by admin | Aug 12, 2005 | News
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...
by admin | Aug 7, 2003 | News
The Census Bureau says more people moved to Missouri than moved out of the state in the 1990s. 473,000 people moved in while 427,000 moved out. Missouri is one of 20 states to gain more people than it lost that way. Neighboring Illinois lost 343,000 people, Kansas...
by admin | Sep 25, 2002 | News
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...
by admin | May 30, 2002 | News
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...
by admin | May 28, 2002 | Education
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...