African American Population in Missouri, 1990-2000
By County Within UM Extension Region

  Change, 1990-2000 As a Percent of Total Population
  2000 1990 Number Percent 2000 1990
              Missouri Totals
Missouri 629,391 548,208 81,183 14.8 11.2 10.7
              UM Extension Region: Central
Central 28,642 21,461 7,181 33.5 6.4 5.5
Audrain 1,859 1,419 440 31.0 7.2 6.0
Benton 25 13 12 92.3 0.1 0.1
Boone 11,572 8,377 3,195 38.1 8.5 7.5
Callaway 2,307 1,579 728 46.1 5.7 4.8
Carroll 177 220 -43 -19.5 1.7 2.0
Chariton 269 337 -68 -20.2 3.2 3.7
Cole 7,084 4,829 2,255 46.7 9.9 7.6
Cooper 1,493 1,147 346 30.2 9.0 7.7
Howard 699 732 -33 -4.5 6.8 7.6
Moniteau 561 157 404 257.3 3.8 1.3
Morgan 98 94 4 4.3 0.5 0.6
Osage 21 38 -17 -44.7 0.2 0.3
Pettis 1,197 1,167 30 2.6 3.0 3.3
Saline 1,280 1,352 -72 -5.3 5.4 5.7
              UM Extension Region: East Central
East Central 384,676 337,418 47,258 14.0 18.2 16.9
Franklin 882 750 132 17.6 0.9 0.9
Jefferson 1,354 1,202 152 12.6 0.7 0.7
Lincoln 677 590 87 14.7 1.7 2.0
Montgomery 248 289 -41 -14.2 2.0 2.5
St. Charles 7,635 4,963 2,672 53.8 2.7 2.3
Ste. Genevieve 128 45 83 184.4 0.7 0.3
St. Francois 1,126 962 164 17.0 2.0 2.0
St. Louis 193,306 139,318 53,988 38.8 19.0 14.0
Warren 476 513 -37 -7.2 1.9 2.6
Washington 578 378 200 52.9 2.5 1.9
St. Louis City 178,266 188,408 -10,142 -5.4 51.2 47.5
              UM Extension Region: Northeast
Northeast 6,283 5,533 750 13.5 3.2 2.9
Adair 299 219 80 36.5 1.2 0.9
Clark 5 3 2 66.7 0.1 0.0
Knox 4 6 -2 -33.3 0.1 0.1
Lewis 265 342 -77 -22.5 2.5 3.3
Linn 82 113 -31 -27.4 0.6 0.8
Macon 349 363 -14 -3.9 2.2 2.4
Marion 1,308 1,249 59 4.7 4.6 4.5
Monroe 357 357 0 0.0 3.8 3.9
Pike 1,682 845 837 99.1 9.2 5.3
Putnam 3 1 2 200.0 0.1 0.0
Ralls 107 138 -31 -22.5 1.1 1.6
Randolph 1,734 1,837 -103 -5.6 7.0 7.5
Schuyler 2 0 2 -5.3 0.0 0.0
Scotland 10 3 7 233.3 0.2 0.1
Shelby 66 56 10 17.9 1.0 0.8
Sullivan 10 1 9 900.0 0.1 0.0
              UM Extension Region: Northwest
Northwest 5,997 4,360 1,637 37.5 2.6 2.0
Andrew 69 30 39 130.0 0.4 0.2
Atchison 132 83 49 59.0 2.1 1.1
Buchanan 3,751 2,635 1,116 42.4 4.4 3.2
Caldwell 12 14 -2 -14.3 0.1 0.2
Clinton 288 336 -48 -14.3 1.5 2.0
Daviess 4 2 2 100.0 0.0 0.0
DeKalb 1,028 741 287 38.7 8.9 7.4
Gentry 8 6 2 33.3 0.1 0.1
Grundy 42 11 31 281.8 0.4 0.1
Harrison 12 8 4 50.0 0.1 0.1
Holt 6 7 -1 -14.3 0.1 0.1
Livingston 339 317 22 6.9 2.3 2.2
Mercer 7 3 4 133.3 0.2 0.1
Nodaway 295 166 129 77.7 1.3 0.8
Worth 4 1 3 300.0 0.2 0.0
              UM Extension Region: South Central
