Development Region: West Central | |||||||
| West Central | 188,609 | 185,839 | 166,194 | 2,770 | 1.5 | 19,645 | 11.8 |
| Bates County | 16,937 | 16,653 | 15,025 | 284 | 1.7 | 1,628 | 10.8 |
| Benton County | 18,076 | 17,180 | 13,859 | 896 | 5.2 | 3,321 | 24.0 |
| Henry County | 22,419 | 21,997 | 20,044 | 422 | 1.9 | 1,953 | 9.7 |
| Hickory County | 9,005 | 8,940 | 7,335 | 65 | 0.7 | 1,605 | 21.9 |
| Johnson County | 50,262 | 48,258 | 42,514 | 2,004 | 4.2 | 5,744 | 13.5 |
| Pettis County | 39,344 | 39,403 | 35,437 | -59 | -0.1 | 3,966 | 11.2 |
| St. Clair County | 9,679 | 9,652 | 8,457 | 27 | 0.3 | 1,195 | 14.1 |
| Saline County | 22,887 | 23,756 | 23,523 | -869 | -3.7 | 233 | 1.0 |
| Source: USDC, Census Bureau, Decennial Census 1990 and 2000, Federal State Cooperative for Population Estimates Prepared by the University of Missouri Extension, Office of Social & Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA 2000 decennial data is the adjusted number. Report generated on 27MAY2004 by setup in moco_totpop_1990_2003 |
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