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Missouri

Population6.2m
Areas115county-level areas on the 2024 Census map
Density34.6people per km² of land
Median household income$68,92023rd percentile of states

How it has changed

The state’s own figures from 2010 to 2024. A measure published for only one year shows as a single point instead of a line.

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The state figure, and the range across its counties

The state figure is the one its own agency publishes. It is never an average of the counties. You cannot average medians (middle values) to get a new median, and a rate has to be worked out again from the added-up counts. The county range next to it shows what a single state number has to hide.

Sometimes fewer counties report than the state has. The missing ones were held back because their counts were too small to publish — mostly deaths. A range from only part of the state is not the state’s full range. It can even sit entirely above or below the state figure. So the number of counties reporting is shown next to it.

You can sort by any column. 47 of these 188 measures have a clear better end, and those are ranked best first. For example, the lowest infant death rate is first place, and so is the highest life expectancy. The rest have no better end, so they are ranked highest first, and the cell says “highest” instead of “best”. A state is not winning or losing by how much of its tax comes from severance taxes (taxes on oil, gas and minerals taken from the ground).

Alcohol-involved share of driving deaths0.281%25th best of 510%0.304%0.556%75
Always wears a seatbelt88.744th best of 49————
Arrivals per 100 people staying2.7235th highest of 512.446.3217.2115
Arrivals per 100 staying, $200,000 or more1.9534th highest of 51————
Arthritis28.836th best of 46————
Binge drinking17.935th best of 49————
Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 5054.120th highest of 5234.360.911786
Black Protestant adherents2.614th highest of 510022.8115
Black-white residential segregation70.69th highest of 511450.588.560
Business closing rate9.5816th highest of 514.829.4120.1115
Business opening rate1024th highest of 515.169.9617.5115
Catholic adherents12.531st highest of 5103.8446.7115
Checkup in the past year7721st highest of 49————
Child mortality62.439th best of 5138.264.812749
Child poverty rate, ages 0-1714.7%25th best of 515.6%18.7%35.9%115
Children in single-parent households0.235%29th highest of 510.094%0.191%0.465%104
Congregations per 10,000 people14.718th highest of 515.6725.459.4115
Current asthma10.120th best of 47————
Current smoking17.344th best of 49————
Departures per 100 people staying2.5437th highest of 513.145.7217.4115
Departures per 100 staying, $200,000 or more2.1931st highest of 51————
Depression23.832nd best of 49————
Diabetes14.428th best of 45————
Difficulty concentrating or deciding17.142nd best of 49————
Difficulty running errands alone9.6938th best of 46————
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs18.640th best of 47————
Disability-free score-1.1540th highest of 47-2.23-0.5980.913115
Drug overdose deaths33.631st best of 5111.62710251
Effective general sales tax rate2.3927th highest of 51————
Effective individual income tax rate2.3826th highest of 51————
Effective property tax rate0.87523rd highest of 520.3840.7371.23115
Effective property tax rate on income2.3534th highest of 51————
Evangelical Protestant adherents2411th highest of 519.2530.1140115
Fair or poor health19.837th best of 49————
Fine particulate matter7.529th best of 516.27.510.3112
Firearm fatalities22.445th best of 5110.718.257.172
Firearm share of suicides, standardised11515th highest of 518312217785
Firearm suicide rate11.911th highest of 517.9814.529.785
Flu vaccination among Medicare enrollees0.47%28th best of 510.19%0.38%0.58%115
Gini index of income inequality0.46525th best of 520.3760.440.575115
Has health insurance92.818th highest of 49————
Health score-0.43240th highest of 49-1.71-0.3080.736115
High blood pressure35.733rd best of 49————
High cholesterol3528th best of 49————
High school graduation0.905%3rd best of 480.761%0.917%0.975%91
Homeownership rate67.9%22nd highest of 5245.4%75.9%86.1%115
Homicide rate1147th best of 512.666.0850.629
Homicide rate, annual9.889th highest of 514.3215.737.65
How much faster the top bracket arrives than everyone else-0.42544th highest of 51————
Income gap between arrivals and departures$-5,68536th highest of 51$-14,710$2,435$31,570115
Infant mortality6.1635th best of 514.096.3813.234
Injury deaths10441st best of 5149.197.3199113
Life expectancy75.2 years39th best of 5165.6 years74.7 years80.2 years115
