Opportunity Zones in Missouri

Missouri has 161 designated opportunity zones, including 153 low-income communities, plus 8 non-low-income contiguous tracts.

Urban vs. Rural

Missouri’s opportunity zone urban-to-rural ratio is nearly identical to the statewide ratio, with urban tracts representing 72 percent of the statewide total, and 71 percent of the opportunity zone total. The state’s two largest cities are well represented, with St. Louis being home to 41 opportunity zones, and approximately two dozen more located in Kansas City.

Missouri Opportunity Zones Map

Website: Missouri Department of Economic Development

Analysis of Missouri’s opportunity zones

Data Source: Urban Institute

Missouri Counties & Cities

List of counties in Missouri: Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Audrain, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Bollinger, Boone, Buchanan, Butler, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carroll, Carter, Cass, Cedar, Chariton, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Dade, Dallas, Daviess, DeKalb, Dent, Douglas, Dunklin, Franklin, Gasconade, Gentry, Greene, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Hickory, Holt, Howard, Howell, Iron, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Laclede, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Madison, Maries, Marion, McDonald, Mercer, Miller, Mississippi, Moniteau, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, New Madrid, Newton, Nodaway, Oregon, Osage, Ozark, Pemiscot, Perry, Pettis, Phelps, Pike, Platte, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Ray, Reynolds, Ripley, Saint Charles, Saint Clair, Saint Francois, Saint Louis, Saint Louis City, Ste. Genevieve, Saline, Schuyler, Scotland, Scott, Shannon, Shelby, Stoddard, Stone, Sullivan, Taney, Texas, Vernon, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Worth, Wright

List of top 150 U.S. cities located in Missouri: Kansas City, St. Louis

Census tracts designated as opportunity zones in Missouri