Missouri: State Summary
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
State Health Department
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services: 912 Wildwood, Jefferson City
Population:
- Total Population: 5,595,211
- Males: 2,718,409
- Females: 2,876,802
Top 9 Languages spoken at home: (> 5000)
- English only (4,961,775)
- Spanish (110,740)
- German (30,635)
- French (19,308)
- Vietnamese (8,859)
- Chinese (8,859)
- Serbocroatian (6,910)
- Italian (6,443)
- Russian (5,205)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (856,964)
- Southern Baptist Convention (797,732)
- United Methodist Church, The (226,578)
- Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (140,315)
- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) (105,583)
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 1,778,040
- Sensory: 184,101
- Physical: 467,359
- Mental: 264,501
- Self-care: 137,221
- Go outside home: 332,029
- Employment: 378,583
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 43,907
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 2,194,594
- Utility gas: 1,261,397
- Bottled or LP gas: 293,603
- Electricity: 538,606
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 13,893
- Coal or Coke: 170
- Wood: 77,666
- Solar Energy: 403
- Other fuel: 5,317
- No fuel used: 3,539
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 4,109,496
- No vehicle: 305,714
- 1 or more vehicle: 3,803,782
Education Attainment:
- No School: 22,616
- No High School: 215,002
- Some High School: 441,477
- High School: 1,189,670
- Some College: 796,999
- Associate's Degree: 184,666
- College Degree: 507,892
- Master's Degree: 189,780
- Professional Degree: 59,136
- Doctoral Degree: 27,668
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 2,194,594
- Owners with phone: 1,519,237
- Owners without phone: 23,073
- Renters with phone: 611,243
- Renters without phone: 41,041
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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