Local income tax as a share of income0.148th highest of 130.0000180.0008451.124
Mainline Protestant adherents5.6924th highest of 510.655.7228.3115
Material security score0.07732nd highest of 51-1.820.1411.38115
Mean adjusted gross income per return$83,34537th best of 51$46,000$60,300$124,500115
Mean income of arriving households$65,85539th highest of 51$34,170$49,060$92,480115
Mean income of departing households$71,54030th highest of 51$35,520$46,150$79,730115
Mean travel time to work23.6 min19th best of 5215.2 min24.3 min35.9 min115
Median age38.9 years29th highest of 5227.5 years40.8 years55.2 years115
Median gross rent$99640th highest of 52$353$754$1,312115
Median home value$215,60040th highest of 52$86,200$156,400$317,600115
Median household income$68,92041st best of 52$35,080$57,490$102,900115
Median household income (model-based)$68,48440th best of 51$41,320$56,120$98,760115
Median property tax bill1,88736th highest of 525531,1013,365115
Meets aerobic guidelines54.346th best of 49————
Membership organisations11.417th best of 515.1111.828.9115
Millionaire returns as a share of all returns0.32135th highest of 52————
Millionaires' share of all income13.225th highest of 52————
Motor vehicle crash deaths15.938th best of 518.0920.548.296
Net business formation rate0.45641st highest of 51-10.30.6238.45115
Net domestic migration rate1.5621st highest of 51————
Net migration per 100 people staying0.18819th highest of 51-2.690.3253.19115
Net migration per 100 staying, $200,000 or more-0.23729th highest of 51————
Obesity35.428th best of 49————
Orthodox Christian adherents0.1233rd highest of 51000.91115
Other religion adherents3.4232nd highest of 5101.6113.3115
People per tax return221st highest of 51222115
Per capita income$38,49739th best of 52$21,210$29,980$51,080115
Per capita personal income$62,43536th best of 51$38,570$49,180$100,800115
Poverty rate12.6%33rd best of 524.7%14.7%27.4%115
Poverty rate (model-based)12%28th best of 515.5%14.5%27.4%115
Premature mortality47840th best of 513085121,003115
Preventable hospital stays2,93832nd best of 515572,9846,202115
Private job growth1.931st highest of 52-6.211.3665.4115
Religious adherents48.425th highest of 5125.548.1147115
Republican share of the two-party vote, 202459.317th highest of 511780.488.1115
Returns claiming charitable contributions4.76%35th highest of 510%2.03%8.56%115
Returns claiming the earned income credit14.8%18th highest of 517.44%17.1%30.6%115
Returns reporting capital gains18.1%29th highest of 517.08%16.4%27%115
Returns reporting unemployment compensation2.05%32nd highest of 510%2.11%6.78%115
Safety score-1.3748th highest of 51-3.52-0.3950.775
Share aged 65 and over17.5%23rd highest of 529.6%19.5%32.4%115
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic0.174%29th highest of 510%0.241%1.21%33
Share Asian, not Hispanic2.05%35th highest of 520%0.716%4.68%52
Share Black, not Hispanic11%20th highest of 520.328%2.27%42.9%76
Share divorced12.1%16th highest of 527.65%13%20.5%115
Share foreign-born4.38%43rd highest of 520.589%1.77%10.6%68
Share Hispanic or Latino, any race5.06%42nd highest of 520.913%2.43%17.8%106
Share in the same house a year ago86%27th highest of 5168.8%87.5%95.5%115
Share Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic0.146%12th highest of 490%0%3.24%64
Share never married31.4%40th highest of 5217.5%25.4%49.7%115
Share now married50.5%27th highest of 5232.9%53.8%63%115
Share of births to unmarried women29.5%28th highest of 520%35.1%65.7%37
Share of some other race, not Hispanic0.364%34th highest of 520%0%0.545%31
Share of suicides by firearm62.7%12th highest of 5145%66.7%100%85
Share of taxes from alcohol0.14640th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporate income3.1442nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporation licences051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from death and gift051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from gambling1.2610th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from general sales and gross receipts28.221st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from individual income28.112th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from insurance premiums1.5725th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from licences3.2933rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor fuel2.7323rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor vehicle licences1.0736th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from occupation and business licences125th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from other taxes1.0434th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property27.725th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property transfer0.055534th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from public utilities1.1921st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from selective sales8.5537th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from severance051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from sports betting and pari-mutuels0.063721st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from tobacco0.31949th highest of 51————
