Geographic Profile of Population Change 1990-2000: Missouri and Illinois


	GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF POPULATION CHANGE 1990 TO 2000


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MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS

Missouri and Illinois population change during the '90s is profiled on the following series of dot map illustrations (Figures 13 through 17). Together, these states comprised a 1990 population of 16,545,700 which grew to 18,014,500 by 2000. This raised the combined Missouri and Illinois percentage of the Midwest region's population nominally from 27.7 percent to 28 percent.




	Figure 13: Population Change 1990-2000 Missouri and Illinois.

MISSOURI & ILLINOIS POPULATION CHANGE
Race	1990	2000
White	13,444,800	13,996,000
Black/African American	2,237,700	2,545,600
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleut	46,400	92,900
Asian/Pacific Islander	324,500	540,700
Other	494,300	839,300
Total	16,547,700	18,014,500

Hispanic	939,100	1,648,900


	By race, White led with an increase of 551,200 (as a single race). The next highest growth category, however, was "other," at 345,000 /9 persons. Black population (as a single race) added 307,900. The Hispanic ethnic (not racial) growth, at 709,800, exceeded that for all identified races as well as the "other" category. This is consistent with the trends for the Midwest and nation.

RACIAL SHARE OF MO & IL POPULATION GROWTH
Race	Growth Share	Percent Share
White	551,200	37.6
Black/African American	307,900	21.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleut	46,500	3.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	216,100	14.7
Other	345,000	23.5
Total	1,466,800	100.0

Hispanic	709,800	48.4






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	The 1990 to 2000 growth had some effects on the distribution of population by race. Shares of all non-white categories increased while the while category declined.

RACIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MISSOURI & ILLINOIS POPULATION
Race	1990	2000
White	81.2	77.7
Black/African American	13.5	14.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleut	.3	.5
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.0	3.0
Other	3.0	4.7
Total	100.0	100.0

Hispanic	5.7	9.2




	Figure 14: White Population Change 1990-2000 Missouri and Illinois.


	Much of the Missouri and Illinois growth, 79.1 percent was in the states' 15 Metropolitan Areas (MAs). This is generally comparable with Midwest and National proportions of 81 and 83 percent, respectively.

RACIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MISSOURI & ILLINOIS MA POPULATION GROWTH
Race	Growth	Percent of Total
White	415,900	33.0
Black/African American	276,800	22.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleut	40,000	3.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	206,800	16.4
Other	321,300	25.4
Total	1,260,800	100.0

Hispanic	671,900	53.3






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The larger amounts of growth were recorded for Missouri and Illinois' larger Metropolitan Areas (MAs). The Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Consolidated Metropolitan Area (CMSA) led with 906,700 persons. The St. Louis, MO-IL MSA was a distant second with 111,100 persons.

MISSOURI & ILLINOIS METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION GROWTH
Metropolitan Area	White	Black	Indian	Asian	Other	Total	Hispanic
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA	262,700	169,500	30,800	164,600	279,200	906,700	620,700
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	16,300	57,500	3,800	19,700	13,800	111,100	14,300
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA	43,700	23,400	2,700	9,300	13,000	92,100	21,500
Springfield, MO MSA	53,200	2,700	600	2,300	2,600	61,400	3,400
Rockford, IL MSA	22,000	7,500	800	2,700	8,600	41,600	17,100
Columbia, MO MSA	16,500	3,600	600	1,300	1,100	23,100	1,200
Joplin, MO MSA	17,300	1,100	400	800	2,800	22,400	3,900
Bloomington-Normal, IL MSA	13,700	4,100	300	1,700	1,500	21,300	2,500
Springfield, IL MSA	5,200	4,200	300	1,200	1,000	11,900	900
Peoria-Pekin, IL MSA	(2,200)	6,000	500	2,100	1,700	8,200	1,900
Champaign-Urbana, IL MSA	(3,500)	3,900	400	4,300	1,700	6,600	1,900
St. Joseph, MO MSA	2,800	1,200	200	400	100	4,800	600
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	(5,400)	1,200	300	1,100	3,300	500	5,900
Decatur, IL MSA	(5,900)	2,200	200	400	500	(2,500)	400

White population comprised one-half or more of the growth in six of the listed Metropolitan Areas, all MSAs:

Springfield, MO
Columbia, MO
Bloomington-Normal, IL
Rockford, IL
Joplin, MO
St. Joseph, MO

Non-white growth predominated in the other eight MSAs. Excluding the "other" category, 61 percent of the Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA growth was from non-white. Black was the largest single category (almost one-half of non-white total), closely followed by Asian. Hispanic Ethnic origin was also prominent in the growth, representing 74 percent of total increase. It is noted that the Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA has a much higher portion of its growth in the "other" category than the other MAs. This possibly could be due to a language problem in understanding the racial question on the Census questionnaire. For the St. Louis MO-IL MSA, non-white population growth, at 83 percent of total growth, accounted for a higher percentage than in the Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA. On the other hand, Hispanic ethnic group growth, representing 13 percent of total, was much less prominent in the St. Louis MO-IL MSA. Three net-growth MAs list White population, thus owing all of the net growth to non-white population. One MSA, Dacatur, IL, recorded a net population loss, although its non-white population grew.




	Figure 15: Black Population Change 1990-2000 Missouri and Illinois




	Figure 16: Asian Population Change 1990-2000 Missouri and Illinois




	Figure 17: Hispanic Population Change 1990-2000 Missouri and Illinois




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GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF POPULATION CHANGE
1990 TO 2000

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