A new report from the MU Truman School of Public Affairs shows Missouri is growing more slowly than the national average.
The report, authored by associate extension professor Mark White, found the state grew by only 11,000 people from 2019 to 2020. That’s half the national rate of .4 percent growth.
Many other Midwestern states also grew more slowly than the national rate.
Population growth in Missouri has been concentrated in urban and suburban areas, including around Springfield, St. Louis and Kansas City.
Rural areas continued to see the biggest declines in population in the state.