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Do not fill this in! ==Demographics== [[File:Missouri population map (2000).png|thumb|upright=1.6|Missouri population density map]] {{US Census population |1810= 19783 |1820= 66586 |1830= 140455 |1840= 383702 |1850= 682044 |1860= 1182012 |1870= 1721295 |1880= 2168380 |1890= 2679185 |1900= 3106665 |1910= 3293335 |1920= 3404055 |1930= 3629367 |1940= 3784664 |1950= 3954653 |1960= 4319813 |1970= 4676501 |1980= 4916686 |1990= 5117073 |2000= 5595211 |2010= 5988927 |2020= 6154913 |align-fn=center |footnote=Source: 1910–2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429012609/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} The [[United States Census Bureau]] estimates that the population of Missouri was 6,137,428 on July 1, 2019, a 2.48% increase since the [[2010 United States Census|2010 United States census]].<ref name="PopEstUS">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/MO,US/PST045219|title=QuickFacts Missouri; UNITED STATES|website=2019 Population Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date=February 6, 2019|access-date=February 6, 2019|archive-date=January 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103003640/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/MO,US/PST045219|url-status=live}}</ref> Missouri had a population of 5,988,927, according to the 2010 census; an increase of 137,525 (2.3 percent) since the year 2010. From 2010 to 2018, this includes a natural increase of 137,564 people since the last census (480,763 births less 343,199 deaths) and an increase of 88,088 people due to net [[Human migration|migration]] into the state. [[Immigration to the United States|Immigration]] from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 50,450 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 37,638 people. More than half of Missourians (3,294,936 people, or 55.0%) live within the state's two largest metropolitan areas—[[Missouri census statistical areas|St. Louis and Kansas City]]. The state's population density of 86.9 people per square mile in 2009, was also [[List of U.S. states by population density|closer to the national average (86.8 in 2009) than any other state]]. The top countries of origin for Missouri's immigrants in 2018 were [[Mexico]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Vietnam]] and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_missouri.pdf|title=Immigrants in Missouri}}</ref> According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 5,992 [[Homelessness|homeless]] people in Missouri.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007-2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" |+ '''Missouri racial breakdown of population''' |- ! Racial composition !! 1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725044857/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |author=Population Division, Laura K. Yax }}</ref>!! 2000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusviewer.com/city/MO|title=Population of Missouri: Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts|access-date=April 17, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=April 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/data/|title=2010 Census Data|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516050616/http://www.census.gov/2010census/data/|archive-date=May 16, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>!! 2020<ref name="2020DP1">{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US29 |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Missouri |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref> |- | [[White American|White]] || 87.7% || 84.9% || 82.8% || 77.0% |- | [[African American|Black]] || 10.7% || 11.3% || 11.6% || 11.4% |- | [[Asian American|Asian]] || 0.8% || 1.1% || 1.6% || 2.2% |- | [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] || 0.4% || 0.4% || 0.5% || 0.5% |- | [[Native Hawaiian]] and<br />[[Pacific Islander|other Pacific Islander]] || – || 0.1% || 0.1% || 0.2% |- | [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || 0.4% || 0.8% || 1.3% || 2.1% |- | [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]] || – || 1.5% || 2.1% || 6.7% |} [[File:US-Population-Center-Illinois-and-Missouri.png|left|thumb|The population center for the United States has been in Missouri since 1980. As of 2020, it is near [[Interstate 44 in Missouri]] as it approaches [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]].]] The U.S. census of 2010 found that the [[Mean center of United States population|population center]] of the United States is in [[Texas County, Missouri|Texas County]], while the 2000 census found the mean population center to be in [[Phelps County, Missouri|Phelps County]]. The [[center of population]] of Missouri is in [[Osage County, Missouri|Osage County]], in the city of [[Westphalia, Missouri|Westphalia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Population and Population Centers by State |year=2000 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 5, 2008 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011212170351/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 12, 2001 }}</ref> In 2004, the population included 194,000 foreign-born