Share of two or more races, not Hispanic4.37%11th highest of 521.42%3.72%10.5%110
Share separated1.65%22nd highest of 520.782%1.72%3.45%84
Share White, not Hispanic76.8%13th highest of 5244.4%92%97%115
Share widowed6.09%15th highest of 523.6%7.47%11.9%115
Share with a bachelor's degree or higher31.9%32nd best of 5210.7%18%51%115
State and local income tax as a share of income2.388th highest of 12————
State income tax as a share of income2.2424th highest of 50————
State taxes as a share of income4.4945th highest of 50————
Suicide rate18.735th best of 5111.820.637.375
Top state income tax rate4.95%28th highest of 50————
Total tax burden8.4743rd highest of 51————
Two weeks of poor mental health17.637th best of 49————
Two weeks of poor physical health14.239th best of 47————
Unemployment rate3.11%21st best of 522.3%3.2%5.4%115
Vacancy rate11.6%22nd highest of 523.59%16.4%56.9%115
Went without care over cost12.535th best of 49————
Years of potential life lost9,97040th best of 515,07610,22022,330113
Aggregate travel time to work61,431,000 min20th highest of 5219,940 min183,500 min9,606,000 min115
Business establishments138,04019th highest of 514435827,150115
Business establishments closed13,18817th highest of 514342,820115
Business establishments opened13,81719th highest of 513362,478115
Employed3,009,90022nd highest of 521,0278,372505,200115
Foreign-born population269,90027th highest of 524753680,82068
Gross domestic product$428,890,000k22nd highest of 51$71,110k$703,200k$110,300,000k115
Housing units2,809,50018th highest of 521,1158,370445,500115
Labour force3,106,60022nd highest of 521,0558,627521,200115
Local income tax collected$542,460k9th highest of 13$1k$16k$186,700k24
Millionaire tax returns9,21023rd highest of 52————
Net domestic migration9,63813th highest of 51————
Occupied housing units2,484,80018th highest of 527987,113414,700115
Owner-occupied housing units1,688,10018th highest of 526215,399286,400115
People covered by a tax return5,341,60020th highest of 511,66016,620878,400115
People in households earning $200,000 or more who did not move421,59023rd highest of 51————
People who did not move4,648,50020th highest of 511,47914,660776,000115
Personal income$387,600,000k21st highest of 51$92,800k$930,300k$99,880,000k115
Population6,208,00019th highest of 511,90318,950990,900115
Population6,196,20018th highest of 511,90718,950987,100115
Population (firearm measures)5,774,40019th highest of 515,62723,560943,70085
Population (WONDER)6,196,20018th highest of 51281,800416,700987,1005
Population aged 15 and over5,026,60019th highest of 521,62715,310815,600115
Population aged 25 and over4,217,40019th highest of 521,39812,740692,500115
Population aged 65 and over1,079,10018th highest of 525013,703186,200115
Population below the poverty line756,53019th highest of 523292,93797,680115
Population below the poverty line723,81020th highest of 512502,78794,080115
Population for whom poverty status is determined5,994,20019th highest of 521,92318,280974,100115
Population for whom poverty status is determined6,031,80019th highest of 511,86618,690969,900115
Population in the same house one year ago5,301,80019th highest of 511,86816,840868,000115
Population with a bachelor's degree or higher1,345,20020th highest of 522462,247325,000115
Population, decennial census6,154,90019th highest of 511,97318,4801,004,000115
Presidential votes cast, 20242,995,30021st highest of 511,1059,330502,700115
Private jobs2,471,00020th highest of 521973,811547,900115
State and local tax collections$32,837,000k23rd highest of 51————
State individual income tax collected$8,677,800k17th highest of 50————
State tax collected, all taxes$17,404,000k24th highest of 50————
Tax returns filed2,870,00022nd highest of 518708,600485,500115
Total population6,168,20019th highest of 521,95618,720996,600115
Unemployed96,70419th highest of 522828116,040115
Vacant housing units324,67017th highest of 523171,31730,730115
Women aged 15 to 501,407,20020th highest of 523243,717227,400115
Women who gave birth in the past year76,19917th highest of 524729111,31086
Workers aged 16 and over who commute2,597,50019th highest of 527276,963411,600115

