Missouri
State Government
Governor
Mike Parson (R)
State Senate
9
Democrats,
24
Republicans
State House
51
Democrats,
111
Republicans
Economic well-being - Missouri
Extreme poverty rate
0.1
Food insecurity
0.2
Minimum wage
13.8
Percent of working families under 200% of the poverty line
0.3
Poverty rate
12.3%
Unemployment rate
4.1
Number of Black or African American children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Number of Hispanic or Latino children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Percent of individuals who are uninsured
7.7
Poverty by demographic - Missouri
Child poverty rate
0.2
Number of Asian and Pacific Islander children below 200% poverty
N/A
Number of Black or African American children below 200% poverty
94000
Number of Hispanic or Latino children below 200% poverty
49000
Senior poverty rate
10.8 %
Women in poverty
3,088,608
Kalamazoo Gazette, February 28, 2012: Discussion on Head Start taps into mission debate
"A discussion among Kalamazoo County officials about the future of the local Head Start program is tapping into a years-long national debate about the "real" mission of the 47-year-old federal program, which serves 3- and 4-year-olds in households below the poverty line."
St. Louis Beacon, December 7, 2011: (Editorial) Why should our universities care about teaching the underprivileged?
"Universities want to climb the US News & World Report ladder. And the surest way to do that -- expensive though it may be -- is to attract more and better applicants and reject all but the most qualified. Investing in a pipeline that also serves your competitors seems counterproductive. So why should a university care about this project? Three reasons are worth considering: money, mission and morals."
Springfield News-Leader, November 28, 2011: School supplies get midyear boost
"By the time teachers and students return to class each January, many Greene County schools have started running low on critical classroom supplies. Crosslines, an agency of the Council of Churches of the Ozarks -- which delivers school supplies to high-poverty schools annually in August -- was alerted to the midyear need."