2000 vs. 2016 Population Growth and Change
Missouri Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2016, Net Percent Change
Missouri Population Growth by County
Christian County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = 51.94%
Rank = #1
Holt County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = -16.73%
Rank = #115
Daviess County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = 3.96%
Rank = #45
With a spotlight on Daviess County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of population across Missouri's 115 counties over the period 2000-2016.
Those counties whose population growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of population. Likewise, those counties whose population growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of population statewide.
Statewide Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2016 population grew in sixty-one Missouri counties while declining in fifty-four.
  • Population growth in twenty-seven counties outpaced the statewide average (8.67%), while growth in eighty-eight counties trailed.
  • At the extremes of the distribution, Christian County posted the highest growth of population (51.94%), while Holt County placed last by logging a -16.73% decline.
  • The spread in population growth between the highest (Christian County, 51.94%) and lowest (Holt County, -16.73%) over 2000-2016 equated to 68.67% ( = 51.94%-16.73%).
  • Population growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of population statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Missouri, St. Louis County's net population growth over 2000-2016 of -12,260 made up -2.52% of the total net growth statewide (486,064):

St. Louis County: Percent Share of Missouri's
Population Growth, 2000-2016:

-2.52% = (-12,260 / 486,064) x 100
Daviess County Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2016, Daviess County posted a 3.96% net gain in population.
  • Daviess County was joined by eighty-seven other counties whose population growth over 2000-2016 registered below the statewide average (8.67%).
  • Ranked #45 among Missouri's 115 counties, Daviess County's population growth (3.96%) trailed the statewide average of 8.67% by a 4.70% margin.
  • Daviess County's net population growth (3.96%, #45) over 2000-2016 registered just above that of Dallas County (3.80%, #46) and just below that of Crawford County (4.37%, #44).

Data Definition

Number of individuals (both civilian and military) who reside in an area as of July 1. BEA uses the Census Bureau's midyear population estimates.

United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
Regional Definitions. 2023. Web.
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/

Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2016, Net Percent Change
Population Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population Growth, 2000 vs. 2016
More
than
20%
20%
to
15%
15%
to
10%
10%
to
5%
5%
to
0%
0%
to
-5%
-5%
to
-10%
-10%
or
Below
Total
2000 vs. 2016
12
3
7
19
20
25
16
13
115
 
     
Population by County, 2016
Population by County, 2016
St. Louis County 2016
Population = 1,003,918
Percent of State = 16.48%
Rank = #1
Worth County 2016
Population = 2,015
Percent of State = 0.03%
Rank = #115
Daviess County 2016
Population = 8,315
Percent of State = 0.14%
Rank = #98
Again highlighting Daviess County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2016 population statewide (6,093,349).

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Statewide Snippets:
  • Ranked #1, St. Louis County's 2016 population totaled 1,003,918, equating to 16.48% of the statewide total.
  • Ranked last (#115), Worth County's population of 2,015 in 2016 comprised just 0.03% of the total statewide. Worth County's population in 2016 equates to less than .01% to that of St. Louis County's.
  • St. Louis County's 2016 population (1,003,918) exceeded the combined population (1,000,356) of Missouri's seventy-five smallest counties.
Daviess County Snippets:
  • Daviess County's population in 2016 ranked #98, amounting to 0.14% of the statewide total.
  • Daviess County's population of 8,315 placed below that of Harrison County's (8,483, #97), and just above that of Dade County's (7,610, #99).
  • Daviess County's population of 8,315 exceeds the combined total (5,643) of Missouri's two smallest counties.
Population by County, 2016
Population by County, 2016
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population, 2016
More
than
250,000
250,000
to
200,000
200,000
to
150,000
150,000
to
100,000
100,000
to
50,000
50,000
or
Below
Total
2016
5
2
1
3
11
93
115
 
     

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Missouri by County:
2000 vs. 2016
 
2000
 
2016
 
2000 - 2016
 
 
 
