Reply #21: US Census Bureau Stats on Missouri [View All]

[ultraist]

It looks like most of the Blacks are in St. Louis which has a disporportionately high number of blacks for the state. (50% compared to the state 11%).

The minority pop is below the national average but it's not quite as bad as I first thought, at least the Black population. My state is 22% Black, so Mo is very white from my perspective. Same for Hispanic population, which is extremely low in Mo at 2.3%.

I didn't look up foreigner stats, but here is the stats on race:

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=04000US29&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US29%7C16000US2965000&_street=&_county=st+louis&_cityTown=st+louis&_state=04000US29&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=

White
4,702,055
State: 85.0
National Average: 76.1%

Black or African American
625,676
State: 11.3
National Average: 12.1%

American Indian and Alaska Native
24,081
State: 0.4
National Average:0.8%

Asian
74,873
State: 1.4
Nat'l average: 4.1%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
1,402
State:0.0
Nat'l avg. 0.1%

Some other race
33,171
0.6
4.8%

Two or more races
73,495
1.3
1.9%

Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
125,406
State: 2.3
National Average: 13.8%