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Senate sends redistricting back to House (AUDIO)

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The senate’s plan for eight new congressional districts has been approved, but not without some ruffled feathers.

Opposition to the House version of the new map stalled the process Tuesday.   But right after the senate’s afternoon session began yesterday, the sponsor brought up a new version of the bill, and moved into position for a final vote before the leading opponent got into the chamber.

Senator Bill Stouffer of Napton was in a press conference on another issue.  He had no way to introduce his proposed map. Afterwards he openly said, ‘I blew it.”

The senate version differs in several ways from the House version…and sponsor Scott Rupp of Wentzville says passage of it is a big step because senators let it be known they would not accept the House map….

Stouffer’s only hope now is if the House refuses to take the senate plan and asks for a compromise committee to draw something acceptable to both chambers.

Stouffer says he knows money is being put together in his counties to launch a legal challenge of a plan that lumps three rural central Missouri counties in a district with Kansas City.

Census officials reach out to “hard to count”

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April 1st is the day Americans will be called on to count themselves in and the effort to inform us of the importance of filling out and returning the 2010 U.S. Census forms is already in full swing. But a greater effort has been launched to reach a group of people known as the “hard to count.”

The “hard to count” includes quite a list. [Read more…]

Total Census count critical to Missouri’s holding all nine congressional seats

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State officials involved in the 2010 U.S. Census count are spreading the good word that the latest projections from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate Missouri will likely hold onto all nine of its Congressional seats. But those same officials caution Missouri will hold on by a razor thin margin.

“The projected population for Missouri was 6,022,430 people,” said Matt Hesser of the Office of Administration’s Division of Budget and Planning during an information seminar for State Senators at the Capitol. “We retain the seat by 5,271 people.” [Read more…]

Census Figures Show Where St. Louis Sprawl Spreads

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New census figures show St. Louis urban sprawl is growing rapidly, but nowhere faster than the city of Wentzville.  Wentzville ended the 20th century with 7,000 people.  The census bureau says the population is now almost 21,000.  But other cities in the collar-areas of St. Louis and St. Louis County also are growing quickly. O’Fallon’s population has increased 57% in the same period.  O’Fallon has grown by more people than live in Wentzville now; 26,000. Troy, in Lincoln County to the north, increased by 63 percent and now has 11-thousand people.

 

Missouri’s Immigrant Population on the Rise

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The Census Bureau says Missouri has 28 percent more immigrants living in it than it had when the 2000 Census was taken. That’s the 13th largest increase among all the states. The Census Bureau says 194,000 immigrants have moved here in the last five years. It does not try to determine their legal status.

Hispanic Population of Missouri on the Rise

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The Census Bureau says the Hispanic population of Missouri has grown almost 25-percent since the 2000 census. The Census Bureau says 148,201 Hispanics lived in Missouri as of July 1st, 2004. That’s still only two percent of the population of Missouri. An analyst at the University of Missouri says the Hispanic population has increased in all but 11 Missouri counties.

Missouri’s Poverty Level Remains Steady

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After four straight years of decline, the nation’s poverty level rose in 2001. The Census Bureau reports the poverty rate rose from 11.3 in 2000 to 11.7 in 2001. The median household income dropped by slightly more than two percent. Charles Nelson with the Bureau cautions against placing too much emphasis on the one-year change. Things held steady in Missouri. Nelson says Missouri’s poverty rate stayed steady at 10.2 percent. The state’s median household income hovers around $37,000. Nelson says the numbers reflect an economy in retreat that took a big hit when terrorist attacked on September 11th.

Census Figures Show KC Still State’s Largest City

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We’re learning more about ourselves as the Census Bureau releases more figures from the 2000 nose count. Kansas City remains our largest city – 441,545. St. Louis is down to 348,189. The census figures show the median household income in Kansas City is about $10,000 a year more than St. Louis, at more than $37,000. The median value of homeowner owned houses in Kansas City is about $20,000 more than in St. Louis. The percentage of St. Louis’s population in poverty is almost double that of Kansas City.

Census Bureau Figures Show Missouri Lagging In School Spending

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Census figures show 33 states spend more than Missouri does on each student in the public schools. The figures are for the year 2000. The Census Bureau says Missourispent an average of $6,143 for each student. That’s about$1,000 more per student than the state was spending before the Excellence in Education Act was passed in 1993. The Census Bureau tabulations say Missouri’s spending is about$700 below the national average.