people (3.4 percent of the state population). The five largest ancestry groups in Missouri are: [[German American|German]] (27.4 percent), [[Irish American|Irish]] (14.8 percent), [[English American|English]] (10.2 percent), [[American ancestry|American]] (8.5 percent) and [[French American|French]] (3.7 percent). [[File:Ethnic Origins in Missouri.png|thumb|Ethnic origins in Missouri]] German Americans are an ancestry group present throughout Missouri. African Americans are a substantial part of the population in St. Louis (56.6% of African Americans in the state lived in [[St. Louis]] or [[St. Louis County, Missouri|St. Louis County]] as of the 2010 census), Kansas City, Boone County and in the southeastern Bootheel and some parts of the Missouri River Valley, where plantation agriculture was once important. Missouri [[Creole peoples|Creoles]] of French ancestry are concentrated in the [[Mississippi River Valley]] south of St. Louis (see [[Missouri French]]). Kansas City is home to large and growing immigrant communities from Latin America esp. [[Mexico]] and [[Colombia]], Africa (i.e. [[Sudan]], Somalia and [[Nigeria]]), and Southeast Asia including China and the [[Philippines]]; and Europe like the former [[Yugoslavia]] (see [[Bosnian American]]). A notable [[Cherokee]] Indian population exists in Missouri. In 2004, 6.6 percent of the state's population was reported as younger than{{nbsp}}5, 25.5 percent younger than 18, and 13.5 percent 65 or older. Females were approximately 51.4 percent of the population. 81.3 percent of Missouri residents were high school graduates (more than the national average), and 21.6 percent had a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.4 percent of Missourians were foreign-born, and 5.1 percent reported speaking a language other than English at home. In 2010, there were 2,349,955 households in Missouri, with 2.45 people per household. The homeownership rate was 70.0 percent, and the median value of an owner-occupied housing unit was $137,700. The median household income for 2010 was $46,262, or $24,724 per capita. There was 14.0 percent (1,018,118) of Missourians living below the poverty line in 2010. The mean commute time to work was 23.8 minutes. [[File:Missouri counties by race.svg|thumb|Map of counties in Missouri by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census{{Collapsible list | title = Legend|{{col-begin}}{{col-2}} '''Non-Hispanic White''' {{legend|#cc4125|50–60%}} {{legend|#a61c00|60–70%}} {{legend|#85200c|70–80%}} {{legend|#5b0f00|80–90%}} {{legend|#410b00|90%+}} {{col-2}} '''Black or African American''' {{legend|#ffe599|40–50%}} {{col-end}} }}|172x172px]] ===Birth data=== In 2011, 28.1% of Missouri's population younger than age{{nbsp}}1 were minorities.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|title=Americans under age 1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot|last=Exner|first=Rich|date=June 3, 2012|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]|access-date=August 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714084214/http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|archive-date=July 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Note: Births in table don't add up, because Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number.'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |+ Live Births by Single Race/Ethnicity of Mother |- ! [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Race]] ! 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr64_01.pdf |title=data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=September 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925215939/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr64_01.pdf |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> ! 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr64_12.pdf |title=data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=September 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014027/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr64_12.pdf |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> ! 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr66_01.pdf |title=data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=September 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014144/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr66_01.pdf |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> ! 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |title=data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=May 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603002249/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |archive-date=June 3, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> ! 2017<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |title=Births: Final Data for 2017 |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201210916/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ! 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |title=Data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=December 21, 2019 |archive-date=November 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128161211/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> ! 