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Federal Census Data: Missouri

Guide to statistical information collected by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population tables spanning multiple years

Counties
Cities and towns
- 1900-1990 Source: Missouri Census Data Center (MCDC)
- 1840-1910 populations of St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, St. Joseph and Joplin

More multi-year statistics from the MCDC

Missouri census data, 2000

County profiles, 2020 (Source: U.S. Census Bureau website)
County fact sheets, 2020 (Source: MCDC)
Population counts and social characteristics for towns, metro areas, zip codes and more.
Profiles for additional geographies, 2000

Missouri census data, 1950

Table of contents
- Finding aid for tables showing GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS in Missouri
- Tables:
  - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  - 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
  - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
  - 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
  - 40, 41, 42, 42a, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49
  - 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59
- Finding aid for tables showing DETAILED CHARACTERISTICS in Missouri
- Tables:
  - 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
  - 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79
  - 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89
  - 90, 91, 92, 93, 94
- St. Louis data by census tracts

Missouri census data, 1940

Table of contents
- Missouri state level data, Table 1 to Table 20
- County level data
  - By race, foreign born, citizenship, educational attainment, farm population and more, Table 21
  - Age, race and sex, Table 22
  - Occupational and employment data, Table 23
  - Foreign born, by country of birth, Table 24
  - Rural non-farm population data, Table 26
  - Rural farm population, Table 27
    - by race, age and sex, Table 28
- Minor civil divisions (township) data
  - Race, age and sex, Table 28
- Towns of 1,000 to 2,500
  - Race, age and sex, Table 29
- Towns of 2,500 to 10,000
  - Race, age, sex, educational attainment, employment, Table 30
- Cities of 10,000 to 100,000
  - Race, native/foreign born, citizenship, educational attainment, Table 31
  - Race, age and sex, Table 32
  - Employment and occupational data, Table 33
- Cities of 50,000 or more, by wards
  - Race, age and sex, Table 34
- Kansas City as a whole
  - Table A-35 through Table A-43, and Table A-44 through Table A-51
- St. Louis as a whole
  - Table B-35 through Table B-43, and Table B-44 through Table B-51

Missouri census data, 1930

Table of Contents
- Tables:
  - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
  - 11 -- Population by age, color, nativity and sex for each Missouri county
  - 12 -- Population by age, color, nativity and sex for Missouri cities of 10,000 or more
  - 13 -- Social characteristics by county
  - 14 -- Social characteristics of the rural population, by county
  - 15 -- Social characteristics of population in cities of 10,000 or more
  - 16 -- Social characteristics of population in towns of population 2,500 to 10,000
  - 17, 18, 19, 20,
  - 21 -- Population by age, color and age in minor civil divisions of counties
  - 22 -- Population by age, color and age in towns of 2,500 to 10,000
  - 23 -- Population by age, color and age by wards in cities of 50,000 or more

Missouri census data, 1920

Table of Contents
- Tables
  - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
  - 8 -- Age, for cities of 10,000 or more
  - 9 -- Social characteristics of the population, by county
  - 10 -- Social characteristics of the population in cities of 10,000 or more
  - 11 -- Social characteristics of the population in places of 2,500 to 10,000
  - 12 -- Country of birth of foreign-born white population by county
  - 13 -- Social characteristics in cities of 50,000 or more, by ward

Missouri census data, 1910

Town and township populations in each county for 1890, 1900 and 1910
Town populations for 1890, 1900 and 1910
Age, for the state as a whole
Age, for urban and rural populations
School attendance by race
Illiteracy
Marital condition by race and age
Foreign-born white population in Kansas City and St. Louis, by country of origin
Social characteristics by county
Social characteristics for cities of St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, St. Joseph and Joplin
Social characteristics for towns of 2,500 to 10,000 population
Social characteristics by wards in