Missouri Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Missouri (U.S. state abbreviation is 'MO') is a mid-western state of United States, borders Arkansas to the south, Illinois to the east, Iowa to the north, Kansas to the west. Missouri population in 2024 is estimated to be 6.21 million, ranking 18th populous state in the United States. Its area is 69,715 sq mi (180,560 sq km), ranks 21st largest in US. State capital is Jefferson City and other top cities of Missouri are Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Independence and Columbia, These top cities are listed in most dangerous cities in Missouri with State crime ranks ranging from thirteenth to one-hundred-sixteenth. The state of Missouri was formed in 1821, named after Native Indians of Sioux tribe, Missouri means 'town of the large canoes'. Missouri has more than 6300 caves also known as Cave state, the popular are Onondaga cave, Cathedral cave, Fisher Cave and Ozark, also there are many fountains in the Missouri's Kansas city. The cheapest cigarette tax in the US is by the Missouri State.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Missouri
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Missouri

The population of Missouri in 2019 is estimated to be 6.14 million with the change 0.25% compared to 0.29% in 2018. Since from 2010 the population standard change from 0.23 to 0.29. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, MO population in 2020 is 6,154,913. Missouri population in 2023 is estimated to be 6.18 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 6.18 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 6.16 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	5,995,976
2011	6,009,641	0.23
2012	6,024,081	0.24
2013	6,040,658	0.28
2014	6,056,293	0.26
2015	6,071,745	0.26
2016	6,087,203	0.25
2017	6,108,612	0.35
2018	6,126,452	0.29
2019	6,141,768	0.25
2020	6,154,913	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	6,168,187	0.22
2022*	6,180,523	0.20
2023*	6,210,190	0.48

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Missouri Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Missouri by race are, In terms of Missouri state statistics of race and groups are, 82.3% are White Americans, 11.5 are Black or African Americans, 4% are Hispanic/Latino, 1.9% are Asians.

White Population

White population in Missouri are 5,004,537, percentage wise 82.38 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Missouri are 703,061, percentage wise 11.57 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Missouri, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Missouri are 112,959, percentage wise 1.86 percent are asians, out of these 27,111 are Asian Indians, 25,690 are Chinese, 12,606 are Filipinos, 3,261 are Japanese, 9,803 are Korean, 15,686 are Vietnamese and 18,802 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Missouri are 244,420. Percentage wise 4.02 percent are hispanics, out of these 168,119 are Mexican people, 15,166 are Puerto Ricans, 6,991 are Cubans, and 54,144 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

American Indians(Natives are 25,933, Navajo are 443, Cherokee tribals are 9,228 and Chippewa are 392 people. Native Hawaiian are 2,124, Guamanian/Chamorro are 878, Samoan are 1,351.

Total Population	6,075,300	Percent
White	5,004,537	82.38%
Black or African American	703,061	11.57%
American Indian and Alaska Native	25,933	0.427%
Cherokee tribal grouping	9,228	0.152%
Chippewa tribal grouping	392	0.006%
Navajo tribal grouping	443	0.007%
Sioux tribal grouping	1,105	0.018%
Asian Population	112,959	1.86%
Asian Indian	27,111	0.45%
Chinese	25,690	0.42%
Filipino	12,606	0.21%
Japanese	3,261	0.05%
Korean	9,803	0.16%
Vietnamese	15,686	0.26%
Other Asian Population	18,802
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	6,336	0.10%
Native Hawaiian	2,124	0.035%
Guamanian or Chamorro	878	0.014%
Samoan	1,351	0.022%
Other Pacific Islander	1,983
Some other race	71,084
Hispanic or Latino	244,420	4.02%
Mexican	168,119	2.77%
Puerto Rican	15,166	0.25%
Cuban	6,991	0.12%
Other Hispanic or Latino	54,144

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Missouri

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Kansas City	491,918
2	St. Louis	302,838
3	Springfield	168,122
4	Columbia	123,180
5	Independence	116,925
6	Lee's Summit	98,461
7	O'Fallon	88,472
8	St. Joseph	75,959
9	St. Charles	70,764
10	St. Peters	57,127
11	Blue Springs	55,104
12	Florissant	51,272
13	Joplin	50,657

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Missouri Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Missouri by age is 6,075,300, out of these 2,981,332 are male, 3,093,968 are female, The sex ratio of Missouri is 964. The Missouri population by age are, under 15 years is 1,150,802, 15 years and over is 4,924,498, 30 years and over is 3,692,958, 65 years and over is 956,032 and 85 years and over is 123,106. 49.07 percent are male, 50.93 percent are female, 18.94 percent are under 15 years old, 81.06 percent are 15 years and over, 60.79 percent are 30 years and over, 15.74 percent are 65 years and over, 2.03 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in MO