 
24,956
0.45
 
25,223
0.41
 
1.07
267
0.05
 
16,522
0.29
 
17,650
0.29
 
6.83
1,128
0.23
 
6,389
0.11
 
5,425
0.09
 
-15.09
-964
-0.20
 
25,862
0.46
 
25,923
0.43
 
0.24
61
0.01
 
33,971
0.61
 
34,437
0.57
 
1.37
466
0.10
 
12,542
0.22
 
11,849
0.19
 
-5.53
-693
-0.14
 
16,700
0.30
 
16,222
0.27
 
-2.86
-478
-0.10
 
17,202
0.31
 
18,821
0.31
 
9.41
1,619
0.33
 
12,047
0.21
 
11,205
0.18
 
-6.99
-842
-0.17
 
135,940
2.42
 
177,134
2.91
 
30.30
41,194
8.48
 
86,192
1.54
 
87,877
1.44
 
1.95
1,685
0.35
 
40,826
0.73
 
42,704
0.70
 
4.60
1,878
0.39
 
8,975
0.16
 
8,894
0.15
 
-0.90
-81
-0.02
 
40,927
0.73
 
44,720
0.73
 
9.27
3,793
0.78
 
37,053
0.66
 
42,806
0.70
 
15.53
5,753
1.18
 
68,796
1.23
 
79,914
1.31
 
16.16
11,118
2.29
 
10,267
0.18
 
8,791
0.14
 
-14.38
-1,476
-0.30
 
5,974
0.11
 
5,702
0.09
 
-4.55
-272
-0.06
 
82,592
1.47
 
103,423
1.70
 
25.22
20,831
4.29
 
13,720
0.24
 
13,813
0.23
 
0.68
93
0.02
 
8,411
0.15
 
7,525
0.12
 
-10.53
-886
-0.18
 
54,936
0.98
 
83,468
1.37
 
51.94
28,532
5.87
 
7,387
0.13
 
6,615
0.11
 
-10.45
-772
-0.16
 
184,703
3.29
 
239,133
3.92
 
29.47
54,430
11.20
 
19,046
0.34
 
20,932
0.34
 
9.90
1,886
0.39
 
71,485
1.27
 
77,375
1.27
 
8.24
5,890
1.21
 
16,764
0.30
 
17,691
0.29
 
5.53
927
0.19
 
22,828
0.41
 
23,825
0.39
 
4.37
997
0.21
 
7,915
0.14
 
7,610
0.12
 
-3.85
-305
-0.06
 
15,751
0.28
 
16,350
0.27
 
3.80
599
0.12
 
7,998
0.14
 
8,315
0.14
 
3.96
317
0.07
 
13,137
0.23
 
12,571
0.21
 
-4.31
-566
-0.12
 
14,947
0.27
 
14,803
0.24
 
-0.96
-144
-0.03
 
13,097
0.23
 
12,271
0.20
 
-6.31
-826
-0.17
 
33,148
0.59
 
30,171
0.50
 
-8.98
-2,977
-0.61
 
94,050
1.68
 
102,952
1.69
 
9.47
8,902
1.83
 
15,374
0.27
 
14,863
0.24
 
-3.32
-511
-0.11
 
6,873
0.12
 
6,392
0.10
 
-7.00
-481
-0.10
 
241,015
4.30
 
290,566
4.77
 
20.56
49,551
10.19
 
10,513
0.19
 
10,194
0.17
 
-3.03
-319
-0.07
 
8,873
0.16
 
8,483
0.14
 
-4.40
-390
-0.08
 
22,108
0.39
 
21,561
0.35
 
-2.47
-547
-0.11
 
8,940
0.16
 
8,582
0.14
 
-4.00
-358
-0.07
 
5,326
0.09
 
4,435
0.07
 
-16.73
-891
-0.18
 
10,182
0.18
 
10,121
0.17
 
-0.60
-61
-0.01
 
37,285
0.66
 
39,824
0.65
 
6.81
2,539
0.52
 
10,628
0.19
 
9,767
0.16
 
-8.10
-861
-0.18
 
655,709
11.69
 
699,658
11.48
 
6.70
43,949
9.04
 
104,966
1.87
 
119,987
1.97
 
14.31
15,021
3.09
 
198,937
3.55
 
223,701
3.67
 
12.45
24,764
5.09
 
48,534
0.87
 
53,598
0.88
 
10.43
5,064
1.04
 
4,356
0.08
 
3,802
0.06
 
-12.72
-554
-0.11
 
32,598
0.58
 
35,569
0.58
 
9.11
2,971
0.61
 
33,000
0.59
 
32,533
0.53
 
-1.42
-467
-0.10
 
35,352
0.63
 
38,076
0.62
 
7.71
2,724
0.56
 
10,500
0.19
 
10,230
0.17
 
-2.57
-270
-0.06
 
39,196
0.70
 
54,991
0.90
 
40.30
15,795
3.25
 
13,722
0.24
 
12,137
0.20
 
-11.55
-1,585
-0.33
 
14,519
0.26
 
15,216
0.25
 
4.80
697
0.14
 
21,665
0.39
 
23,009
0.38
 
6.20
1,344
0.28
 
15,734
0.28
 
15,200
0.25
 
-3.39
-534
-0.11
 
11,853
0.21
 
12,508
0.21
 
5.53
655
0.13
 
8,918
0.16
 
8,597
0.14
 
-3.60
-321
-0.07
 
28,285
0.50
 
28,754
0.47
 
1.66
469
0.10
 
3,747
