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Missouri

6,245,466Population
1.5 %Change since 2020
-90Natural change, 2023
3.7 %Unemployment rate

Facts

Population
6,245,466 (2024)
Change since 2020
1.5 %
Natural change, 2023
-90
Unemployment rate
3.7 % (2024)
Population base, April 2020
6,154,854 (2020)
Births
68,424 (2023)
Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
11.0
Deaths
68,514 (2023)
Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
11.0
International migration
19,460 (2023)
Domestic migration
9,638 (2023)
Net migration
29,098 (2023)
Net migration per 1,000, 2023
4.7
Postal code
MO
FIPS code
29

Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS

Population estimates, 2020–2024

202020246.2M6.2M
PeriodValue
20246,245,466
20236,208,038
20226,179,414
20216,171,374
20206,154,744

Unemployment rate, annual average

202020243.76.1
PeriodValue
20243.7 %
20233.1 %
20222.6 %
20214.1 %
20206.1 %

Counties · 115

#CountyPopulationChange since 2020Unemployment rate
1St. Louis County992,929-1.2 %4.1 %
2Jackson County727,3621.4 %4.2 %
3St. Charles County423,7264.6 %3.4 %
4Greene County307,9423.0 %3.7 %
5St. Louis city279,695-7.2 %4.6 %
6Clay County263,3704.0 %3.8 %
7Jefferson County231,8882.3 %3.7 %
8Boone County192,1544.7 %3.4 %
9Jasper County126,4793.0 %3.8 %
10Cass County113,8735.6 %3.6 %
11Platte County113,2076.1 %3.4 %
12Franklin County107,2562.5 %3.7 %
13Christian County96,0458.1 %3.5 %
14Cape Girardeau County83,6582.4 %3.6 %
15Buchanan County83,574-1.4 %4.2 %
16Cole County77,6250.5 %3.2 %
17St. Francois County67,5030.9 %4.7 %
18Lincoln County65,88810.6 %3.9 %
19Newton County61,5194.9 %3.9 %
20Taney County56,7441.2 %6.0 %
21Johnson County55,8803.5 %4.0 %
22Pulaski County53,9640.0 %4.1 %
23Phelps County45,6722.3 %4.0 %
24Callaway County45,1261.9 %3.4 %
25Camden County44,1353.3 %4.6 %
26Pettis County43,7911.9 %4.0 %
27Webster County42,0417.6 %3.9 %
28Butler County41,814-0.7 %5.2 %
29Howell County40,7622.5 %4.6 %
30Lawrence County39,1513.0 %4.2 %
31Warren County38,4788.3 %3.7 %
32Scott County37,957-0.3 %4.0 %
33Laclede County36,7381.9 %5.0 %
34Barry County35,6183.2 %4.4 %
35Lafayette County33,5111.6 %3.9 %
36Polk County33,0704.9 %4.2 %
37Stone County32,6305.0 %5.7 %
38Stoddard County28,438-0.8 %4.5 %
39Marion County28,425-0.4 %4.2 %
40Dunklin County27,002-4.5 %5.5 %
41Texas County25,7155.0 %4.4 %
42Miller County25,6683.8 %3.8 %
43Adair County25,6601.4 %4.7 %
44Audrain County24,304-2.6 %3.9 %
45Randolph County24,077-2.6 %3.8 %
46McDonald County24,0543.2 %4.9 %
47Washington County23,5830.3 %4.9 %
48Saline County23,325-0.0 %3.6 %
49Ray County23,1990.2 %4.2 %
50Crawford County22,808-1.1 %4.6 %
51Henry County22,5752.8 %3.9 %
52Morgan County22,3996.6 %5.1 %
53Clinton County21,7212.5 %4.1 %
54Benton County20,6146.3 %5.4 %
55Nodaway County20,503-3.4 %3.1 %
56Vernon County19,7870.4 %3.8 %
57Wright County19,5057.2 %5.2 %
58Perry County19,1000.8 %3.2 %
59Ste. Genevieve County18,5460.4 %3.4 %
60Andrew County18,091-0.2 %3.7 %
61Pike County17,9612.1 %4.4 %
62Dallas County17,8774.7 %4.8 %
63Cooper County17,1220.1 %3.7 %
64Bates County16,3942.2 %4.0 %
65Moniteau County15,294-1.2 %3.3 %
66New Madrid County15,212-7.4 %5.1 %
67Macon County15,177-0.2 %4.5 %
68Cedar County15,0235.9 %4.6 %
69Dent County14,7212.1 %4.0 %
70Livingston County14,6580.7 %3.6 %
71Gasconade County14,655-0.9 %3.7 %
72Pemiscot County14,407-8.0 %5.8 %
73Osage County13,4781.6 %3.1 %
74Madison County12,8521.8 %4.8 %
75Douglas County12,2906.2 %4.7 %
76Linn County11,9100.3 %4.0 %
77Mississippi County11,750-6.5 %6.1 %
78Barton County11,7170.7 %4.1 %
79Montgomery County11,5111.7 %3.6 %
80Wayne County10,820-1.4 %5.8 %
81Ripley County10,7150.4 %4.9 %
82Bollinger County10,6100.4 %3.9 %
83Ralls County10,4991.4 %3.8 %
84Howard County10,150-0.0 %4.0 %
85DeKalb County9,884-10.4 %4.3 %
86Lewis County9,852-1.8 %4.6 %
87St. Clair County9,8486.1 %4.3 %
88Grundy County9,766-0.4 %4.3 %
89Iron County9,420-1.2 %5.2 %
90Ozark County9,0906.3 %6.3 %
91Caldwell County9,0002.2 %4.2 %
92Monroe County8,8902.6 %4.2 %
93Hickory County8,7666.0 %6.7 %
94Oregon County8,6990.7 %4.6 %
95Daviess County8,5411.3 %3.3 %
96Maries County8,5060.9 %3.8 %
97Carroll County8,414-0.9 %4.3 %
98Harrison County8,1860.4 %3.9 %
99Dade County7,6220.7 %3.8 %
100Chariton County7,397-0.2 %3.9 %
101Shannon County7,2753.4 %5.8 %
102Clark County6,623-0.2 %4.8 %
103Gentry County6,2982.1 %3.6 %
104Reynolds County5,927-2.7 %4.7 %
105Shelby County5,926-3.0 %3.6 %
106Sullivan County5,750-4.0 %3.7 %
107Carter County5,3593.0 %4.7 %
108Atchison County5,139-3.1 %3.2 %
109Scotland County4,698-0.4 %3.6 %
110Putnam County4,539-2.9 %3.9 %
111Holt County4,2410.2 %3.9 %
112Schuyler County4,0690.9 %3.9 %
113Knox County3,740-0.1 %4.7 %
114Mercer County3,452-2.3 %4.1 %
115Worth County1,872-5.1 %3.4 %