| Children Under Age 18 Below Poverty Level, 1990-2000 |
| By County Within UM Extension Region |
| Persons Under Age 18 Below Poverty Level | ||||||
| Change, 1990-2000 | Poverty Rate | |||||
| 2000 | 1990 | Number | Percent | 2000 | 1990 | |
| Missouri Totals | ||||||
| Missouri | 212,369 | 230,058 | -17,689 | -7.7 | 15.3 | 17.7 |
| UM Extension Region: Central | ||||||
| Central | 15,053 | 14,752 | 301 | 2.0 | 14.4 | 15.6 |
| Audrain | 1,440 | 1,308 | 132 | 10.1 | 23.3 | 21.1 |
| Benton | 844 | 774 | 70 | 9.0 | 24.5 | 26.7 |
| Boone | 3,639 | 3,661 | -22 | -0.6 | 12.1 | 14.7 |
| Callaway | 1,036 | 1,256 | -220 | -17.5 | 10.3 | 14.7 |
| Carroll | 433 | 507 | -74 | -14.6 | 17.0 | 18.1 |
| Chariton | 224 | 459 | -235 | -51.2 | 11.4 | 19.3 |
| Cole | 1,956 | 1,510 | 446 | 29.5 | 11.5 | 9.6 |
| Cooper | 479 | 603 | -124 | -20.6 | 12.8 | 17.1 |
| Howard | 352 | 422 | -70 | -16.6 | 14.7 | 17.8 |
| Moniteau | 493 | 405 | 88 | 21.7 | 13.1 | 12.1 |
| Morgan | 1,144 | 819 | 325 | 39.7 | 25.6 | 23.0 |
| Osage | 303 | 321 | -18 | -5.6 | 9.0 | 9.6 |
| Pettis | 1,671 | 1,657 | 14 | 0.8 | 16.6 | 18.2 |
| Saline | 1,039 | 1,050 | -11 | -1.0 | 18.9 | 18.6 |
| UM Extension Region: East Central | ||||||
| East Central | 72,328 | 76,139 | -3,811 | -5.0 | 13.3 | 14.8 |
| Franklin | 1,987 | 2,407 | -420 | -17.4 | 7.9 | 10.6 |
| Jefferson | 4,359 | 4,630 | -271 | -5.9 | 8.1 | 9.2 |
| Lincoln | 1,085 | 1,274 | -189 | -14.8 | 9.6 | 15.0 |
| Montgomery | 456 | 553 | -97 | -17.5 | 15.6 | 18.6 |
| St. Charles | 3,912 | 3,870 | 42 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 6.1 |
| Ste. Genevieve | 520 | 657 | -137 | -20.9 | 11.3 | 14.9 |
| St. Francois | 2,551 | 2,640 | -89 | -3.4 | 19.8 | 21.6 |
| St. Louis | 23,532 | 18,403 | 5,129 | 27.9 | 9.3 | 7.6 |
| Warren | 680 | 800 | -120 | -15.0 | 10.5 | 14.5 |
| Washington | 1,514 | 2,109 | -595 | -28.2 | 25.4 | 35.2 |
| St. Louis City | 31,732 | 38,796 | -7,064 | -18.2 | 36.4 | 39.7 |
| UM Extension Region: Northeast | ||||||
| Northeast | 8,186 | 10,410 | -2,224 | -21.4 | 17.9 | 22.3 |
| Adair | 787 | 1,040 | -253 | -24.3 | 16.8 | 21.3 |
| Clark | 355 | 534 | -179 | -33.5 | 19.7 | 26.6 |
| Knox | 254 | 266 | -12 | -4.5 | 24.1 | 24.5 |
| Lewis | 622 | 539 | 83 | 15.4 | 24.3 | 22.7 |
| Linn | 687 | 699 | -12 | -1.7 | 20.2 | 20.1 |
| Macon | 545 | 660 | -115 | -17.4 | 15.0 | 17.4 |
| Marion | 1,087 | 1,754 | -667 | -38.0 | 15.3 | 23.7 |
| Monroe | 332 | 569 | -237 | -41.7 | 14.0 | 22.7 |
| Pike | 843 | 1,132 | -289 | -25.5 | 20.2 | 26.3 |
