PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas
Senior Food Insecurity in
Missouri
Missouri's senior poverty rate is 10.0%, and 28.7% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 115 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.
10.0%
Senior poverty (65+)
28.7%
Seniors living alone
33.6%
Senior SNAP take-up
$50,896
Senior median income
Missouri by county
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Missouri at a glance
Seniors in poverty
104K
Ages 65+
Senior poverty rate
10.0%
Ages 65+
Living alone
28.7%
1-person HH, 65+
Senior SNAP
33.6%
HH with 60+ member
Senior median income
$50,896
Householder 65+
Isolation index
0.40
Blended 0–1
County-level hotspots
Top five counties across 115 counties in Missouri.
Highest senior poverty
Ages 65+, rate
- 1 Ralls 20.6%
- 2 Douglas 19.9%
- 3 Ozark 19.2%
- 4 Wayne 19.2%
- 5 Monroe 18.8%
Most seniors living alone
1-person HH, 65+
- 1 Moniteau 42.9%
- 2 St. Louis 41.0%
- 3 Wayne 35.4%
- 4 Knox 34.8%
- 5 Schuyler 34.3%
Largest senior population
Absolute count, 65+
- 1 St. Louis 179K
- 2 Jackson 108K
- 3 St. Charles 66K
- 4 Greene 49K
- 5 St. Louis 43K
Every county in Missouri
All 115 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.
| County | Senior poverty | Living alone | Senior SNAP | Senior income | Seniors (count) | Isolation idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 10.5% | 26.4% | 27.1% | $62,714 | 3,685 | 0.36 |
| Andrew | 10.1% | 28.9% | 58.4% | $45,809 | 3,625 | 0.41 |
| Atchison | 8.9% | 27.2% | 43.5% | $43,150 | 1,253 | 0.34 |
| Audrain | 11.6% | 24.8% | 27.0% | $44,694 | 4,411 | 0.35 |
| Barry | 11.3% | 24.6% | 32.6% | $40,470 | 7,462 | 0.34 |
| Barton | 15.6% | 25.6% | 41.7% | $34,097 | 2,385 | 0.46 |
| Bates | 9.5% | 26.2% | 34.5% | $43,497 | 2,966 | 0.33 |
| Benton | 12.5% | 25.2% | 38.2% | $43,095 | 5,992 | 0.38 |
| Bollinger | 7.6% | 26.9% | 27.2% | $38,042 | 2,168 | 0.31 |
| Boone | 8.7% | 28.4% | 25.0% | $61,689 | 23,629 | 0.37 |
| Buchanan | 9.6% | 31.9% | 35.4% | $47,699 | 13,777 | 0.46 |
| Butler | 15.5% | 32.8% | 39.3% | $35,597 | 7,906 | 0.62 |
| Caldwell | 11.6% | 27.6% | 35.3% | $43,125 | 1,686 | 0.41 |
| Callaway | 11.2% | 24.6% | 29.9% | $51,343 | 7,414 | 0.34 |
| Camden | 11.1% | 19.9% | 32.7% | $51,536 | 12,412 | 0.23 |
| Cape Girardeau | 10.2% | 28.9% | 28.4% | $50,590 | 13,332 | 0.41 |
| Carroll | 11.4% | 26.1% | 29.2% | $42,868 | 1,789 | 0.38 |
| Carter | 8.4% | 26.6% | 23.7% | $40,302 | 1,026 | 0.32 |
| Cass | 5.1% | 25.6% | 32.7% | $55,805 | 18,526 | 0.22 |
| Cedar | 11.2% | 27.8% | 43.3% | $34,312 | 3,331 | 0.41 |
| Chariton | 8.6% | 22.1% | 27.9% | $51,146 | 1,727 | 0.22 |
| Christian | 8.2% | 21.9% | 31.0% | $59,478 | 14,623 | 0.21 |
| Clark | 8.6% | 31.6% | 38.8% | $31,539 | 1,315 | 0.44 |
