| Adults Age 18-64 Years Below Poverty Level, 1990-2000 |
| By County Within UM Extension Region |
| Persons Age 18-64 Below Poverty Level | ||||||
| Change, 1990-2000 | Poverty Rate | |||||
| 2000 | 1990 | Number | Percent | 2000 | 1990 | |
| Missouri Totals | ||||||
| Missouri | 355,046 | 333,711 | 21,335 | 6.4 | 10.7 | 11.1 |
| UM Extension Region: Central | ||||||
| Central | 31,880 | 27,922 | 3,958 | 14.2 | 12.3 | 12.7 |
| Audrain | 1,701 | 1,536 | 165 | 10.7 | 12.4 | 12.1 |
| Benton | 1,455 | 1,468 | -13 | -0.9 | 14.8 | 19.0 |
| Boone | 14,079 | 12,433 | 1,646 | 13.2 | 16.5 | 18.2 |
| Callaway | 1,761 | 1,562 | 199 | 12.7 | 7.8 | 8.7 |
| Carroll | 700 | 738 | -38 | -5.1 | 12.5 | 13.2 |
| Chariton | 488 | 534 | -46 | -8.6 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| Cole | 3,193 | 2,409 | 784 | 32.5 | 7.8 | 6.8 |
| Cooper | 891 | 767 | 124 | 16.2 | 10.4 | 10.2 |
| Howard | 525 | 538 | -13 | -2.4 | 9.4 | 10.9 |
| Moniteau | 671 | 633 | 38 | 6.0 | 8.6 | 9.6 |
| Morgan | 1,588 | 1,214 | 374 | 30.8 | 14.5 | 13.9 |
| Osage | 580 | 527 | 53 | 10.1 | 7.5 | 7.8 |
| Pettis | 2,692 | 2,285 | 407 | 17.8 | 11.8 | 11.2 |
| Saline | 1,556 | 1,278 | 278 | 21.8 | 12.0 | 10.5 |
| UM Extension Region: East Central | ||||||
| East Central | 110,247 | 99,199 | 11,048 | 11.1 | 8.7 | 8.2 |
| Franklin | 3,576 | 3,071 | 505 | 16.4 | 6.3 | 6.5 |
| Jefferson | 7,810 | 6,749 | 1,061 | 15.7 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| Lincoln | 1,728 | 1,621 | 107 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 9.6 |
| Montgomery | 728 | 618 | 110 | 17.8 | 10.5 | 10.3 |
| St. Charles | 6,050 | 5,136 | 914 | 17.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Ste. Genevieve | 722 | 918 | -196 | -21.4 | 6.9 | 9.9 |
| St. Francois | 4,269 | 4,114 | 155 | 3.8 | 13.6 | 15.5 |
| St. Louis | 37,761 | 28,575 | 9,186 | 32.1 | 6.2 | 4.7 |
| Warren | 1,092 | 934 | 158 | 16.9 | 7.4 | 8.4 |
| Washington | 2,740 | 2,696 | 44 | 1.6 | 20.2 | 23.6 |
| St. Louis City | 43,771 | 44,767 | -996 | -2.2 | 21.2 | 19.8 |
| UM Extension Region: Northeast | ||||||
| Northeast | 15,426 | 16,841 | -1,415 | -8.4 | 14.2 | 16.6 |
| Adair | 4,049 | 3,802 | 247 | 6.5 | 27.5 | 28.0 |
| Clark | 523 | 759 | -236 | -31.1 | 12.1 | 18.1 |
| Knox | 371 | 509 | -138 | -27.1 | 15.7 | 21.1 |
| Lewis | 769 | 786 | -17 | -2.2 | 13.6 | 14.7 |
| Linn | 955 | 1,121 | -166 | -14.8 | 12.8 | 15.6 |
| Macon | 1,009 | 989 | 20 | 2.0 | 11.3 | 12.1 |
| Marion | 1,757 | 2,153 | -396 | -18.4 | 11.1 | 14.3 |
| Monroe | 600 | 737 | -137 | -18.6 | 11.5 | 15.2 |
| Pike | 1,289 | 1,276 | 13 | 1.0 | 13.6 | 14.5 |
| Putnam | 442 | 460 | -18 | -3.9 | 15.3 | 16.9 |
| Ralls | 456 | 465 | -9 | -1.9 | 7.8 | 9.7 |
