The United States’ population growth slowed in the past 10 years to its lowest rate since the 1930s, according to data released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The first numbers to come out of the 2020 Census show the U.S. population on April 1, 2020 — Census Day — was 331.5 million people, an increase of just 7.4 percent between 2010 and 2020. It is the second-slowest rate of expansion since the government began taking a census in 1790. In the 1930s, the decade with the slowest population growth, the rate was 7.3 percent. Missouri saw an increase in population of 2.8%, with a total population of 6,151,548. Arkansas saw an increase in population of 3.3%, with a total population of 3,03,522. Locally, most counties in Missouri saw a decrease in population while most Arkansas counties saw a slight increase.
County Population Increase/Decrease
MISSOURI
Carter 5,992 -285
Douglas 13,185 -501
Howell 40,117 -269
Oregon 10,529 -352
Ripley 13,288 -818
Shannon 8,166 -269
Texas 25,318 -618
Wright 18,289 -453
ARKANSAS
Baxter 41,932 +419
Fulton 12,477 +232
Independence 37,825 +1,178
Izard 13,629 -67
Lawrence 16,406 -1,009
Marion 16,694 +41
Randolph 17,958 -1
Sharp 17,442 +178
Stone 12,506 +112
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