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.
Census data for African Americans in Missouri Communities for 1880, 1900, and 1920
| 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 |
|
|
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| |
| 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 |
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