| Putnam | 251 | 267 | -16 | -6.0 | 20.6 | 23.4 |
| Ralls | 229 | 268 | -39 | -14.6 | 9.7 | 11.9 |
| Randolph | 958 | 1,269 | -311 | -24.5 | 17.1 | 20.8 |
| Schuyler | 224 | 267 | -43 | -16.1 | 22.1 | 25.5 |
| Scotland | 301 | 434 | -133 | -30.6 | 21.7 | 35.5 |
| Shelby | 362 | 407 | -45 | -11.1 | 21.7 | 23.0 |
| Sullivan | 349 | 305 | 44 | 14.4 | 19.6 | 22.5 |
| UM Extension Region: Northwest | ||||||
| Northwest | 7,875 | 11,706 | -3,831 | -32.7 | 14.6 | 21.2 |
| Andrew | 449 | 576 | -127 | -22.0 | 10.5 | 14.6 |
| Atchison | 189 | 393 | -204 | -51.9 | 13.7 | 23.6 |
| Buchanan | 3,021 | 4,558 | -1,537 | -33.7 | 15.0 | 21.3 |
| Caldwell | 363 | 554 | -191 | -34.5 | 15.1 | 25.7 |
| Clinton | 558 | 711 | -153 | -21.5 | 11.3 | 15.7 |
| Daviess | 454 | 696 | -242 | -34.8 | 21.3 | 33.0 |
| DeKalb | 255 | 360 | -105 | -29.2 | 10.8 | 17.2 |
| Gentry | 251 | 430 | -179 | -41.6 | 14.2 | 26.3 |
| Grundy | 527 | 621 | -94 | -15.1 | 22.8 | 25.1 |
| Harrison | 327 | 471 | -144 | -30.6 | 15.8 | 24.7 |
| Holt | 197 | 354 | -157 | -44.4 | 15.9 | 23.0 |
| Livingston | 596 | 681 | -85 | -12.5 | 17.3 | 18.7 |
| Mercer | 113 | 139 | -26 | -18.7 | 13.3 | 16.7 |
| Nodaway | 468 | 1,003 | -535 | -53.3 | 11.2 | 20.9 |
| Worth | 107 | 159 | -52 | -32.7 | 18.8 | 28.1 |
| UM Extension Region: South Central | ||||||
| South Central | 18,078 | 19,500 | -1,422 | -7.3 | 20.8 | 24.2 |
| Camden | 1,218 | 1,034 | 184 | 17.8 | 17.0 | 17.5 |
| Crawford | 1,370 | 961 | 409 | 42.6 | 23.3 | 18.9 |
| Dent | 872 | 1,233 | -361 | -29.3 | 24.3 | 34.8 |
| Douglas | 657 | 982 | -325 | -33.1 | 19.8 | 31.2 |
| Gasconade | 416 | 441 | -25 | -5.7 | 11.2 | 12.7 |
| Howell | 2,461 | 2,770 | -309 | -11.2 | 26.3 | 34.0 |
| Laclede | 1,407 | 1,338 | 69 | 5.2 | 16.5 | 18.5 |
| Maries | 394 | 384 | 10 | 2.6 | 17.3 | 18.9 |
| Miller | 1,170 | 1,219 | -49 | -4.0 | 19.3 | 21.7 |
| Oregon | 673 | 692 | -19 | -2.7 | 28.2 | 30.7 |
| Ozark | 627 | 469 | 158 | 33.7 | 30.8 | 23.7 |
| Phelps | 1,724 | 1,990 | -266 | -13.4 | 19.0 | 24.0 |
| Pulaski | 1,363 | 2,191 | -828 | -37.8 | 12.4 | 19.0 |
| Shannon | 736 | 604 | 132 | 21.9 | 35.1 | 30.2 |
| Texas | 1,627 | 1,666 | -39 | -2.3 | 29.1 | 29.3 |
| Wright | 1,363 | 1,526 | -163 | -10.7 | 29.1 | 32.4 |
| UM Extension Region: Southeast | ||||||
| Southeast | 21,167 | 26,797 | -5,630 | -21.0 | 24.1 | 29.6 |
| Bollinger | 477 | 661 | -184 | -27.8 | 15.4 | 24.0 |
| Butler | 2,490 | 3,279 | -789 | -24.1 | 25.9 | 33.3 |
| Cape Girardeau | 1,773 | 2,116 | -343 | -16.2 | 11.4 | 14.6 |
