Missouri Open Country Population, 1990-2000
By County Within UM Extension Region

  Population In City or CDP Open Country-Balance of County Population
  Change Pct of Total   Change Pct of Total
  2000 1990 Number Pct 2000 1990 2000 1990 Number Pct 2000 1990
              Missouri Totals
Missouri 3,861,559 3,572,659 288,900 8.1 69.0 69.8 1,733,652 1,544,414 189,238 12.3 31.0 30.2
              UM Extension Region: Central
Central 256,017 228,414 27,603 12.1 57.3 58.6 190,595 161,077 29,518 18.3 42.7 41.4
Audrain 15,541 15,644 -103 -0.7 60.1 66.3 10,312 7,955 2,357 29.6 39.9 33.7
Benton 4,232 3,750 482 12.9 24.6 27.1 12,948 10,109 2,839 28.1 75.4 72.9
Boone 92,613 76,077 16,536 21.7 68.4 67.7 42,841 36,302 6,539 18.0 31.6 32.3
Callaway 17,223 14,487 2,736 18.9 42.2 44.2 23,543 18,322 5,221 28.5 57.8 55.8
Carroll 6,329 6,717 -388 -5.8 61.5 62.5 3,956 4,031 -75 -1.9 38.5 37.5
Chariton 3,747 4,116 -369 -9.0 44.4 44.7 4,691 5,086 -395 -7.8 55.6 55.3
Cole 43,950 38,990 4,960 12.7 61.6 61.3 27,447 24,589 2,858 11.6 38.4 38.7
Cooper 10,215 9,147 1,068 11.7 61.3 61.7 6,455 5,688 767 13.5 38.7 38.3
Howard 5,571 5,734 -163 -2.8 54.6 59.5 4,641 3,897 744 19.1 45.4 40.5
Moniteau 8,052 6,186 1,866 30.2 54.3 50.3 6,775 6,112 663 10.8 45.7 49.7
Morgan 4,879 4,406 473 10.7 25.3 28.3 14,430 11,168 3,262 29.2 74.7 71.7
Osage 3,107 2,899 208 7.2 23.8 24.1 9,955 9,119 836 9.2 76.2 75.9
Pettis 22,904 22,332 572 2.6 58.1 63.0 16,499 13,105 3,394 25.9 41.9 37.0
Saline 17,654 17,929 -275 -1.5 74.3 76.2 6,102 5,594 508 9.1 25.7 23.8
              UM Extension Region: East Central
East Central 1,574,946 1,479,421 95,525 6.5 74.5 74.0 537,779 520,785 16,994 3.3 25.5 26.0
Franklin 45,073 37,482 7,591 20.3 48.0 46.5 48,734 43,121 5,613 13.0 52.0 53.5
Jefferson 78,670 72,671 5,999 8.3 39.7 42.4 119,429 98,709 20,720 21.0 60.3 57.6
Lincoln 12,732 8,604 4,128 48.0 32.7 29.8 26,212 20,288 5,924 29.2 67.3 70.2
Montgomery 6,429 6,199 230 3.7 53.0 54.6 5,707 5,156 551 10.7 47.0 45.4
St. Charles 190,450 141,025 49,425 35.0 67.1 66.2 93,433 71,882 21,551 30.0 32.9 33.8
Ste. Genevieve 5,272 5,587 -315 -5.6 29.5 34.8 12,570 10,450 2,120 20.3 70.5 65.2
St. Francois 34,155 31,022 3,133 10.1 61.4 63.4 21,486 17,882 3,604 20.2 38.6 36.6
St. Louis 841,813 770,676 71,137 9.2 82.8 77.6 174,502 222,853 -48,351 -21.7 17.2 22.4
Warren 8,543 5,787 2,756 47.6 34.8 29.6 15,982 13,747 2,235 16.3 65.2 70.4
