2020 Census

Will kids count? Panels debate who to include in new Missouri House, Senate districts

November 3, 2021 | By The Missouri Independent

Before slavery ended in 1865, large numbers of Missourians didn’t count in the population base used to allocate the seats in the General Assembly. In the 1821 Missouri Constitution, only “free white male inhabitants” counted in the distribution of Missouri House seats, leaving out white women and all Blacks, free or enslaved. A change in 1849 added white…