| Carter | 527 | 532 | -5 | -0.9 | 36.1 | 34.4 |
| Dunklin | 2,826 | 3,475 | -649 | -18.7 | 33.9 | 40.1 |
| Iron | 716 | 755 | -39 | -5.2 | 27.6 | 27.5 |
| Madison | 633 | 823 | -190 | -23.1 | 22.6 | 29.7 |
| Mississippi | 1,081 | 1,639 | -558 | -34.0 | 31.7 | 39.5 |
| New Madrid | 1,598 | 2,168 | -570 | -26.3 | 31.4 | 35.9 |
| Pemiscot | 2,540 | 3,381 | -841 | -24.9 | 43.2 | 50.3 |
| Perry | 416 | 610 | -194 | -31.8 | 8.9 | 13.2 |
| Reynolds | 377 | 562 | -185 | -32.9 | 25.9 | 33.0 |
| Ripley | 891 | 1,380 | -489 | -35.4 | 27.0 | 42.4 |
| Scott | 2,534 | 2,507 | 27 | 1.1 | 23.5 | 22.6 |
| Stoddard | 1,368 | 1,847 | -479 | -25.9 | 20.2 | 25.4 |
| Wayne | 920 | 1,062 | -142 | -13.4 | 30.7 | 38.9 |
| UM Extension Region: Southwest | ||||||
| Southwest | 30,594 | 27,036 | 3,558 | 13.2 | 17.5 | 18.8 |
| Barry | 2,036 | 1,457 | 579 | 39.7 | 23.5 | 21.2 |
| Barton | 465 | 504 | -39 | -7.7 | 13.9 | 17.2 |
| Cedar | 787 | 867 | -80 | -9.2 | 24.8 | 31.2 |
| Christian | 1,962 | 1,108 | 854 | 77.1 | 13.2 | 11.9 |
| Dade | 324 | 389 | -65 | -16.7 | 17.1 | 21.1 |
| Dallas | 1,060 | 997 | 63 | 6.3 | 25.4 | 29.6 |
| Greene | 7,054 | 7,586 | -532 | -7.0 | 13.6 | 16.1 |
| Hickory | 568 | 426 | 142 | 33.3 | 32.9 | 30.4 |
| Jasper | 5,014 | 4,233 | 781 | 18.5 | 19.2 | 18.6 |
| Lawrence | 1,841 | 1,662 | 179 | 10.8 | 19.5 | 20.9 |
| McDonald | 1,733 | 1,181 | 552 | 46.7 | 28.6 | 25.5 |
| Newton | 1,916 | 2,009 | -93 | -4.6 | 14.2 | 17.2 |
| Polk | 1,345 | 1,071 | 274 | 25.6 | 20.0 | 20.3 |
| Stone | 1,130 | 803 | 327 | 40.7 | 19.0 | 20.0 |
| Taney | 1,509 | 941 | 568 | 60.4 | 17.6 | 18.1 |
| Webster | 1,850 | 1,802 | 48 | 2.7 | 21.0 | 26.9 |
| UM Extension Region: West Central | ||||||
| West Central | 39,088 | 43,718 | -4,630 | -10.6 | 13.2 | 16.2 |
| Bates | 796 | 915 | -119 | -13.0 | 18.3 | 23.5 |
| Cass | 1,593 | 2,077 | -484 | -23.3 | 7.0 | 11.3 |
| Clay | 2,963 | 2,949 | 14 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 7.6 |
| Henry | 992 | 1,281 | -289 | -22.6 | 19.4 | 26.3 |
| Jackson | 26,885 | 29,688 | -2,803 | -9.4 | 16.4 | 18.8 |
| Johnson | 1,795 | 1,613 | 182 | 11.3 | 15.2 | 15.8 |
| Lafayette | 919 | 1,441 | -522 | -36.2 | 10.9 | 17.9 |
| Platte | 1,052 | 1,240 | -188 | -15.2 | 5.7 | 8.2 |
| Ray | 504 | 820 | -316 | -38.5 | 8.0 | 13.1 |
| St. Clair | 541 | 572 | -31 | -5.4 | 25.3 | 29.8 |
| Vernon | 1,048 | 1,122 | -74 | -6.6 | 20.3 | 22.9 |
| 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 mocopoorkids |
||||||