Missouri Counties (GeoWorld)

County Basics

The tables below feature information about every in . (Note: Louisiana is divided into parishes, Alaska into boroughs.) The first table lists each ’s name, the seat, area in square miles, area in square kilometers (km), population density (number of people per square mile), density per square kilometer (km) and population. County (or parish, borough) seats that also serve as state capitals are highlighted in yellow. The second table focuses on race.

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Name	Seat	Area	(km)	Density	(km)	Pop(2000)	Pop(1990)
Adair	Kirksville	568	1,470	43	17	24,977	24,577
Andrew	Savannah	435	1,127	34	13	16,492	14,632
Atchison	Rockport	545	1,411	14	5	6,430	7,457
Audrain	Mexico	693	1,796	34	13	25,853	23,599
Barry	Cassville	779	2,018	35	14	34,010	27,547
Barton	Lamar	594	1,539	19	7	12,541	11,312
Bates	Butler	849	2,198	18	7	16,653	15,025
Benton	Warsaw	706	1,827	20	8	17,180	13,859
Bollinger	Marble Hill	621	1,608	17	7	12,029	10,619
Boone	Columbia	685	1,775	164	63	135,454	112,379
Buchanan	St. Joseph	410	1,061	203	78	85,998	83,083
Butler	Poplar Bluff	698	1,807	56	22	40,867	38,765
Caldwell	Kingston	429	1,112	20	8	8,969	8,380
Caldwell	Kingston	429	1,112	20	8	8,969	8,380
Callaway	Fulton	839	2,173	39	15	40,766	32,809
Camden	Camdenton	655	1,697	42	16	37,051	27,495
Cape Girardeau	Jackson	579	1,499	107	41	68,693	61,633
Carroll	Carrollton	695	1,799	16	6	10,285	10,748
Carter	Van Buren	508	1,315	11	4	5,941	5,515
Cass	Harrisonville	699	1,811	91	35	82,092	63,808
Cedar	Stockton	476	1,233	25	10	13,733	12,093
Chariton	Keytesville	756	1,958	12	5	8,438	9,202
Christian	Ozark	563	1,459	58	22	54,285	32,644
Clark	Kahoka	507	1,314	15	6	7,416	7,547
Clay	Liberty	397	1,027	387	149	184,006	153,411
Clinton	Plattsburg	419	1,085	40	15	18,979	16,595
Cole	Jefferson City	392	1,014	162	63	71,397	63,579
Cooper	Boonville	565	1,464	26	10	16,670	14,835
Crawford	Steelville	743	1,923	26	10	22,804	19,173
Dade	Greenfield	490	1,270	15	6	7,923	7,449
Dallas	Buffalo	542	1,403	23	9	15,661	12,646
Daviess	Gallatin	567	1,469	14	5	8,016	7,865
DeKalb	Maysville	424	1,099	24	9	11,597	9,967
Dent	Salem	754	1,952	18	7	14,927	13,702
Douglas	Ava	815	2,110	15	6	13,084	11,876
Dunklin	Kennett	546	1,413	61	23	33,155	33,112
Franklin	Union	922	2,388	87	34	93,807	80,603
Gasconade	Hermann	520	1,346	27	10	15,342	14,006
Gentry	Albany	492	1,273	14	5	6,861	6,848
Greene	Springfield	675	1,748	308	119	240,391	207,949
Grundy	Trenton	436	1,129	24	9	10,432	10,536
Harrison	Bethany	725	1,878	12	5	8,850	8,469
Henry	Clinton	703	1,820	29	11	21,997	20,044
Hickory	Hermitage	399	1,033	18	7	8,940	7,335
Holt	Oregon	462	1,196	13	5	5,351	6,034
Howard	Fayette	466	1,206	21	8	10,212	9,631
Howell	West Plains	928	2,403	34	13	37,238	31,447
Iron	Ironton	551	1,428	20	8	10,697	10,726
Jackson	Independence	605	1,567	1,047	404	654,880	633,232
Jasper	Carthage	640	1,657	141	55	104,686	90,465
Jefferson	Hillsboro	657	1,701	261	101	198,099	171,380
Johnson	Warrensburg	831	2,151	51	20	48,258	42,514
