Ranking of Missouri Counties By Total Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 7, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, the most populated Missouri county as at April 2020 was St. Louis County (1.00M), followed by Jackson County (717.20K), and St. Charles County (405.26K).

The chart below shows the top 10 most populated counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all the counties in the state of Missouri.

You can also see the ranking of counties by population for other states as well as for the whole United States.

Ranking of Missouri Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
St. Louis
Jackson
St. Charles
St. Louis city
Greene
Clay
Jefferson
Boone
Jasper
Cass
Ranking of Missouri Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Population
1 St. Louis County 1004125
2 Jackson County 717204
3 St. Charles County 405262
4 St. Louis city 301578
5 Greene County 298915
6 Clay County 253335
7 Jefferson County 226739
8 Boone County 183610
9 Jasper County 122761
10 Cass County 107824
11 Platte County 106718
12 Franklin County 104682
13 Christian County 88842
14 Buchanan County 84793
15 Cape Girardeau County 81710
16 Cole County 77279
17 St. Francois County 66922
18 Lincoln County 59574
19 Newton County 58648
20 Taney County 56066
21 Johnson County 54013
22 Pulaski County 53955
23 Phelps County 44638
24 Callaway County 44283
25 Pettis County 42980
26 Camden County 42745
27 Butler County 42130
28 Howell County 39750
29 Webster County 39085
30 Scott County 38059
31 Lawrence County 38001
32 Laclede County 36039
33 Warren County 35532
34 Barry County 34534
35 Lafayette County 32984
36 Polk County 31519
37 Stone County 31076
38 Stoddard County 28672
39 Marion County 28525
40 Dunklin County 28283
41 Adair County 25314
42 Audrain County 24962
43 Miller County 24722
44 Randolph County 24716
45 Texas County 24487
46 Washington County 23514
47 Saline County 23333
48 McDonald County 23303
49 Ray County 23158
50 Crawford County 23056
51 Henry County 21946
52 Nodaway County 21241
53 Clinton County 21184
54 Morgan County 21006
55 Vernon County 19707
56 Benton County 19394
57 Perry County 18956
58 Ste. Genevieve County 18479
59 Wright County 18188
60 Andrew County 18135
61 Pike County 17587
62 Cooper County 17103
63 Dallas County 17071
64 New Madrid County 16434
65 Bates County 16042
66 Pemiscot County 15661
67 Moniteau County 15473
68 Macon County 15209
69 Gasconade County 14794
70 Livingston County 14557
71 Dent County 14421
72 Cedar County 14188
73 Osage County 13274
74 Madison County 12626
75 Mississippi County 12577
76 Linn County 11874
77 Barton County 11637
78 Douglas County 11578
79 Montgomery County 11322
80 DeKalb County 11029
81 Wayne County 10974
82 Ripley County 10679
83 Bollinger County 10567
84 Ralls County 10355
85 Howard County 10151
86 Lewis County 10032
87 Grundy County 9808
88 Iron County 9537
89 St. Clair County 9284
90 Caldwell County 8815
91 Monroe County 8666
92 Oregon County 8635
93 Ozark County 8553
94 Carroll County 8495
95 Maries County 8432
96 Daviess County 8430
97 Hickory County 8279
98 Harrison County 8157
99 Dade County 7569
100 Chariton County 7408
101 Shannon County 7031
102 Clark County 6634
103 Gentry County 6162
104 Shelby County 6103
105 Reynolds County 6096
106 Sullivan County 5999
107 Atchison County 5305
108 Carter County 5202
109 Scotland County 4716
110 Putnam County 4681
111 Holt County 4223
112 Schuyler County 4032
113 Knox County 3744
114 Mercer County 3538
115 Worth County 1973