Community Data

With major metropolitan areas and nearly 100 rural counties, Missouri is a diverse state. Community data, including population demographics and community infrastructure information, help put health and environmental data into an appropriate context and enhance exploration of potential influences and risk factors for diseases or other health outcomes.

Community Profiles

The environment in which we live and work can have a substantial impact on our health. The Community Profiles provide a snapshot of environmental public health in our communities. You will find demographics and environmental public health data for all counties and the 15 largest cities in Missouri. At the end of each profile, you will find information on the data presented and links to the data sources. The profiles summarize data that might serve as a useful starting point for investigating environmental public health issues, identifying high risk populations, planning public health actions, or making policy decisions.

Missouri Food Environment

In Missouri's Harvest is in Reach story map, we look at the geographic distribution of food access in Missouri, highlighting resources, programs, and other ways to explore the food landscape.

Curious about the food environment of your local area? The USDA Food Environment Atlas has county-level datasets on proximity to grocery stores, local foods, fast food restaurants, and much more.

Additional Data

• Community & Infrastructure
• Occupational Health

Maps

• DNR’s Environmental Site Tracking and Research Tool

Census Data

• Missouri 2020 Census
• Missouri Census Data Center
• Missouri and Census 2020 Storymap
• U.S. Census Bureau’s Poverty Status Viewer
• Child Poverty by School District Interactive Tool
• Poverty
• Housing
• Economic Census
• COVID-19 Demographic and Economic Data

Additional Resources

• American Public Health Association’s Transportation and Health Toolkit
• County Health Rankings
• Missouri Information for Community Assessment (MICA) - Population
• Missouri LPHA Health Systems
• Missouri Economic Research and Information Center - Regional Profiles
• Missouri Department of Transportation - Traffic Volume Maps
• Missouri Spatial Data Information Service (MSDIS)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Traffic Safety Performance (Core Outcome) Measures For Missouri
• Poverty in America: Living Wage Calculator

Missouri Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) is a program within the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. EPHT is part of a network of people and information systems which delivers a core set of health, exposure, and hazards data, information summaries and tools to enable analysis, visualization and reporting of insights drawn from data. Those insights are intended to help data drive actions and improve community health.