| Randolph | 1,364 | 1,706 | -342 | -20.0 | 10.3 | 13.5 |
| Schuyler | 336 | 390 | -54 | -13.8 | 14.5 | 17.6 |
| Scotland | 396 | 548 | -152 | -27.7 | 15.2 | 21.9 |
| Shelby | 547 | 526 | 21 | 4.0 | 14.7 | 15.0 |
| Sullivan | 563 | 614 | -51 | -8.3 | 13.8 | 18.3 |
| UM Extension Region: Northwest | ||||||
| Northwest | 14,986 | 17,278 | -2,292 | -13.3 | 11.7 | 14.4 |
| Andrew | 715 | 918 | -203 | -22.1 | 7.3 | 11.0 |
| Atchison | 367 | 685 | -318 | -46.4 | 10.5 | 17.8 |
| Buchanan | 5,794 | 6,282 | -488 | -7.8 | 11.8 | 13.5 |
| Caldwell | 505 | 668 | -163 | -24.4 | 10.0 | 15.0 |
| Clinton | 870 | 941 | -71 | -7.5 | 7.7 | 10.0 |
| Daviess | 573 | 782 | -209 | -26.7 | 12.9 | 18.9 |
| DeKalb | 473 | 454 | 19 | 4.2 | 9.5 | 10.7 |
| Gentry | 410 | 539 | -129 | -23.9 | 11.5 | 15.6 |
| Grundy | 798 | 940 | -142 | -15.1 | 13.8 | 16.6 |
| Harrison | 559 | 659 | -100 | -15.2 | 11.7 | 14.7 |
| Holt | 355 | 453 | -98 | -21.6 | 12.1 | 14.7 |
| Livingston | 825 | 937 | -112 | -12.0 | 10.7 | 12.4 |
| Mercer | 268 | 313 | -45 | -14.4 | 12.9 | 16.3 |
| Nodaway | 2,303 | 2,467 | -164 | -6.6 | 19.0 | 22.2 |
| Worth | 171 | 240 | -69 | -28.8 | 13.4 | 19.4 |
| UM Extension Region: South Central | ||||||
| South Central | 29,498 | 28,229 | 1,269 | 4.5 | 14.4 | 16.1 |
| Camden | 2,410 | 1,818 | 592 | 32.6 | 10.7 | 11.1 |
| Crawford | 1,825 | 1,549 | 276 | 17.8 | 13.8 | 14.4 |
| Dent | 1,348 | 1,567 | -219 | -14.0 | 15.7 | 20.9 |
| Douglas | 1,221 | 1,411 | -190 | -13.5 | 16.3 | 21.2 |
| Gasconade | 748 | 588 | 160 | 27.2 | 8.6 | 7.9 |
| Howell | 3,533 | 3,823 | -290 | -7.6 | 16.6 | 21.6 |
| Laclede | 2,482 | 2,179 | 303 | 13.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 |
| Maries | 579 | 595 | -16 | -2.7 | 11.2 | 13.1 |
| Miller | 1,597 | 1,619 | -22 | -1.4 | 11.8 | 13.9 |
| Oregon | 1,208 | 1,290 | -82 | -6.4 | 20.1 | 24.3 |
| Ozark | 1,107 | 905 | 202 | 22.3 | 19.7 | 18.9 |
| Phelps | 3,730 | 3,361 | 369 | 11.0 | 16.2 | 16.8 |
| Pulaski | 1,964 | 2,453 | -489 | -19.9 | 9.0 | 11.6 |
| Shannon | 1,232 | 870 | 362 | 41.6 | 25.1 | 20.2 |
| Texas | 2,543 | 2,333 | 210 | 9.0 | 19.3 | 19.3 |
| Wright | 1,971 | 1,868 | 103 | 5.5 | 19.4 | 20.5 |
| UM Extension Region: Southeast | ||||||
| Southeast | 33,264 | 36,703 | -3,439 | -9.4 | 15.9 | 19.0 |
| Bollinger | 871 | 942 | -71 | -7.5 | 12.2 | 15.6 |
| Butler | 3,880 | 4,635 | -755 | -16.3 | 16.1 | 21.0 |
| Cape Girardeau | 4,620 | 4,734 | -114 | -2.4 | 11.2 | 13.1 |
| Carter | 770 | 695 | 75 | 10.8 | 21.9 | 22.6 |
| Dunklin | 4,027 | 4,574 | -547 | -12.0 | 21.2 | 24.9 |
| Iron | 1,047 | 1,366 | -319 | -23.4 | 16.9 | 23.6 |
| Madison | 1,037 | 1,129 | -92 | -8.1 | 15.3 | 18.4 |
| Mississippi | 1,579 | 1,878 | -299 | -15.9 | 20.6 | 23.9 |
