Delta Regional Authority 2009-2013 Missouri State Plan
Delta Regional Authority 2009-2013 Missouri State Plan Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Governor Linda M. Martínez, Director Table of Contents 1. Overview 2. Planning Process 3. Missouri’s Regional Goals and Priorities 4. Appendix I (Data) 5. Appendix II (Regional Planning Commission Goals) 6. Appendix III (Citizens for Missouri’s Children/Kids Count data) 7. Appendix IV (Missouri Department of Transportation Planning Information) 8. Appendix V (Chart showing consistency of past projects with current priorities) Overview On December 15, 2000 the federal government authorized the formation of the Delta Regional Authority. This authority covers 8 states (Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Alabama) and, within those states, 252 counties/parishes in the designated Delta Region. In Missouri the act covers 29 counties – Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell, Iron, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot, Perry, Phelps, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Stoddard, Texas, Washington, Wayne and Wright. The counties in this portion of Missouri have traditionally been the poorer counties in the state according to unemployment and poverty statistics. The Missouri Delta Region has a median household income of $35,108, compared to the statewide median household income of $49,466. In 2008, Missouri’s statewide average unemployment rate was 6.1%, Missouri’s Delta Region’s average unemployment rate was 6.6. Additional statistical information is included in Appendix I of this report. It is an area that also ranks very low in quality indicators under the Kids Count. Kids Count is a ranking of each county examining outcome measures directly affecting children in the state.
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