Knox	Edina	506	1,310	9	3	4,361	4,482
Laclede	Lebanon	766	1,984	36	14	32,513	27,158
Lafayette	Lexington	629	1,630	49	19	32,960	31,107
Lawrence	Mount Vernon	613	1,588	49	19	35,204	30,236
Lewis	Monticello	505	1,308	20	8	10,494	10,233
Lincoln	Troy	631	1,633	46	18	38,944	28,892
Linn	Linneus	620	1,607	22	9	13,754	13,885
Livingston	Chillicothe	535	1,385	27	11	14,558	14,592
Macon	Macon	804	2,082	19	7	15,762	15,345
Madison	Fredericktown	497	1,287	22	9	11,800	11,127
Maries	Vienna	528	1,367	15	6	8,903	7,976
Marion	Palmyra	438	1,135	63	24	28,289	27,682
McDonald	Pineville	540	1,397	31	12	21,681	16,938
Mercer	Princeton	455	1,177	8	3	3,757	3,723
Miller	Tuscumbia	592	1,534	35	14	23,564	20,700
Mississippi	Charleston	413	1,070	35	14	13,427	14,442
Moniteau	California	417	1,079	30	11	14,827	12,298
Monroe	Paris	646	1,673	14	5	9,311	9,104
Montgomery	Montgomery City	539	1,395	21	8	12,136	11,355
Morgan	Versailles	598	1,548	26	10	19,309	15,574
Newton	Neosho	627	1,623	71	27	52,636	44,445
New Madrid	New Madrid	678	1,756	31	12	19,760	20,928
Nodaway	Maryville	877	2,271	25	10	21,912	21,709
Oregon	Alton	792	2,050	12	5	10,344	9,470
Osage	Linn	606	1,570	20	8	13,062	12,018
Ozark	Gainesville	747	1,934	12	4	9,542	8,598
Pemiscot	Caruthersville	493	1,277	45	17	20,047	21,921
Perry	Perryville	475	1,230	35	14	18,132	16,648
Pettis	Sedalia	685	1,774	52	20	39,403	35,437
Phelps	Rolla	673	1,743	52	20	39,825	35,248
Pike	Bowling Green	673	1,743	24	9	18,351	15,969
Platte	Platte City	420	1,089	138	53	73,781	57,867
Polk	Bolivar	637	1,651	34	13	26,992	21,826
Pulaski	Waynesville	547	1,417	76	29	41,165	41,307
Putnam	Unionville	518	1,342	10	4	5,223	5,079
Ralls	New London	471	1,220	18	7	9,626	8,476
Randolph	Huntsville	482	1,250	51	20	24,663	24,370
Ray	Richmond	570	1,475	39	15	23,354	21,971
Reynolds	Centerville	811	2,101	8	3	6,689	6,661
Ripley	Doniphan	630	1,630	20	8	13,509	12,303
Saline	Marshall	756	1,957	31	12	23,756	23,523
Schuyler	Lancaster	308	798	14	5	4,170	4,236
Scotland	Memphis	439	1,136	11	4	4,983	4,822
Scott	Benton	421	1,091	94	36	40,422	39,376
Shannon	Eminence	1,004	2,600	8	3	8,324	7,613
Shelby	Shelbyville	501	1,297	14	5	6,799	6,942
St. Charles	St. Charles	561	1,454	379	146	283,883	212,907
St. Clair	Osceola	677	1,753	13	5	9,652	8,457
St. Francois	Farmington	450	1,164	109	42	55,641	48,904
St. Louis	Clayton	508	1,315	1,957	756	1,016,315	993,529
St. Louis City	St. Louis	62	160	6,406	2,473	348,189	396,685
Ste. Genevieve	Ste. Genevieve	502	1,301	32	12	17,842	16,037
Stoddard	Bloomfield	827	2,142	35	14	29,705	28,895
Stone	Galena	463	1,200	41	16	28,658	19,078
Sullivan	Milan	651	1,686	10	4	7,219	6,326
Taney	Forsyth	632	1,638	40	16	39,703	25,561
Texas	Houston	1,179	3,053	18	7	23,003	21,476
Vernon	Nevada	834	2,160	23	9	20,454	19,041
Warren	Warrenton	432	1,118	45	18	24,525	19,534
Washington	Potosi	760	1,968	27	10	23,344	20,380
Wayne	Greenville	761	1,971	15	6	13,259	11,543
Webster	Marshfield	593	1,537	40	16	31,045	23,753
Worth	Grant City	267	690	9	4	2,382	2,440
Wright	Hartville	682	1,767	25	10	17,955	16,758