0.07
 
3,628
0.06
 
-3.18
-119
-0.02
 
23,617
0.42
 
24,354
0.40
 
3.12
737
0.15
 
13,395
0.24
 
13,655
0.22
 
1.94
260
0.05
 
14,847
0.26
 
15,916
0.26
 
7.20
1,069
0.22
 
9,329
0.17
 
8,626
0.14
 
-7.54
-703
-0.14
 
12,141
0.22
 
11,441
0.19
 
-5.77
-700
-0.14
 
19,291
0.34
 
20,275
0.33
 
5.10
984
0.20
 
19,657
0.35
 
17,615
0.29
 
-10.39
-2,042
-0.42
 
52,699
0.94
 
58,327
0.96
 
10.68
5,628
1.16
 
21,897
0.39
 
22,156
0.36
 
1.18
259
0.05
 
10,327
0.18
 
9,583
0.16
 
-7.20
-744
-0.15
 
13,026
0.23
 
13,438
0.22
 
3.16
412
0.08
 
9,532
0.17
 
8,849
0.15
 
-7.17
-683
-0.14
 
20,060
0.36
 
17,084
0.28
 
-14.84
-2,976
-0.61
 
18,134
0.32
 
19,084
0.31
 
5.24
950
0.20
 
39,486
0.70
 
42,559
0.70
 
7.78
3,073
0.63
 
39,945
0.71
 
44,841
0.74
 
12.26
4,896
1.01
 
18,301
0.33
 
18,550
0.30
 
1.36
249
0.05
 
74,316
1.33
 
99,105
1.63
 
33.36
24,789
5.10
 
26,999
0.48
 
30,878
0.51
 
14.37
3,879
0.80
 
41,957
0.75
 
53,321
0.88
 
27.08
11,364
2.34
 
5,231
0.09
 
4,818
0.08
 
-7.90
-413
-0.08
 
9,669
0.17
 
10,272
0.17
 
6.24
603
0.12
 
24,660
0.44
 
25,136
0.41
 
1.93
476
0.10
 
23,393
0.42
 
22,855
0.38
 
-2.30
-538
-0.11
 
6,708
0.12
 
6,285
0.10
 
-6.31
-423
-0.09
 
13,482
0.24
 
12,050
0.20
 
-10.62
-1,432
-0.29
 
286,218
5.10
 
390,808
6.41
 
36.54
104,590
21.52
 
9,698
0.17
 
9,105
0.15
 
-6.11
-593
-0.12
 
17,973
0.32
 
18,203
0.30
 
1.28
230
0.05
 
55,773
0.99
 
66,656
1.09
 
19.51
10,883
2.24
 
1,016,178
18.12
 
1,003,918
16.48
 
-1.21
-12,260
-2.52
 
23,747
0.42
 
23,412
0.38
 
-1.41
-335
-0.07
 
4,178
0.07
 
4,171
0.07
 
-0.17
-7
0.00
 
4,976
0.09
 
4,809
0.08
 
-3.36
-167
-0.03
 
40,371
0.72
 
38,613
0.63
 
-4.35
-1,758
-0.36
 
8,331
0.15
 
7,494
0.12
 
-10.05
-837
-0.17
 
6,790
0.12
 
6,148
0.10
 
-9.46
-642
-0.13
 
29,756
0.53
 
29,291
0.48
 
-1.56
-465
-0.10
 
28,600
0.51
 
30,738
0.50
 
7.48
2,138
0.44
 
7,227
0.13
 
6,292
0.10
 
-12.94
-935
-0.19
 
40,059
0.71
 
54,620
0.90
 
36.35
14,561
3.00
 
23,049
0.41
 
25,406
0.42
 
10.23
2,357
0.48
 
20,428
0.36
 
20,227
0.33
 
-0.98
-201
-0.04
 
24,745
0.44
 
33,376
0.55
 
34.88
8,631
1.78
 
23,395
0.42
 
24,163
0.40
 
3.28
768
0.16
 
13,259
0.24
 
12,023
0.20
 
-9.32
-1,236
-0.25
 
31,219
0.56
 
37,758
0.62
 
20.95
6,539
1.35
 
2,382
0.04
 
2,015
0.03
 
-15.41
-367
-0.08
 
17,926
0.32
 
18,095
0.30
 
0.94
169
0.03
 
347,144
6.19
 
314,813
5.17
 
-9.31
-32,331
-6.65
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5,607,285
100.00
 
6,093,349
100.00
 
8.67
486,064
100.00
 
4,132,352
73.70
 
4,570,260
75.00
 
10.60
437,908
90.09
 
1,474,933
26.30
 
1,523,089
25.00
 
3.26
48,156
9.91
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
282,162,411
 
324,367,742
 
14.96
42,205,331
 
237,948,237
 
278,995,907
 
17.25
41,047,670
 
44,214,174
 
45,371,835
 
2.62
1,157,661
Source: Calculations by the Missouri Regional Economic Analysis Project (MO-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_YRVYR_100A
 
   
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