Washington 3,620 3,683 -63 -1.7 15.5 18.1 19,724 16,697 3,027 18.1 84.5 81.9
St. Louis City 348,189 396,685 -48,496 -12.2 100 100 0 0 0 . 0.0 0.0
              UM Extension Region: Northeast
Northeast 114,852 115,532 -680 -0.6 58.8 61.1 80,546 73,543 7,003 9.5 41.2 38.9
Adair 18,067 18,254 -187 -1.0 72.3 74.3 6,910 6,323 587 9.3 27.7 25.7
Clark 3,365 3,477 -112 -3.2 45.4 46.1 4,051 4,070 -19 -0.5 54.6 53.9
Knox 2,073 2,164 -91 -4.2 47.5 48.3 2,288 2,318 -30 -1.3 52.5 51.7
Lewis 5,411 5,402 9 0.2 51.6 52.8 5,083 4,831 252 5.2 48.4 47.2
Linn 9,549 9,748 -199 -2.0 69.4 70.2 4,205 4,137 68 1.6 30.6 29.8
Macon 8,980 8,807 173 2.0 57.0 57.4 6,782 6,538 244 3.7 43.0 42.6
Marion 21,476 21,526 -50 -0.2 75.9 77.8 6,813 6,156 657 10.7 24.1 22.2
Monroe 4,379 4,447 -68 -1.5 47.0 48.8 4,932 4,657 275 5.9 53.0 51.2
Pike 8,870 8,687 183 2.1 48.3 54.4 9,481 7,282 2,199 30.2 51.7 45.6
Putnam 2,422 2,290 132 5.8 46.4 45.1 2,801 2,789 12 0.4 53.6 54.9
Ralls 2,710 2,533 177 7.0 28.2 29.9 6,916 5,943 973 16.4 71.8 70.1
Randolph 15,197 16,002 -805 -5.0 61.6 65.7 9,466 8,368 1,098 13.1 38.4 34.3
Schuyler 2,311 2,386 -75 -3.1 55.4 56.3 1,859 1,850 9 0.5 44.6 43.7
Scotland 2,391 2,401 -10 -0.4 48.0 49.8 2,592 2,421 171 7.1 52.0 50.2
Shelby 3,954 4,206 -252 -6.0 58.2 60.6 2,845 2,736 109 4.0 41.8 39.4
Sullivan 3,697 3,202 495 15.5 51.2 50.6 3,522 3,124 398 12.7 48.8 49.4
              UM Extension Region: Northwest
Northwest 161,110 154,460 6,650 4.3 69.9 69.5 69,474 67,870 1,604 2.4 30.1 30.5
Andrew 7,709 7,242 467 6.4 46.7 49.5 8,783 7,390 1,393 18.8 53.3 50.5
Atchison 4,259 4,731 -472 -10.0 66.2 63.4 2,171 2,726 -555 -20.4 33.8 36.6
Buchanan 75,562 73,415 2,147 2.9 87.9 88.4 10,436 9,668 768 7.9 12.1 11.6
Caldwell 4,564 4,357 207 4.8 50.9 52.0 4,405 4,023 382 9.5 49.1 48.0
Clinton 11,047 9,731 1,316 13.5 58.2 58.6 7,932 6,864 1,068 15.6 41.8 41.4
Daviess 3,349 3,624 -275 -7.6 41.8 46.1 4,667 4,241 426 10.0 58.2 53.9
DeKalb 7,164 4,212 2,952 70.1 61.8 42.3 4,433 5,755 -1,322 -23.0 38.2 57.7
Gentry 4,541 4,596 -55 -1.2 66.2 67.1 2,320 2,252 68 3.0 33.8 32.9
Grundy 7,184 7,074 110 1.6 68.9 67.1 3,248 3,462 -214 -6.2 31.1 32.9
Harrison 5,413 4,993 420 8.4 61.2 59.0 3,437 3,476 -39 -1.1 38.8 41.0
Holt 3,354 3,608 -254 -7.0 62.7 59.8 1,997 2,426 -429 -17.7 37.3 40.2
Livingston 10,001 9,817 184 1.9 68.7 67.3 4,557 4,775 -218 -4.6 31.3 32.7
Mercer 1,426 1,358 68 5.0 38.0 36.5 2,331 2,365 -34 -1.4 62.0 63.5
Nodaway 14,205 14,316 -111 -0.8 64.8 65.9 7,707 7,393 314 4.2 35.2 34.1
