Missouri population grows by fewer than 20,000 in 2015
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s population growth is lagging behind the national rate. U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday estimate that Missouri’s population grew by fewer than 20,000 people from 2014 to 2015, to a total of 6.08 million people. That’s a growth rate of about three-tenths of a percent – well shy of the…