Links inside Missouri

These are the site’s strongest pairs nationwide, worked out again using only this state’s counties. The r column shows how closely two measures rise and fall together, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step); 0 means no link. A link that shows up nationally but disappears inside every state is really about differences between states. A link that also holds here is not.

These figures are before adjusting for anything. Unlike the national figures, they do not take out population density, income or education.

Pairr within MOcounties
Median age × Share aged 65 and overInside Missouri, where Median age is higher, Share aged 65 and over tends to be higher: a strong link across 115 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.93115
Self-care disability × Material security scoreInside Missouri, where Self-care disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 115 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.92115
Stroke × Material security scoreInside Missouri, where Stroke is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 115 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.91115
Food insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Missouri, where Food insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 115 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.87115
Lack of reliable transportation × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Missouri, where Lack of reliable transportation is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 115 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.87115
Vision disability × Material security scoreInside Missouri, where Vision disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 115 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.92115
Housing insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Missouri, where Housing insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 115 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.85115
Received food stamps × Material security scoreInside Missouri, where Received food stamps is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 115 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.92115
Self-care disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Missouri, where Self-care disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 115 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.86115
Vision disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Missouri, where Vision disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 115 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.86115
Fair or poor self-rated health × Material security scoreInside Missouri, where Fair or poor self-rated health is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 115 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.88115
Independent-living disability × Material security scoreInside Missouri, where Independent-living disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 115 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.89115

What this state is divided into

115 county-level areas, largest first. Each one is compared with its peers — the counties across the country most like it — not with the rest of this state. They are not all the same kind of place: 114 counties and 1 independent city.

St. Louis County · Jackson County · St. Charles County · Greene County · St. Louis city · Clay County · Jefferson County · Boone County · Jasper County · Cass County · Platte County · Franklin County · Christian County · Buchanan County · Cape Girardeau County · Cole County · St. Francois County · Lincoln County · Newton County · Taney County · Johnson County · Pulaski County · Phelps County · Callaway County · Camden County · Pettis County · Butler County · Howell County · Webster County · Lawrence County · Scott County · Warren County · Laclede County · Barry County · Lafayette County · Polk County · Stone County · Stoddard County · Marion County · Dunklin County · Adair County · Miller County · Texas County · Audrain County · Randolph County · McDonald County · Washington County · Saline County · Ray County · Crawford County · Henry County · Morgan County · Clinton County · Nodaway County · Benton County · Vernon County · Perry County · Wright County · Ste. Genevieve County · Andrew County · Pike County · Dallas County · Cooper County · Bates County · New Madrid County · Moniteau County · Pemiscot County · Macon County · Gasconade County · Dent County · Cedar County · Livingston County · Osage County · Madison County · Mississippi County · Douglas County · Linn County · Barton County · Montgomery County · DeKalb County · Wayne County · Ripley County · Bollinger County · Ralls County · Howard County · Lewis County · Grundy County · Iron County · St. Clair County · Caldwell County · Ozark County · Oregon County · Monroe County · Hickory County · Carroll County · Daviess County · Maries County · Harrison County · Dade County · Chariton County · Shannon County · Clark County · Gentry County · Reynolds County · Shelby County · Sullivan County · Carter County · Atchison County · Scotland County · Putnam County · Holt County · Schuyler County · Knox County · Mercer County · Worth County