Worth 1,332 1,386 -54 -3.9 55.9 56.8 1,050 1,054 -4 -0.4 44.1 43.2
              UM Extension Region: South Central
South Central 135,912 123,848 12,064 9.7 38.2 39.4 219,672 190,155 29,517 15.5 61.8 60.6
Camden 8,959 6,911 2,048 29.6 24.2 25.1 28,092 20,584 7,508 36.5 75.8 74.9
Crawford 7,710 6,654 1,056 15.9 33.8 34.7 15,094 12,519 2,575 20.6 66.2 65.3
Dent 5,033 4,645 388 8.4 33.7 33.9 9,894 9,057 837 9.2 66.3 66.1
Douglas 3,021 2,938 83 2.8 23.1 24.7 10,063 8,938 1,125 12.6 76.9 75.3
Gasconade 6,493 6,523 -30 -0.5 42.3 46.6 8,849 7,483 1,366 18.3 57.7 53.4
Howell 15,617 13,154 2,463 18.7 41.9 41.8 21,621 18,293 3,328 18.2 58.1 58.2
Laclede 13,257 10,924 2,333 21.4 40.8 40.2 19,256 16,234 3,022 18.6 59.2 59.8
Maries 1,831 1,687 144 8.5 20.6 21.2 7,072 6,289 783 12.5 79.4 78.8
Miller 8,008 6,950 1,058 15.2 34.0 33.6 15,556 13,750 1,806 13.1 66.0 66.4
Oregon 3,074 2,886 188 6.5 29.7 30.5 7,270 6,584 686 10.4 70.3 69.5
Ozark 1,195 1,221 -26 -2.1 12.5 14.2 8,347 7,377 970 13.1 87.5 85.8
Phelps 21,389 18,749 2,640 14.1 53.7 53.2 18,436 16,499 1,937 11.7 46.3 46.8
Pulaski 24,154 25,341 -1,187 -4.7 58.7 61.3 17,011 15,966 1,045 6.5 41.3 38.7
Shannon 2,542 2,374 168 7.1 30.5 31.2 5,782 5,239 543 10.4 69.5 68.8
Texas 6,677 6,343 334 5.3 29.0 29.5 16,326 15,133 1,193 7.9 71.0 70.5
Wright 6,952 6,548 404 6.2 38.7 39.1 11,003 10,210 793 7.8 61.3 60.9
              UM Extension Region: Southeast
Southeast 200,824 198,124 2,700 1.4 56.1 57.6 157,308 146,090 11,218 7.7 43.9 42.4
Bollinger 1,937 1,764 173 9.8 16.1 16.6 10,092 8,855 1,237 14.0 83.9 83.4
Butler 17,968 18,183 -215 -1.2 44.0 46.9 22,899 20,582 2,317 11.3 56.0 53.1
Cape Girardeau 48,965 45,035 3,930 8.7 71.3 73.1 19,728 16,598 3,130 18.9 28.7 26.9
Carter 1,444 1,531 -87 -5.7 24.3 27.8 4,497 3,984 513 12.9 75.7 72.2
Dunklin 23,692 23,513 179 0.8 71.5 71.0 9,463 9,599 -136 -1.4 28.5 29.0
Iron 4,057 4,210 -153 -3.6 37.9 39.3 6,640 6,516 124 1.9 62.1 60.7
Madison 4,687 4,808 -121 -2.5 39.7 43.2 7,113 6,319 794 12.6 60.3 56.8
Mississippi 9,561 10,067 -506 -5.0 71.2 69.7 3,866 4,375 -509 -11.6 28.8 30.3
New Madrid 14,594 14,938 -344 -2.3 73.9 71.4 5,166 5,990 -824 -13.8 26.1 28.6
Pemiscot 14,766 15,675 -909 -5.8 73.7 71.5 5,281 6,246 -965 -15.4 26.3 28.5
Perry 8,255 7,516 739 9.8 45.5 45.1 9,877 9,132 745 8.2 54.5 54.9
Reynolds 1,464 1,314 150 11.4 21.9 19.7 5,225 5,347 -122 -2.3 78.1 80.3
Ripley 2,542 2,355 187