| Persons Age 65 Years or Older Below Poverty Level, 1990-2000 |
| By County Within UM Extension Region |
| Persons Age 65+ Below Poverty Level | ||||||
| Change, 1990-2000 | Poverty Rate | |||||
| 2000 | 1990 | Number | Percent | 2000 | 1990 | |
| Missouri Totals | ||||||
| Missouri | 70,476 | 99,306 | -28,830 | -29.0 | 9.9 | 14.8 |
| UM Extension Region: Central | ||||||
| Central | 4,821 | 6,853 | -2,032 | -29.7 | 8.8 | 13.5 |
| Audrain | 393 | 594 | -201 | -33.8 | 9.8 | 14.3 |
| Benton | 353 | 506 | -153 | -30.2 | 9.6 | 17.0 |
| Boone | 648 | 786 | -138 | -17.6 | 5.9 | 9.2 |
| Callaway | 345 | 343 | 2 | 0.6 | 8.3 | 9.1 |
| Carroll | 246 | 249 | -3 | -1.2 | 12.8 | 11.5 |
| Chariton | 242 | 305 | -63 | -20.7 | 14.0 | 16.3 |
| Cole | 560 | 699 | -139 | -19.9 | 7.3 | 10.1 |
| Cooper | 192 | 344 | -152 | -44.2 | 8.3 | 13.8 |
| Howard | 225 | 312 | -87 | -27.9 | 14.4 | 18.2 |
| Moniteau | 171 | 342 | -171 | -50.0 | 9.0 | 17.6 |
| Morgan | 353 | 540 | -187 | -34.6 | 9.7 | 17.6 |
| Osage | 185 | 305 | -120 | -39.3 | 10.4 | 17.3 |
| Pettis | 604 | 904 | -300 | -33.2 | 10.5 | 16.1 |
| Saline | 304 | 624 | -320 | -51.3 | 8.6 | 15.7 |
| UM Extension Region: East Central | ||||||
| East Central | 20,658 | 25,593 | -4,935 | -19.3 | 8.1 | 10.7 |
| Franklin | 931 | 1,090 | -159 | -14.6 | 8.8 | 11.8 |
| Jefferson | 1,084 | 1,307 | -223 | -17.1 | 6.3 | 10.0 |
| Lincoln | 355 | 464 | -109 | -23.5 | 9.0 | 15.1 |
| Montgomery | 197 | 360 | -163 | -45.3 | 10.6 | 17.8 |
| St. Charles | 1,215 | 803 | 412 | 51.3 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| Ste. Genevieve | 194 | 329 | -135 | -41.0 | 7.9 | 15.5 |
| St. Francois | 883 | 1,005 | -122 | -12.1 | 11.5 | 14.1 |
| St. Louis | 7,259 | 7,625 | -366 | -4.8 | 5.3 | 6.3 |
| Warren | 323 | 345 | -22 | -6.4 | 10.4 | 13.0 |
| Washington | 332 | 557 | -225 | -40.4 | 12.9 | 24.5 |
| St. Louis City | 7,885 | 11,708 | -3,823 | -32.7 | 17.4 | 18.7 |
| UM Extension Region: Northeast | ||||||
| Northeast | 3,885 | 5,960 | -2,075 | -34.8 | 13.1 | 18.7 |
| Adair | 335 | 476 | -141 | -29.6 | 12.0 | 16.2 |
| Clark | 145 | 224 | -79 | -35.3 | 12.7 | 18.6 |
| Knox | 144 | 223 | -79 | -35.4 | 16.5 | 24.7 |
| Lewis | 177 | 326 | -149 | -45.7 | 11.7 | 20.6 |
| Linn | 367 | 547 | -180 | -32.9 | 14.1 | 19.2 |
| Macon | 357 | 513 | -156 | -30.4 | 13.1 | 17.2 |
| Marion | 438 | 608 | -170 | -28.0 | 10.5 | 13.5 |
| Monroe | 158 | 319 | -161 | -50.5 | 10.3 | 20.4 |
| Pike | 368 | 419 | -51 | -12.2 | 15.2 | 17.0 |