| Clay | 7.8% | 26.8% | 26.8% | $57,788 | 37,393 | 0.31 |
| Clinton | 10.6% | 24.2% | 32.9% | $55,847 | 3,584 | 0.31 |
| Cole | 7.1% | 32.6% | 32.1% | $57,205 | 13,003 | 0.43 |
| Cooper | 9.4% | 27.9% | 31.5% | $39,447 | 3,044 | 0.37 |
| Crawford | 9.3% | 26.2% | 31.0% | $43,275 | 4,574 | 0.33 |
| Dade | 11.3% | 25.8% | 28.8% | $42,212 | 1,732 | 0.37 |
| Dallas | 9.0% | 17.3% | 33.4% | $36,509 | 3,488 | 0.14 |
| Daviess | 9.1% | 22.1% | 43.0% | $42,683 | 1,752 | 0.23 |
| DeKalb | 10.9% | 32.9% | 42.7% | $51,458 | 1,892 | 0.52 |
| Dent | 11.9% | 33.0% | 43.5% | $37,729 | 3,087 | 0.54 |
| Douglas | 19.9% | 25.4% | 52.3% | $38,104 | 2,883 | 0.55 |
| Dunklin | 12.2% | 29.6% | 36.6% | $37,151 | 4,819 | 0.47 |
| Franklin | 7.0% | 27.0% | 30.1% | $50,485 | 19,007 | 0.29 |
| Gasconade | 7.7% | 24.1% | 33.7% | $51,319 | 3,180 | 0.25 |
| Gentry | 13.6% | 30.5% | 21.4% | $43,889 | 1,070 | 0.53 |
| Greene | 10.3% | 31.2% | 29.5% | $46,478 | 48,959 | 0.47 |
| Grundy | 16.3% | 33.3% | 26.8% | $41,219 | 1,985 | 0.65 |
| Harrison | 10.5% | 26.6% | 31.6% | $36,821 | 1,763 | 0.37 |
| Henry | 10.0% | 29.8% | 37.9% | $42,906 | 4,813 | 0.43 |
| Hickory | 15.4% | 33.2% | 64.4% | $33,680 | 2,668 | 0.63 |
| Holt | 11.1% | 33.3% | 37.1% | $38,088 | 1,027 | 0.53 |
| Howard | 11.5% | 25.3% | 31.3% | $44,468 | 1,957 | 0.36 |
| Howell | 16.9% | 30.6% | 37.0% | $34,643 | 7,601 | 0.60 |
| Iron | 13.0% | 24.4% | 34.2% | $37,581 | 1,880 | 0.37 |
| Jackson | 10.4% | 31.8% | 31.4% | $50,899 | 108,157 | 0.48 |
| Jasper | 11.8% | 28.4% | 31.1% | $45,326 | 19,037 | 0.44 |
| Jefferson | 8.4% | 23.9% | 34.5% | $53,852 | 35,969 | 0.26 |
| Johnson | 7.4% | 26.5% | 25.8% | $55,852 | 6,529 | 0.29 |
| Knox | 14.1% | 34.8% | 54.0% | $34,250 | 759 | 0.63 |
| Laclede | 14.8% | 28.1% | 34.9% | $35,020 | 6,370 | 0.50 |
| Lafayette | 8.0% | 24.5% | 25.4% | $55,452 | 6,048 | 0.26 |
| Lawrence | 9.9% | 28.4% | 44.1% | $41,212 | 6,558 | 0.39 |
| Lewis | 15.7% | 29.0% | 51.7% | $38,860 | 1,732 | 0.54 |
| Lincoln | 12.8% | 26.8% | 38.8% | $50,336 | 8,589 | 0.42 |
| Linn | 13.6% | 30.5% | 40.7% | $41,103 | 2,412 | 0.52 |
| Livingston | 10.4% | 31.0% | 26.7% | $44,967 | 2,679 | 0.46 |
| Macon | 12.0% | 28.9% | 32.9% | $37,431 | 3,163 | 0.45 |
| Madison | 9.8% | 22.9% | 28.9% | $39,451 | 2,300 | 0.27 |
| Maries | 13.8% | 28.9% | 33.6% | $44,457 | 1,823 | 0.49 |
| Marion | 12.6% | 29.7% | 27.3% | $51,667 | 5,032 | 0.48 |
| McDonald | 12.3% | 23.2% | 36.9% | $31,950 | 3,619 | 0.33 |
| Mercer | 18.0% | 23.3% | 69.4% | $37,422 | 715 | 0.46 |
| Miller | 9.6% | 31.6% | 36.9% | $40,906 | 4,664 | 0.46 |
| Mississippi | 11.8% | 34.3% | 29.5% | $37,904 | 2,089 | 0.57 |
| Moniteau | 11.4% | 42.9% | 33.7% | $36,759 | 2,337 | 0.69 |
| Monroe | 18.8% | 32.2% | 45.1% | $33,596 | 2,038 | 0.68 |
| Montgomery | 9.7% | 29.2% | 39.6% | $41,339 | 2,167 | 0.41 |