English is the official language of MO state, 94% of the population speak English at home, 2.56% Spanish, 1.7% European languages, 1.22 speak Asian Languages.
In terms of Asian Indian language speakers, 5,675 Hindi, 2,796 Gujarati, 778 Punjabi, 4,856 Urdu, 1,404 Bengali, 4,242 Marathi/Nepali, 4,290 Telugu, 2,025 Tamil, 1,901 Kannada/Malayalam.
People from East and Mid Asia speak, 20,573 Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 2,604 Japanese, 1,224 Hmong, 924 Khmer, 13,727 Vietnamese, 6,618 Korean, 1,847 Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai, 7,482 Tagalog, a Philiphine language.
Middle east origin speakers are, 11,479 Arabic, 1,076 Hebrew.
People from African origin speak, 5,868 Amharic/Somali, 3,562 Yoruba/Twi/Igbo, 4,733 Swahili.
3,611 speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian language, 762 are Haitian.
People originate from europe speak, 11,293 French, 3,309 Italian, 19680 German, 2,973 Portuguese, 10,043 Yiddish/Pennsylvania Dutch, 2,236 Greak, 7,444 Russian, 1,580 Polish, 12,008 Serbo-Croatian, 2,069 Ukranian/Slavic, 216 Armenian.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	5,358,633	93.98
Spanish Language	146,225	2.56
European Language	98,468	1.73
Asian Languages	69,803	1.22
Other Languages	29,030	0.51

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Missouri Education

Below is the high school statistics of Missouri state:

Population 18 to 24 years		585,682	299,606	286,076
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	75,370	44,448	30,922
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	177,962	102,533	75,429
	Some college or associates degree	273,399	128,088	145,311
	Bachelors degree or higher	58,951	24,537	34,414
Population 25 years and over		4,100,209	1,970,510	2,129,699
	Less than 9th grade	139,870	69,805	70,065
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	302,552	153,658	148,894
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,268,884	640,945	627,939
	Some college, no degree	917,414	431,738	485,676
	Associates degree	315,780	133,862	181,918
	Bachelors degree	718,198	337,497	380,701
	Graduate or professional degree	437,511	203,005	234,506

White		3,399,283	1,642,366	1,756,917
	High school graduate or higher	3,075,204	1,478,734	1,596,470
	Bachelors degree or higher	993,847	470,059	523,788
Black or African		430,776	194,714	236,062
	High school graduate or higher	367,672	162,847	204,825
	Bachelors degree or higher	76,278	28,867	47,411
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		18,084	9,395	8,689
	High school graduate or higher	15,017	7,630	7,387
	Bachelors degree or higher	3,460	1,472	1,988
Asian		73,958	33,098	40,860
	High school graduate or higher	64,413	29,801	34,612
	Bachelors degree or higher	42,850	21,435	21,415
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		3,386	1,864	1,522
	High school graduate or higher	2,718	1,635	1,083
	Bachelors degree or higher	764	557	207
Hispanic or Latino Origin		123,006	63,478	59,528
	High school graduate or higher	87,461	44,392	43,069
	Bachelors degree or higher	24,156	11,486	12,670

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Disable people statistics of the state Missouri as per table below:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	865,207
Male	425,400
Female	439,807
	-
White	723,947
Black or African American	102,653
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	5,858
Asian	5,970
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	770
Some other race	4,662
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	246,054
With a vision difficulty	151,646
With a cognitive difficulty	329,675
With an ambulatory difficulty	456,884
With a self-care difficulty	155,103
With an independent living difficulty	293,878