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |title=Data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=March 30, 2021 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200707/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> ! 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-17.pdf |title=Data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=February 20, 2022 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210175206/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/NVSR70-17.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> ! 2021<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-01.pdf |title=Data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=2022-02-03}}</ref> ! 2022<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2024-04-05}}</ref> |- | [[White Americans|White]]: | 61,097 (81.1%) | 60,968 (80.9%) | 60,913 (81.1%) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |- | > [[Non-Hispanic whites|Non-Hispanic White]] | 57,361 (76.2%) | 57,150 (75.8%) | 57,092 (76.1%) | 55,455 (74.2%) | 53,800 (73.7%) | 53,697 (73.3%) | 52,523 (72.8%) | 50,190 (72.4%) | 50,705 (73.0%) | 49,846 (72.3%) |- | [[African Americans|Black]] | 11,722 (15.6%) | 11,783 (15.6%) | 11,660 (15.5%) | 10,445 (14.0%) | 10,495 (14.4%) | 10,589 (14.4%) | 10,501 (14.6%) | 10,156 (14.6%) | 9,443 (13.6%) | 9,188 (13.3%) |- | [[Asian Americans|Asian]] | 2,075 (2.8%) | 2,186 (2.9%) | 2,129 (2.8%) | 1,852 (2.5%) | 1,773 (2.4%) | 1,698 (2.3%) | 1,814 (2.5%) | 1,610 (2.3%) | 1,625 (2.3%) | 1,684 (2.4%) |- | [[Pacific Islands Americans|Pacific Islander]] | ... | ... | ... | 199 (0.3%) | 183 (0.3%) | 199 (0.3%) | 228 (0.3%) | 249 (0.3%) | 246 (0.3%) | 265 (0.4%) |- | [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] | 402 (0.5%) | 423 (0.6%) | 359 (0.5%) | 156 (0.2%) | 167 (0.2%) | 140 (0.2%) | 145 (0.2%) | 163 (0.2%) | 184 (0.2%) | 160 (0.2%) |- | ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (of any race) | ''3,931'' (5.2%) | ''3,959'' (5.3%) | ''4,042'' (5.4%) | ''4,136'' (5.5%) | ''4,156'' (5.7%) | ''4,409'' (6.0%) | ''4,386'' (6.1%) | ''4,469'' (6.4%) | ''4,606'' (6.6%) | ''5,224'' (7.6%) |- | '''Total Missouri''' | '''75,296''' (100%) | '''75,360''' (100%) | '''75,061''' (100%) | '''74,705''' (100%) | '''73,034''' (100%) | '''73,269''' (100%) | '''72,127''' (100%) | '''69,285''' (100%) | '''69,453''' (100%) | '''68,985''' (100%) |} * Since 2016, data for births of [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanic]] origin are not collected, but included in one ''Hispanic'' group; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. ===Language=== The vast majority of people in Missouri speak English. Approximately 5.1% of the population reported speaking a language other than English at home. The Spanish language is spoken in small Latino communities in the St. Louis and Kansas City Metro areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambio.missouri.edu/Library/Publications/2006-08CambioDeColoresAbstractsBookWEB.pdf|title=Latinos in Missouri|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525203034/http://www.cambio.missouri.edu/Library/Publications/2006-08CambioDeColoresAbstractsBookWEB.pdf|archive-date=May 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Missouri is home to an endangered dialect of the French language known as [[Missouri French]]. Speakers of the dialect, who call themselves ''[[Creole peoples|Créoles]]'', are descendants of the French pioneers who settled the area then known as the [[Illinois Country]] beginning in the late 17th century. It developed in isolation from French speakers in Canada and [[Louisiana]], becoming quite distinct from the varieties of [[Canadian French]] and [[Louisiana French]]. Once widely spoken throughout the area, Missouri French is now nearly extinct, with only a few elderly speakers able to use it.<ref name= Ammon>{{cite book|title= Status and Function of Languages and Language Varieties|last1= Ammon|first1= Ulrich|year= 1989|publisher= Walter de Gruyter|isbn= 978-0-89925-356-5|pages= 306–8|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=geh261xgI8sC|access-date= September 3, 2010|archive-date= December 20, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121220231510/http://books.google.com/books?id=geh261xgI8sC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0|url-status= live}}; International Sociological Association.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1= Carrière|first1= J-M|year= 1939|title= Creole Dialect of Missouri |journal=American Speech |volume= 14 |issue= 2|pages= 109–19|jstor= 451217|doi=10.2307/451217}}</ref> ===Religion=== {{Pie chart | thumb = right | caption = Religion in Missouri (2014)<ref name="pew2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/missouri/|title=Religious Landscape Study|date=May 11, 2015|access-date=August 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905090451/http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/missouri/|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> | label1 = [[Protestantism]] | value1 = 58 | color1 = DodgerBlue | label2 = [[Roman Catholicism]] | value2 = 16 | color2 = #d4213d | label3 = [[Mormonism]] | value3 = 1 | color3 = DeepSkyBlue | label4 = Other Christian | value4 = 2 | color4 = Aquamarine | label5 = [[Irreligious|No religion]] | value5 = 20 | color5 = Honeydew | label6 = [[Buddhism]] | value6 = 1 | color6 = Gold | label7 = Other religion | value7 = 2 | color7 = Orange }} According to a Pew Research study<ref name="pew2014" /> conducted in 2014, 80% of Missourians identify with a religion. 