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

Race

The table below lists the population of various ethnic and cultural groups in : Native American (American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut), white (Caucasian), black (African American), Asian American, Pacific Islander, “Some Other Race,” people whose ancestry includes two or more races, and Hispanic.

County	Native	White	Black	Asian	PI	Other	Race2	Hisp
Adair	64	23,932	299	347	12	103	220	315
Andrew	56	16,225	69	37	1	29	75	138
Atchison	12	6,237	132	9	0	20	20	43
Audrain	68	23,547	1,859	89	8	54	228	189
Barry	292	31,999	39	91	11	1	471	1,713
Barton	104	12,156	36	35	12	17	181	119
Bates	99	16,208	101	25	2	65	153	179
Benton	91	16,830	25	22	2	21	189	153
Bollinger	87	11,763	25	26	0	16	112	68
Boone	567	115,714	11,572	4,015	42	931	2,613	2,413
Buchanan	363	79,744	3,751	386	20	557	1,177	2,086
Butler	227	37,663	2,132	178	5	107	555	412
Caldwell	30	8,840	12	11	0	16	60	67
Callaway	210	37,420	2,307	210	5	121	493	377
Camden	181	36,190	95	107	14	82	382	346
Cape Girardeau	248	63,290	3,624	515	18	211	787	624
Carroll	28	9,971	177	13	1	14	81	73
Carter	80	5,739	5	6	0	2	109	72
Cass	476	78,499	1,166	397	30	413	1,111	1,816
Cedar	91	13,263	44	63	6	69	197	153
Chariton	14	8,100	269	11	0	9	35	47
Christian	302	52,824	145	157	16	230	611	714
Clark	15	7,329	5	5	1	16	45	52
Clay	890	170,129	4,894	2,479	164	2	3,277	6,594
Clinton	65	18,329	288	32	1	51	213	205
Cole	239	62,158	7,084	625	26	384	881	915
Cooper	60	14,844	1,493	39	3	46	185	143
Crawford	99	22,408	33	30	14	32	188	176
Dade	56	7,721	21	11	4	15	95	67
Dallas	119	15,262	19	11	5	31	214	147
Daviess	31	7,910	4	6	15	17	33	55
DeKalb	77	10,332	1,028	20	1	31	108	125
Dent	109	14,489	59	32	2	25	211	112
Douglas	124	12,673	14	28	2	22	221	110
Dunklin	104	29,388	2,879	90	4	340	350	824
Franklin	224	91,436	882	249	23	183	810	678
Gasconade	28	15,141	18	24	1	22	108	64
Gentry	21	6,763	8	12	11	7	39	44
Greene	1,583	224,859	5,426	2,720	145	1	4,041	4,434
Grundy	36	10,183	42	16	1	52	102	165
Harrison	22	8,700	12	13	5	8	90	89
Henry	155	21,251	225	54	5	75	232	201
Hickory	59	8,717	7	10	0	18	129	68
Holt	25	5,269	6	4	1	6	40	21
Howard	34	9,306	699	12	8	41	112	88
Howell	362	35,902	114	134	16	103	607	450
Iron	36	10,348	167	10	0	24	112	62
Jackson	3,168	459,061	152,391	8,412	1,168	15	14,766	35,160
Jasper	1,388	96,916	1,551	727	68	1	2,344	3,615
Jefferson	577	193,102	1,354	708	28	479	1,851	2,002
Johnson	314	43,491	2,089	692	61	623	988	1,407
Knox	1	4,296	4	4	0	7	49	26
Laclede	160	31,552	138	95	15	109	444	401