| New Madrid | 2,129 | 2,426 | -297 | -12.2 | 18.6 | 20.9 |
| Pemiscot | 2,809 | 3,208 | -399 | -12.4 | 25.5 | 27.9 |
| Perry | 845 | 786 | 59 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.7 |
| Reynolds | 771 | 744 | 27 | 3.6 | 19.2 | 19.5 |
| Ripley | 1,582 | 1,841 | -259 | -14.1 | 20.3 | 27.5 |
| Scott | 3,137 | 3,306 | -169 | -5.1 | 13.2 | 14.8 |
| Stoddard | 2,618 | 2,774 | -156 | -5.6 | 14.8 | 17.0 |
| Wayne | 1,542 | 1,665 | -123 | -7.4 | 20.5 | 25.8 |
| UM Extension Region: Southwest | ||||||
| Southwest | 54,088 | 45,686 | 8,402 | 18.4 | 12.5 | 13.4 |
| Barry | 2,920 | 2,057 | 863 | 42.0 | 14.9 | 13.4 |
| Barton | 813 | 666 | 147 | 22.1 | 11.6 | 10.9 |
| Cedar | 1,152 | 1,104 | 48 | 4.3 | 15.4 | 17.4 |
| Christian | 2,489 | 1,500 | 989 | 65.9 | 7.4 | 7.7 |
| Dade | 518 | 522 | -4 | -0.8 | 11.9 | 13.4 |
| Dallas | 1,279 | 1,344 | -65 | -4.8 | 14.3 | 19.4 |
| Greene | 18,249 | 16,813 | 1,436 | 8.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 |
| Hickory | 918 | 790 | 128 | 16.2 | 19.0 | 20.6 |
| Jasper | 8,380 | 6,923 | 1,457 | 21.0 | 13.4 | 13.3 |
| Lawrence | 2,430 | 2,159 | 271 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 13.0 |
| McDonald | 2,311 | 1,661 | 650 | 39.1 | 17.7 | 17.1 |
| Newton | 3,431 | 2,940 | 491 | 16.7 | 11.0 | 11.3 |
| Polk | 2,339 | 2,207 | 132 | 6.0 | 15.7 | 18.8 |
| Stone | 2,054 | 1,418 | 636 | 44.9 | 12.0 | 12.9 |
| Taney | 2,685 | 1,657 | 1,028 | 62.0 | 11.4 | 11.8 |
| Webster | 2,120 | 1,925 | 195 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 14.4 |
| UM Extension Region: West Central | ||||||
| West Central | 65,657 | 61,853 | 3,804 | 6.2 | 9.2 | 9.6 |
| Bates | 1,196 | 1,190 | 6 | 0.5 | 12.9 | 14.7 |
| Cass | 2,607 | 2,324 | 283 | 12.2 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| Clay | 5,907 | 4,657 | 1,250 | 26.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| Henry | 1,583 | 1,617 | -34 | -2.1 | 12.4 | 14.8 |
| Jackson | 43,131 | 41,465 | 1,666 | 4.0 | 10.7 | 10.7 |
| Johnson | 4,403 | 3,800 | 603 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 16.0 |
| Lafayette | 1,495 | 1,717 | -222 | -12.9 | 7.8 | 9.9 |
| Platte | 2,075 | 1,659 | 416 | 25.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| Ray | 834 | 1,073 | -239 | -22.3 | 6.0 | 8.4 |
| St. Clair | 972 | 848 | 124 | 14.6 | 18.1 | 18.8 |
| Vernon | 1,454 | 1,503 | -49 | -3.3 | 12.9 | 14.9 |
| Source: 1990 and 2000 Decennial Census, Summary File 3 Prepared by University Outreach & Extension - Office of Social & Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA) Report generated on 04JUN2002 by setup in mocopooradults |
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