19 Target Counties

10 urban counties and 9 rural counties are targeted for training and naloxone distribution expansion. Read more below about each of these counties’ information regarding opioid involved overdoses.

St. Louis County

Population: 1,004,125

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 36.4 (per 100,000)

Jackson

Population: 717,204

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 12.3 (per 100,000)

St. Charles

Population: 405,262

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 21.7 (per 100,000)

St. Louis City

Population: 301,578

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 98.8 (per 100,000)

Greene

Population: 298,915

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 24.8 (per 100,000)

Clay

Population: 253,335

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 13.4 (per 100,000)

Jefferson

Population: 226,739

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 48.5 (per 100,000)

Boone

Population: 183,610

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 10.9 (per 100,000)

Platte

Population: 106,718

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 9.4 (per 100,000)

Franklin

Population: 104,682

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 40.1 (per 100,000)

Buchanan

Population: 84,793

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 23.6 (per 100,000)

Cape Girardeau

Population: 81,710

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 9.8 (per 100,000)

St. Francois

Population: 66,922

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 23.9 (per 100,000)

Lincoln

Population: 59,574

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 23.5 (per 100,000)

Pulaski

Population: 53,955

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 55.6 (per 100,000)

Phelps

Population: 44,638

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 26.9 (per 100,000)

Laclede

Population: 36,039

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 38.8 (per 100,000)

Warren

Population: 35,532

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 45.0 (per 100,000)

Washington

Population: 23,514

Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rate 2020: 17.0 (per 100,000)