Ranking of Missouri Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
Updated on October 17, 2023.
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all Missouri counties, St. Louis city had the highest population density per square mile (4.89K people per sqr mile), followed by St. Louis County (1.98K people per sqr mile), and Jackson County (1.19K people per sqr mile).
On the other hand, Shannon County had the lowest population density (7.00 people per sqr mile), followed by Worth County (7.40 people per sqr mile), and Knox County (7.43 people per sqr mile).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all Missouri counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Missouri Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Population Density |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis city | 4884.96 |
| 2 | St. Louis County | 1977.11 |
| 3 | Jackson County | 1186.40 |
| 4 | St. Charles County | 723.04 |
| 5 | Clay County | 637.06 |
| 6 | Greene County | 442.62 |
| 7 | Jefferson County | 345.40 |
| 8 | Boone County | 267.83 |
| 9 | Platte County | 254.21 |
| 10 | Buchanan County | 207.70 |
| 11 | Cole County | 197.37 |
| 12 | Jasper County | 192.26 |
| 13 | Christian County | 157.92 |
| 14 | Cass County | 154.78 |
| 15 | St. Francois County | 148.10 |
| 16 | Cape Girardeau County | 141.24 |
| 17 | Franklin County | 113.46 |
| 18 | Pulaski County | 98.62 |
| 19 | Lincoln County | 95.08 |
| 20 | Newton County | 93.87 |
| 21 | Scott County | 90.62 |
| 22 | Taney County | 88.67 |
| 23 | Warren County | 82.90 |
| 24 | Stone County | 67.00 |
| 25 | Phelps County | 66.45 |
| 26 | Webster County | 65.96 |
| 27 | Marion County | 65.29 |
| 28 | Camden County | 65.16 |
| 29 | Johnson County | 65.13 |
| 30 | Pettis County | 63.00 |
| 31 | Lawrence County | 62.12 |
| 32 | Butler County | 60.64 |
| 33 | Callaway County | 53.06 |
| 34 | Lafayette County | 52.50 |
| 35 | Dunklin County | 52.19 |
| 36 | Randolph County | 51.20 |
| 37 | Clinton County | 50.57 |
| 38 | Polk County | 49.60 |
| 39 | Laclede County | 47.13 |
| 40 | Adair County | 44.62 |
| 41 | Barry County | 44.38 |
| 42 | McDonald County | 43.20 |
| 43 | Howell County | 42.87 |
| 44 | Andrew County | 41.92 |
| 45 | Miller County | 41.72 |
| 46 | Ray County | 40.70 |
| 47 | Perry County | 39.96 |
| 48 | Moniteau County | 37.28 |
| 49 | Ste. Genevieve County | 37.02 |
| 50 | Audrain County | 36.06 |
| 51 | Morgan County | 35.15 |
| 52 | Stoddard County | 34.83 |
| 53 | Pemiscot County | 31.79 |
| 54 | Dallas County | 31.56 |
| 55 | Henry County | 31.49 |
| 56 | Crawford County | 31.05 |
| 57 | Washington County | 30.95 |
| 58 | Saline County | 30.88 |
| 59 | Mississippi County | 30.56 |
| 60 | Cooper County | 30.28 |
| 61 | Cedar County | 29.90 |
| 62 | Gasconade County | 28.51 |
| 63 | Benton County | 27.55 |
| 64 | Livingston County | 27.35 |
| 65 | Wright County | 26.68 |
| 66 | Pike County | 26.23 |
| 67 | DeKalb County | 26.18 |
| 68 | Madison County | 25.54 |
| 69 | New Madrid County | 24.35 |
| 70 | Nodaway County | 24.22 |
| 71 | Vernon County | 23.85 |
| 72 | Grundy County | 22.53 |
| 73 | Ralls County | 22.04 |
| 74 | Howard County | 21.89 |
| 75 | Osage County | 21.88 |
| 76 | Montgomery County | 21.16 |
| 77 | Texas County | 20.80 |
| 78 | Hickory County | 20.76 |
| 79 | Caldwell County | 20.67 |
| 80 | Lewis County | 19.86 |
| 81 | Barton County | 19.66 |
| 82 | Linn County | 19.29 |
| 83 | Bates County | 19.17 |
| 84 | Dent County | 19.16 |
| 85 | Macon County | 18.98 |
| 86 | Iron County | 17.33 |
| 87 | Bollinger County | 17.10 |
| 88 | Ripley County | 16.96 |
| 89 | Maries County | 16.00 |
| 90 | Dade County | 15.45 |
| 91 | Daviess County | 14.97 |
| 92 | Wayne County | 14.46 |
| 93 | Douglas County | 14.23 |
| 94 | St. Clair County | 13.75 |
| 95 | Monroe County | 13.38 |
| 96 | Clark County | 13.15 |
| 97 | Schuyler County | 13.12 |
| 98 | Gentry County | 12.54 |
| 99 | Carroll County | 12.23 |
| 100 | Shelby County | 12.19 |
| 101 | Ozark County | 11.48 |
| 102 | Harrison County | 11.29 |
| 103 | Oregon County | 10.93 |
| 104 | Scotland County | 10.80 |
| 105 | Carter County | 10.25 |
| 106 | Chariton County | 9.86 |
| 107 | Atchison County | 9.69 |
| 108 | Sullivan County | 9.26 |
| 109 | Holt County | 9.13 |
| 110 | Putnam County | 9.05 |
| 111 | Mercer County | 7.80 |
| 112 | Reynolds County | 7.54 |
| 113 | Knox County | 7.43 |
| 114 | Worth County | 7.40 |
| 115 | Shannon County | 7.00 |