Missouri State Archives
Progress Amidst Prejudice:
Portraits of African Americans in Missouri, 1880-1920

Census Worksheet

Missouri's African American Population Shifts, 1880-1920

Directions: Find the census data for each community and identify any trends in the population change. Go to http://factfinder.census.gov to find fact sheets on each community.

Town	Census Year	African American	Total Population	% African American
Moberly	1880	569	6108	9.3%
Moberly	1900	850	8012	10.6%
Moberly	1920	835	12,821	6.5%
Moberly	2000
Hannibal	1880	1833	11,065	16.5%
Hannibal	1900	1843	12,716	14.5%
Hannibal	1920	1700	19,235	8.8%
Hannibal	2000
Louisiana	1880	943	4325	21.8%
Louisiana	1900	1071	5130	20.8%
Louisiana	1920	552	8502	6.5%
Louisiana	2000
St. Charles	1880	851	8417	10.1%
St. Charles	1900	775	10,541	7.4%
St. Charles	1920	552	8502	6.5%
St. Charles	2000
Macon	1880	912	3046	29.9%
Macon	1900	740	4078	18.1%
Macon	1920	509	3499	14.5%
Macon	2000
St. Joseph	1880	3206	32,577	9.8%
St. Joseph	1900	5847	102,841	5.7%
St. Joseph	1920	4288	78,207	5.5%
St. Joseph	2000
Jefferson City	1880	1012	5271	19.2%
Jefferson City	1900	1953	11,808	16.5%
Jefferson City	1920	2039	16,515	12.3%
Jefferson City	2000
Washington	1880	1128	34,930	3.2%
Washington	1900	1141	44,678	2.6%
Washington	1920	468	40,080	1.2%
Washington	2000
Mexico	1880	788	3837	20.5%
Mexico	1900	939	5099	18.4%
Mexico	1920	889	6013	14.8%
Mexico	2000
Kansas City	1880	8124	55,888	14.5%
Kansas City	1900	16,806	163,704	10.3%
Kansas City	1920	30,795	324,599	9.5%
Kansas City	2000
St. Louis City	1880	40,798	672,530	6.1%
St. Louis City	1900	35,289	575,382	6.1%
St. Louis City	1920	69,252	773,189	9%
St. Louis City	2000
Missouri	1880	143,350	2,168,380	6.7%
Missouri	1900	161,822	3,106,665	5.2%
Missouri	1920	178,241	3,404,055	5.2%
Missouri	2000