South Central 6,233 6,358 -125 -2.0 1.8 2.0
Camden 95 58 37 63.8 0.3 0.2
Crawford 33 3 30 1000.0 0.1 0.0
Dent 59 10 49 490.0 0.4 0.1
Douglas 14 3 11 366.7 0.1 0.0
Gasconade 18 11 7 63.6 0.1 0.1
Howell 114 62 52 83.9 0.3 0.2
Laclede 138 96 42 43.8 0.4 0.4
Maries 29 27 2 7.4 0.3 0.3
Miller 65 23 42 182.6 0.3 0.1
Oregon 10 3 7 233.3 0.1 0.0
Ozark 14 2 12 600.0 0.1 0.0
Phelps 596 397 199 50.1 1.5 1.1
Pulaski 4,935 5,608 -673 -12.0 12.0 13.6
Shannon 14 3 11 366.7 0.2 0.0
Texas 49 16 33 206.3 0.2 0.1
Wright 50 36 14 38.9 0.3 0.2
              UM Extension Region: Southeast
Southeast 24,510 23,285 1,225 5.3 6.8 6.8
Bollinger 25 12 13 108.3 0.2 0.1
Butler 2,132 1,983 149 7.5 5.2 5.1
Cape Girardeau 3,624 2,985 639 21.4 5.3 4.8
Carter 5 1 4 400.0 0.1 0.0
Dunklin 2,879 2,629 250 9.5 8.7 7.9
Iron 167 49 118 240.8 1.6 0.5
Madison 15 10 5 50.0 0.1 0.1
Mississippi 2,757 2,804 -47 -1.7 20.5 19.4
New Madrid 3,035 3,279 -244 -7.4 15.4 15.7
Pemiscot 5,259 5,596 -337 -6.0 26.2 25.5
Perry 33 15 18 120.0 0.2 0.1
Reynolds 35 3 32 1066.7 0.5 0.0
Ripley 6 6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Scott 4,246 3,497 749 21.4 10.5 8.9
Stoddard 270 409 -139 -34.0 0.9 1.4
Wayne 22 7 15 214.3 0.2 0.1
              UM Extension Region: Southwest
Southwest 8,373 5,501 2,872 52.2 1.1 0.9
Barry 39 25 14 56.0 0.1 0.1
Barton 36 11 25 227.3 0.3 0.1
Cedar 44 3 41 1366.7 0.3 0.0
Christian 145 35 110 314.3 0.3 0.1
Dade 21 20 1 5.0 0.3 0.3
Dallas 19 16 3 18.8 0.1 0.1
Greene 5,426 3,749 1,677 44.7 2.3 1.8
Hickory 7 5 2 40.0 0.1 0.1
Jasper 1,551 1,153 398 34.5 1.5 1.3
Lawrence 95 24 71 295.8 0.3 0.1
McDonald 38 4 34 850.0 0.2 0.0
Newton 312 174 138 79.3 0.6 0.4
Polk 122 70 52 74.3 0.5 0.3
Stone 21 6 15 250.0 0.1 0.0
Taney 138 16 122 762.5 0.3 0.1
Webster 359 190 169 88.9 1.2 0.8
              UM Extension Region: West Central
West Central 164,677 144,292 20,385 14.1 14.1 13.5
Bates 101 107 -6 -5.6 0.6 0.7
Cass 1,166 684 482 70.5 1.4 1.1
Clay 4,894 2,693 2,201 81.7 2.7 1.8
Henry 225 227 -2 -0.9 1.0 1.1
Jackson 152,391 135,649 16,742 12.3 23.3 21.4
Johnson 2,089 2,452 -363 -14.8 4.3 5.8
Lafayette 749 880 -131 -14.9 2.3 2.8
Platte 2,574 1,217 1,357 111.5 3.5 2.1
Ray 341 302 39 12.9 1.5 1.4
St. Clair 22 22 0 0.0 0.2 0.3
Vernon 125 59 66 111.9 0.6 0.3
 
Source: 1990 and 2000 Decenial Census, Summary File 1
Prepared by University Outreach & Extension - Office of Social & Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA)
Report generated on 22APR2002 by setup in mocopop_blacks