Missouri

Congressional Races:
Districts 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Population (1994): 5,278,000 (up 3.1% from 1990), 2.0% of U.S. total

Voting-age population: 3,902,000; 1994 turnout, 45%

Median age: 33.5 years

Median household income: $30,190 ($2,074 below U.S. median)

Unemployment: 3.9% (1.7% below U.S. average, March 1996)

Last presidential election:

Clinton (D): 44%

Bush (R): 34%

Perot (I): 22%

Congressional delegation: Six Democrats, five Republicans

Missouri, the birth state of Mark Twain and once the gateway to the West, the starting point of the Pony Express and the Santa Fe Trail, is a microcosm of America. Politically, it has voted for every presidential winner in the 20th century except Dwight Eisenhower. Geographically, it is the center of the country, containing elements of Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western regions. Economically, it has rich farmland, thriving suburbs, big cities and impoverished ghettos. As farm communities die in the north, retirement and tourist centers like Branson flourish in the south. And it's a home to the great Mississippi and Missouri rivers, which have defined much of America's identity and destiny.

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