| Putnam | 132 | 274 | -142 | -51.8 | 12.8 | 23.6 |
| Ralls | 139 | 213 | -74 | -34.7 | 10.7 | 15.6 |
| Randolph | 441 | 729 | -288 | -39.5 | 13.2 | 19.8 |
| Schuyler | 136 | 219 | -83 | -37.9 | 17.6 | 24.0 |
| Scotland | 113 | 213 | -100 | -46.9 | 13.5 | 21.8 |
| Shelby | 177 | 279 | -102 | -36.6 | 14.1 | 19.4 |
| Sullivan | 258 | 378 | -120 | -31.7 | 20.9 | 26.7 |
| UM Extension Region: Northwest | ||||||
| Northwest | 3,993 | 6,293 | -2,300 | -36.5 | 11.5 | 17.2 |
| Andrew | 175 | 354 | -179 | -50.6 | 8.0 | 17.2 |
| Atchison | 155 | 177 | -22 | -12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| Buchanan | 1,163 | 1,707 | -544 | -31.9 | 9.6 | 13.5 |
| Caldwell | 180 | 265 | -85 | -32.1 | 12.9 | 16.9 |
| Clinton | 300 | 297 | 3 | 1.0 | 12.7 | 13.4 |
| Daviess | 180 | 318 | -138 | -43.4 | 13.2 | 21.3 |
| DeKalb | 219 | 256 | -37 | -14.5 | 15.2 | 17.9 |
| Gentry | 142 | 279 | -137 | -49.1 | 10.3 | 18.4 |
| Grundy | 262 | 525 | -263 | -50.1 | 13.3 | 24.9 |
| Harrison | 279 | 422 | -143 | -33.9 | 15.8 | 22.6 |
| Holt | 127 | 223 | -96 | -43.0 | 11.9 | 17.5 |
| Livingston | 271 | 455 | -184 | -40.4 | 11.3 | 18.1 |
| Mercer | 114 | 221 | -107 | -48.4 | 14.5 | 24.0 |
| Nodaway | 370 | 663 | -293 | -44.2 | 13.3 | 21.7 |
| Worth | 56 | 131 | -75 | -57.3 | 11.5 | 23.5 |
| UM Extension Region: South Central | ||||||
| South Central | 7,293 | 10,287 | -2,994 | -29.1 | 14.0 | 22.2 |
| Camden | 529 | 571 | -42 | -7.4 | 7.7 | 11.7 |
| Crawford | 473 | 534 | -61 | -11.4 | 14.1 | 17.2 |
| Dent | 307 | 589 | -282 | -47.9 | 12.2 | 24.3 |
| Douglas | 398 | 572 | -174 | -30.4 | 18.2 | 29.3 |
| Gasconade | 263 | 445 | -182 | -40.9 | 10.0 | 16.3 |
| Howell | 815 | 1,233 | -418 | -33.9 | 14.0 | 24.6 |
| Laclede | 701 | 970 | -269 | -27.7 | 15.9 | 24.2 |
| Maries | 180 | 318 | -138 | -43.4 | 13.2 | 25.2 |
| Miller | 510 | 719 | -209 | -29.1 | 14.7 | 23.8 |
| Oregon | 353 | 580 | -227 | -39.1 | 20.0 | 32.3 |
| Ozark | 308 | 505 | -197 | -39.0 | 17.2 | 29.3 |
| Phelps | 675 | 695 | -20 | -2.9 | 13.0 | 15.8 |
| Pulaski | 375 | 578 | -203 | -35.1 | 12.3 | 22.4 |
| Shannon | 243 | 332 | -89 | -26.8 | 20.2 | 28.0 |
| Texas | 665 | 852 | -187 | -21.9 | 17.2 | 24.7 |
| Wright | 498 | 794 | -296 | -37.3 | 17.6 | 29.3 |
| UM Extension Region: Southeast | ||||||
| Southeast | 8,538 | 13,403 | -4,865 | -36.3 | 16.4 | 25.7 |
| Bollinger | 298 | 465 | -167 | -35.9 | 17.4 | 27.0 |
| Butler | 1,067 | 1,583 | -516 | -32.6 | 16.9 | 26.2 |
| Cape Girardeau | 862 | 1,275 | -413 | -32.4 | 10.1 | 16.3 |
