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