>By the 1970s Missouri’s White population had fallen to 4.8 points (from 93.4% White in the 1940s) to comprise 88.6% of the state’s population, while the White population of Kansas City had fallen 12.3 points (from 89.5%) to 77.2% and St. Louis suffered a 30-point drop (from 86.6%) in its White population, making the city just 58.7% White at the start of the decade. As of the 2020 census, the situation has grown more dire. St. Louis is now a minority White city. Whites are just 42.9% of the population of St. Louis and in Kansas City Whites hold onto a slim majority of 59.7%.
>Modern Missouri has the 9th highest rate of violent crime in the nation, including the 6th highest homicide rate. Crime is so pervasive that one can find videos of gunfire drowning out a statement by the mayor of St. Louis on the violent gun crime in the city. The state provides emergency healthcare services for illegal aliens and funding for school districts so that they can support immigrants entering the Missouri school system. The state is certainly better than some in restricting benefits to illegals, but the fact these programs exist when the state’s poverty rate is upwards of 13% and crime continues to rise is inexcusable.
>Modern Missouri has the 9th highest rate of violent crime in the nation, including the 6th highest homicide rate. Crime is so pervasive that one can find videos of gunfire drowning out a statement by the mayor of St. Louis on the violent gun crime in the city. The state provides emergency healthcare services for illegal aliens and funding for school districts so that they can support immigrants entering the Missouri school system. The state is certainly better than some in restricting benefits to illegals, but the fact these programs exist when the state’s poverty rate is upwards of 13% and crime continues to rise is inexcusable.