77% affiliate with Christianity and its various denominations and the other 3% are adherents of non-Christian religions. The remaining 20% have no religion, with 2% specifically identifying as atheists and 3% identifying as agnostics (the other 15% do not identify as "anything in particular"). The religious demographics of Missouri are as follows: * Christian 77% ** Protestant 58% *** Evangelical Protestant 36% *** Mainline Protestant 16% *** Historically Black Protestant 6% ** Catholic 16% ** Mormon 1% ** Orthodox Christian <1% ** Jehovah's Witness <1% ** Other Christian <1% * Non-Christian Religions 3% ** Jewish <1% ** Muslim <1% ** Buddhist 1% ** Hindu <1% ** Other World Religions <1% * Unaffiliated (No religion) 20% ** Atheist 2% ** Agnostic 3% ** Nothing in particular 15% * Don't know <1% The largest denominations by number of adherents in 2010 were the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] with 749,685; the [[Roman Catholic Church]] with 724,315; and the [[United Methodist Church]] with 226,409.<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/29/rcms2010_29_state_adh_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives | State Membership Report |publisher=www.thearda.com |access-date=November 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233840/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/29/rcms2010_29_state_adh_2010.asp |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Among the other denominations there are approximately 93,000 Mormons in 253 congregations, 25,000 Jewish adherents in 21 [[synagogue]]s, 12,000 Muslims in 39 [[masjid]]s, 7,000 Buddhists in 34 temples, 20,000 Hindus in 17 temples, 2,500 [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarians]] in nine congregations, 2,000 of the [[Baháʼí Faith]] in 17 temples, five [[Sikh]] temples, a [[Zoroastrian]] temple, a [[Jain]] temple and an uncounted number of [[neopagans]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fox apologizes for comments on Wiccans at University of Missouri|author=Kellie Moore|publisher=Religious News Service|url=http://www.religionnews.com/2013/02/25/fox-apologizes-for-comments-on-wiccans-at-university-of-missouri/|date=February 25, 2013|access-date=December 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224122607/http://www.religionnews.com/2013/02/25/fox-apologizes-for-comments-on-wiccans-at-university-of-missouri/|archive-date=December 24, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Several religious organizations have headquarters in Missouri, including the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]], which has its headquarters in [[Kirkwood, Missouri|Kirkwood]], as well as the [[United Pentecostal Church International]] in [[Hazelwood, Missouri|Hazelwood]], both outside St. Louis. [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]], near Kansas City, is the headquarters for the [[Community of Christ]] (formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), the [[Church of Christ (Temple Lot)]] and the group [[Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints|Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. This area and other parts of Missouri are also of significant religious and historical importance to [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church), which maintains several sites and visitor centers. [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]] is the headquarters of the [[Assemblies of God USA]] and the [[Baptist Bible Fellowship International]]. The [[General Association of General Baptists]] has its headquarters in [[Poplar Bluff, Missouri|Poplar Bluff]]. The [[Unity Church]] is headquartered in [[Unity Village, Missouri|Unity Village]]. Springfield is particularly known as a Christian center in the state<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pokin|first=Steve|title=Which do we have more of? Churches or Chinese restaurants?|url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/02/09/pokin-around-whos-no-1-springfield-which-do-we-have-more/310688002/|access-date=March 22, 2021|website=Springfield News-Leader|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415182328/https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/02/09/pokin-around-whos-no-1-springfield-which-do-we-have-more/310688002/|url-status=live}}</ref> and is considered by some to be a "buckle" of the [[Bible Belt]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Springfield Area Congregations Study: Profile and Community Engagement|url=https://sociology.missouristate.edu/Assets/soc-ant/SpringfieldCongregationsStudy_small.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415182330/https://sociology.missouristate.edu/Assets/soc-ant/SpringfieldCongregationsStudy_small.pdf}}</ref> [[Hindu Temple of St. Louis]] is the largest Hindu Temple in Missouri, serving more than 14,000 Hindus. 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