Facts
- Population
- 27,002 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -4.5 %
- Net migration
- -251 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5 % (2025)
- State
- Missouri
- Population base, April 2020
- 28,283 (2020)
- Births
- 336 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.4
- Deaths
- 467 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 17.3
- Natural change, 2023
- -131
- International migration
- 15 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -266 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -9.3
- Postal code
- MO
- FIPS code
- 29069
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.5 % |
| 2024 | 5.6 % |
| 2023 | 4.7 % |
| 2022 | 3.9 % |
| 2021 | 5.3 % |
| 2020 | 7.0 % |
| 2019 | 5.1 % |
| 2018 | 5.3 % |
| 2017 | 6.2 % |
| 2016 | 7.8 % |
| 2015 | 8.2 % |
| 2014 | 9.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 27,002 |
| 2023 | 27,066 |
| 2022 | 27,444 |
| 2021 | 27,739 |
| 2020 | 28,216 |