Lafayette	96	31,485	749	82	9	169	370	386
Lawrence	267	33,682	95	79	8	589	484	1,195
Lewis	17	10,066	265	21	2	46	77	77
Lincoln	143	37,435	677	68	11	166	444	444
Linn	52	13,476	82	19	0	21	104	104
Livingston	49	13,962	339	39	2	35	132	94
Macon	61	15,160	349	25	2	34	131	121
Madison	30	11,599	15	34	0	24	98	66
Maries	49	8,674	29	10	0	31	110	103
Marion	75	26,382	1,308	78	23	50	373	252
McDonald	625	19,440	38	31	30	802	715	2,030
Mercer	21	3,709	7	0	2	1	17	11
Miller	108	23,090	65	30	5	68	198	231
Mississippi	33	10,463	2,757	15	1	39	119	129
Moniteau	59	13,752	561	46	2	219	188	435
Monroe	38	8,814	357	11	3	15	73	52
Montgomery	29	11,647	248	31	1	25	155	94
Morgan	122	18,796	98	23	4	30	236	161
Newton	1,175	49,086	312	169	145	589	1,160	1,147
New Madrid	37	16,442	3,035	27	1	63	155	183
Nodaway	51	21,162	295	190	5	46	163	155
Oregon	298	9,786	10	14	1	8	227	113
Osage	31	12,884	21	10	3	9	104	77
Ozark	62	9,310	14	8	0	18	130	90
Pemiscot	51	14,386	5,259	54	3	124	170	315
Perry	42	17,808	33	117	5	21	106	93
Pettis	148	36,275	1,197	154	21	970	638	1,527
Phelps	236	37,132	596	936	25	186	714	485
Pike	44	16,230	1,682	28	7	169	191	295
Platte	338	67,473	2,574	1,093	150	773	1,380	2,211
Polk	181	26,253	122	52	8	90	286	350
Pulaski	413	32,254	4,935	936	130	1	1,469	2,404
Putnam	5	5,178	3	7	0	5	25	32
Ralls	19	9,427	107	8	1	4	60	42
Randolph	118	22,339	1,734	97	6	59	310	282
Ray	83	22,536	341	44	1	84	265	253
Reynolds	86	6,398	35	13	0	14	143	55
Ripley	179	13,127	6	30	2	7	158	132
Saline	73	21,387	1,280	84	50	497	385	1,050
Schuyler	13	4,105	2	7	1	7	35	27
Scotland	7	4,924	10	4	1	8	29	42
Scott	113	35,442	4,246	93	3	160	365	448
Shannon	152	7,912	14	4	2	16	224	77
Shelby	19	6,654	66	7	0	13	40	43
St. Charles	657	268,756	7,635	2,414	71	1	3,049	4,176
St. Clair	72	9,397	22	14	2	28	117	95
St. Francois	196	53,494	1,126	175	12	127	511	447
St. Louis	1,717	780,830	193,306	22,606	251	4	12,830	14,577
St. Louis City	950	152,666	178,266	6,891	94	2	6,539	7,022
Ste. Genevieve	53	17,491	128	29	0	23	118	132
Stoddard	118	28,915	270	28	3	72	299	231
Stone	175	27,983	21	52	10	73	344	298
Sullivan	18	6,855	10	10	5	256	65	634
Taney	347	38,202	138	136	21	294	565	962
Texas	221	22,190	49	78	4	44	417	221
Vernon	162	19,839	125	63	7	63	195	172
Warren	110	23,517	476	59	4	109	250	314
Washington	155	22,286	578	35	2	36	252	170
Wayne	77	12,951	22	15	4	10	180	65
Webster	203	29,866	359	81	8	96	432	400
Worth	8	2,358	4	2	0	0	10	7
Wright	118	17,526	50	25	1	48	187	139

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

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