Counties of Missouri

Total number of Counties in Missouri state is 114. St. Louis is the largest County with 996,945, followed by Jackson County with 700,307, St. Charles County with 399,182 and St. Louis city with 302,838.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Adair County	25,306	25,339	0.1	43	43
Andrew County	17,449	17,607	0.9	63	61
Atchison County	5,248	5,171	-1.5	108	108
Audrain County	25,600	25,473	-0.5	42	42
Barry County	35,686	35,886	0.6	32	32
Barton County	11,809	11,798	-0.1	82	82
Bates County	16,310	16,320	0.1	66	65
Benton County	19,068	19,278	1.1	57	56
Bollinger County	12,286	12,169	-1	79	80
Boone County	178,523	180,005	0.8	8	8
Buchanan County	88,894	88,571	-0.4	13	13
Butler County	42,609	42,639	0.1	26	26
Caldwell County	9,072	9,108	0.4	93	92
Callaway County	44,944	44,889	-0.1	24	24
Camden County	45,449	45,815	0.8	23	23
Cape Girardeau County	78,285	78,753	0.6	15	15
Carroll County	8,794	8,743	-0.6	95	95
Carter County	6,167	6,054	-1.8	106	106
Cass County	103,610	104,954	1.3	10	10
Cedar County	14,081	14,165	0.6	72	72
Chariton County	7,478	7,451	-0.4	101	101
Christian County	85,346	86,983	1.9	14	14
Clark County	6,727	6,842	1.7	102	102
Clay County	242,593	246,365	1.6	6	6
Clinton County	20,553	20,470	-0.4	53	54
Cole County	76,669	76,796	0.2	16	16
Cooper County	17,643	17,603	-0.2	61	62
Crawford County	24,095	23,957	-0.6	47	47
Dade County	7,601	7,569	-0.4	100	100
Dallas County	16,686	16,762	0.5	65	64
Daviess County	8,359	8,313	-0.6	98	98
DeKalb County	12,590	12,630	0.3	78	78
Dent County	15,440	15,441	0	68	68
Douglas County	13,272	13,373	0.8	77	75
Dunklin County	30,086	29,423	-2.2	38	38
Franklin County	103,288	103,670	0.4	11	11
Gasconade County	14,718	14,705	-0.1	71	71
Gentry County	6,655	6,628	-0.4	103	103
Greene County	289,819	291,923	0.7	5	5
Grundy County	9,970	9,914	-0.6	88	88
Harrison County	8,528	8,414	-1.3	97	97
Henry County	21,700	21,792	0.4	52	52
Hickory County	9,421	9,509	0.9	90	90
Holt County	4,409	4,404	-0.1	112	112
Howard County	10,122	10,137	0.1	87	87
Howell County	40,084	40,076	0	28	28
Iron County	10,205	10,177	-0.3	86	86
Jackson County	697,720	700,307	0.4	2	2
Jasper County	120,082	120,636	0.5	9	9
Jefferson County	223,749	224,347	0.3	7	7
Johnson County	53,759	53,652	-0.2	21	21
Knox County	3,975	3,947	-0.7	113	113
Laclede County	35,455	35,713	0.7	33	33
Lafayette County	32,605	32,598	0	35	35
Lawrence County	38,283	38,359	0.2	31	31
Lewis County	9,964	9,855	-1.1	89	89
Lincoln County	56,134	57,686	2.8	19	19
Linn County	12,172	12,037	-1.1	81	81
Livingston County	15,163	15,146	-0.1	70	70
McDonald County	22,779	23,078	1.3	50	48
Macon County	15,241	15,153	-0.6	69	69
Madison County	12,238	12,188	-0.4	80	79
Maries County	8,823	8,769	-0.6	94	94
Marion County	28,613	28,592	-0.1	40	40
Mercer County	3,677	3,641	-1	114	114
Miller County	25,206	25,336	0.5	44	44
Mississippi County	13,580	13,336	-1.8	74	76
Moniteau County	16,022	16,121	0.6	67	67
Monroe County	8,610	8,664	0.6	96	96
Montgomery County	11,428	11,534	0.9	83	83
Morgan County	20,118	20,358	1.2	55	55
New Madrid County	17,565	17,296	-1.5	62	63
Newton County	58,248	58,266	0	18	18
Nodaway County	22,408	22,304	-0.5	51	51
Oregon County	10,547	10,541	-0.1	84	84
Osage County	13,663	13,714	0.4	73	73
Ozark County	9,203	9,017	-2	92	93
Pemiscot County	16,817	16,272	-3.2	64	66
Perry County	19,194	19,150	-0.2	56	57
Pettis County	42,504	42,542	0.1	27	27
Phelps County	44,686	44,732	0.1	25	25
Pike County	18,546	18,504	-0.2	58	58
Platte County	101,219	102,985	1.7	12	12
Polk County	31,766	32,201	1.4	36	36
Pulaski County	51,846	52,014	0.3	22	22
Putnam County	4,796	4,757	-0.8	110	110
Ralls County	10,222	10,212	-0.1	85	85
Randolph County	24,932	24,763	-0.7	46	46
Ray County	22,839	22,883	0.2	49	50
Reynolds County	6,268	6,254	-0.2	104	104
Ripley County	13,569	13,401	-1.2	75	74
St. Charles County	395,245	399,182	1	3	3
St. Clair County	9,385	9,395	0.1	91	91
Ste. Genevieve County	17,813	17,888	0.4	60	60
St. Francois County	66,653	66,692	0.1	17	17
St. Louis County	996,648	996,945	0	1	1
Saline County	22,924	22,895	-0.1	48	49
Schuyler County	4,514	4,599	1.9	111	111
Scotland County	4,963	4,966	0.1	109	109
Scott County	38,566	38,458	-0.3	30	30
Shannon County	8,239	8,189	-0.6	99	99
Shelby County	6,017	6,050	0.5	107	107
Stoddard County	29,346	29,206	-0.5	39	39
Stone County	31,658	31,749	0.3	37	37
Sullivan County	6,199	6,221	0.4	105	105
Taney County	55,125	55,852	1.3	20	20
Texas County	25,685	25,571	-0.4	41	41
Vernon County	20,536	20,528	0	54	53
Warren County	34,365	34,711	1	34	34
Washington County	25,008	24,943	-0.3	45	45
Wayne County	13,305	13,122	-1.4	76	77
Webster County	38,683	39,109	1.1	29	29
Worth County	2,049	2,040	-0.4	115	115
Wright County	18,339	18,378	0.2	59	59
St. Louis city	307,866	302,838	-1.6	4	4