| Carter | 183 | 277 | -94 | -33.9 | 20.2 | 33.3 |
| Dunklin | 1,070 | 1,654 | -584 | -35.3 | 21.3 | 30.2 |
| Iron | 211 | 318 | -107 | -33.6 | 13.2 | 18.4 |
| Madison | 317 | 435 | -118 | -27.1 | 16.2 | 21.9 |
| Mississippi | 429 | 691 | -262 | -37.9 | 21.7 | 32.2 |
| New Madrid | 533 | 940 | -407 | -43.3 | 19.2 | 32.2 |
| Pemiscot | 657 | 1,139 | -482 | -42.3 | 23.2 | 34.0 |
| Perry | 344 | 484 | -140 | -28.9 | 13.2 | 18.2 |
| Reynolds | 165 | 282 | -117 | -41.5 | 15.5 | 27.0 |
| Ripley | 452 | 593 | -141 | -23.8 | 20.4 | 27.4 |
| Scott | 706 | 1,304 | -598 | -45.9 | 13.6 | 24.7 |
| Stoddard | 850 | 1,388 | -538 | -38.8 | 17.6 | 29.0 |
| Wayne | 394 | 575 | -181 | -31.5 | 15.6 | 26.3 |
| UM Extension Region: Southwest | ||||||
| Southwest | 9,926 | 15,099 | -5,173 | -34.3 | 10.0 | 17.4 |
| Barry | 617 | 998 | -381 | -38.2 | 11.9 | 20.2 |
| Barton | 329 | 421 | -92 | -21.9 | 16.8 | 19.8 |
| Cedar | 384 | 495 | -111 | -22.4 | 14.2 | 18.5 |
| Christian | 418 | 656 | -238 | -36.3 | 7.8 | 19.5 |
| Dade | 199 | 330 | -131 | -39.7 | 13.1 | 22.5 |
| Dallas | 429 | 562 | -133 | -23.7 | 18.5 | 25.6 |
| Greene | 2,327 | 3,368 | -1,041 | -30.9 | 7.5 | 13.0 |
| Hickory | 247 | 361 | -114 | -31.6 | 11.0 | 18.3 |
| Jasper | 1,414 | 2,374 | -960 | -40.4 | 10.3 | 17.6 |
| Lawrence | 602 | 920 | -318 | -34.6 | 11.8 | 18.3 |
| McDonald | 403 | 602 | -199 | -33.1 | 17.2 | 25.5 |
| Newton | 664 | 1,181 | -517 | -43.8 | 9.5 | 19.5 |
| Polk | 458 | 867 | -409 | -47.2 | 12.0 | 25.4 |
| Stone | 430 | 557 | -127 | -22.8 | 8.1 | 14.4 |
| Taney | 537 | 731 | -194 | -26.5 | 8.8 | 14.0 |
| Webster | 468 | 676 | -208 | -30.8 | 14.1 | 23.3 |
| UM Extension Region: West Central | ||||||
| West Central | 11,362 | 15,818 | -4,456 | -28.2 | 8.4 | 12.5 |
| Bates | 380 | 498 | -118 | -23.7 | 14.1 | 18.2 |
| Cass | 464 | 763 | -299 | -39.2 | 5.2 | 12.1 |
| Clay | 1,028 | 1,212 | -184 | -15.2 | 5.5 | 8.2 |
| Henry | 528 | 662 | -134 | -20.2 | 13.9 | 17.2 |
| Jackson | 6,792 | 9,989 | -3,197 | -32.0 | 8.7 | 12.8 |
| Johnson | 468 | 409 | 59 | 14.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| Lafayette | 402 | 539 | -137 | -25.4 | 9.1 | 11.1 |
| Platte | 350 | 327 | 23 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 7.4 |
| Ray | 219 | 369 | -150 | -40.7 | 7.8 | 13.6 |
| St. Clair | 338 | 423 | -85 | -20.1 | 17.6 | 23.3 |
| Vernon | 393 | 627 | -234 | -37.3 | 13.3 | 20.6 |
| 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 mocoelderpoor |
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