| Morgan | 14.5% | 31.6% | 32.8% | $41,951 | 4,879 | 0.57 |
| New Madrid | 12.2% | 33.7% | 36.2% | $41,052 | 2,936 | 0.57 |
| Newton | 8.5% | 24.5% | 28.6% | $51,186 | 10,704 | 0.27 |
| Nodaway | 10.9% | 32.1% | 27.5% | $39,874 | 3,418 | 0.50 |
| Oregon | 18.5% | 22.5% | 46.7% | $36,156 | 1,923 | 0.45 |
| Osage | 10.4% | 25.3% | 41.8% | $45,813 | 2,325 | 0.33 |
| Ozark | 19.2% | 23.1% | 42.9% | $37,668 | 2,489 | 0.48 |
| Pemiscot | 18.8% | 31.2% | 36.8% | $30,858 | 2,616 | 0.66 |
| Perry | 7.9% | 28.7% | 30.1% | $48,403 | 3,461 | 0.36 |
| Pettis | 11.6% | 27.4% | 42.7% | $46,644 | 7,194 | 0.41 |
| Phelps | 11.0% | 29.7% | 30.8% | $46,818 | 7,180 | 0.45 |
| Pike | 14.7% | 26.8% | 49.0% | $37,167 | 3,135 | 0.47 |
| Platte | 9.0% | 24.8% | 29.6% | $70,315 | 16,742 | 0.29 |
| Polk | 13.2% | 28.7% | 31.4% | $38,594 | 5,587 | 0.48 |
| Pulaski | 17.5% | 29.9% | 34.5% | $44,375 | 5,020 | 0.60 |
| Putnam | 12.6% | 32.1% | 54.3% | $39,625 | 1,091 | 0.54 |
| Ralls | 20.6% | 19.9% | 30.1% | $45,000 | 2,355 | 0.44 |
| Randolph | 9.4% | 30.4% | 31.3% | $41,596 | 3,876 | 0.43 |
| Ray | 7.7% | 26.6% | 30.0% | $55,526 | 4,177 | 0.30 |
| Reynolds | 8.1% | 32.0% | 30.6% | $35,521 | 1,351 | 0.43 |
| Ripley | 16.2% | 29.4% | 42.4% | $32,560 | 2,132 | 0.56 |
| Saline | 10.8% | 31.8% | 29.9% | $41,782 | 3,825 | 0.49 |
| Schuyler | 15.1% | 34.3% | 48.9% | $31,563 | 763 | 0.65 |
| Scotland | 7.2% | 24.0% | 48.6% | $53,276 | 858 | 0.23 |
| Scott | 12.7% | 28.0% | 34.3% | $45,821 | 6,671 | 0.45 |
| Shannon | 18.1% | 20.8% | 40.3% | $39,539 | 1,584 | 0.41 |
| Shelby | 18.3% | 25.5% | 28.1% | $40,078 | 1,214 | 0.52 |
| St. Charles | 5.3% | 25.1% | 37.6% | $67,852 | 66,141 | 0.21 |
| St. Clair | 15.4% | 33.0% | 39.1% | $42,276 | 2,330 | 0.62 |
| St. Francois | 13.1% | 25.6% | 33.3% | $43,464 | 10,556 | 0.40 |
| St. Louis | 7.7% | 30.4% | 33.4% | $62,138 | 179,475 | 0.39 |
| St. Louis | 17.8% | 41.0% | 38.0% | $39,297 | 42,552 | 0.84 |
| Ste. Genevieve | 9.2% | 25.2% | 47.4% | $42,882 | 3,750 | 0.30 |
| Stoddard | 11.8% | 27.9% | 43.3% | $41,153 | 5,603 | 0.42 |
| Stone | 11.0% | 22.0% | 43.7% | $54,028 | 9,747 | 0.27 |
| Sullivan | 13.3% | 29.1% | 22.8% | $44,226 | 1,115 | 0.49 |
| Taney | 9.2% | 23.0% | 31.2% | $46,167 | 12,293 | 0.25 |
| Texas | 16.0% | 27.8% | 27.5% | $37,324 | 4,918 | 0.52 |
| Vernon | 11.1% | 31.6% | 32.4% | $45,946 | 3,781 | 0.49 |
| Warren | 7.1% | 19.4% | 31.6% | $54,689 | 6,469 | 0.12 |
| Washington | 10.2% | 27.6% | 29.6% | $39,631 | 3,896 | 0.38 |
| Wayne | 19.2% | 35.4% | 48.7% | $38,497 | 2,605 | 0.76 |
| Webster | 10.7% | 20.4% | 31.7% | $46,998 | 6,063 | 0.23 |
| Worth | 10.1% | 31.5% | 35.8% | $38,382 | 477 | 0.47 |
| Wright | 14.8% | 26.4% | 38.7% | $42,675 | 3,590 | 0.46 |
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