Missouri Population By County in 2018

Updated on January 27, 2024.

According to the US Census Bureau population estimates, there were 6,125,986 people living in Missouri in 2018. St. Louis County was the most populated county with 995,900 residents, followed by Jackson County with 701,809 residents, and St. Charles County with 398,656 residents. Worth County with a population of 2,011 was the least populated county in Missouri in 2018.

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Missouri Population By County (2018)
Table of Missouri Population By County in 2018
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County Population % of State Population
Adair 25,593 0.42%
Andrew 17,661 0.29%
Atchison 5,161 0.08%
Audrain 25,411 0.42%
Barry 35,687 0.58%
Barton 11,756 0.19%
Bates 16,320 0.27%
Benton 19,377 0.32%
Bollinger 12,167 0.20%
Boone 179,569 2.93%
Buchanan 88,047 1.44%
Butler 42,641 0.70%
Caldwell 9,073 0.15%
Callaway 44,987 0.73%
Camden 45,956 0.75%
Cape Girardeau 78,810 1.29%
Carroll 8,724 0.14%
Carter 6,068 0.10%
Cass 104,753 1.71%
Cedar 14,126 0.23%
Chariton 7,449 0.12%
Christian 87,248 1.42%
Clark 6,827 0.11%
Clay 246,798 4.03%
Clinton 20,435 0.33%
Cole 76,734 1.25%
Cooper 17,604 0.29%
Crawford 23,948 0.39%
Dade 7,560 0.12%
Dallas 16,828 0.28%
Daviess 8,330 0.14%
DeKalb 12,534 0.21%
Dent 15,592 0.26%
Douglas 13,416 0.22%
Dunklin 29,464 0.48%
Franklin 103,716 1.69%
Gasconade 14,680 0.24%
Gentry 6,579 0.11%
Greene 291,430 4.76%
Grundy 9,949 0.16%
Harrison 8,362 0.14%
Henry 21,885 0.36%
Hickory 9,416 0.15%
Holt 4,382 0.07%
Howard 10,027 0.16%
Howell 40,103 0.66%
Iron 10,193 0.17%
Jackson 701,809 11.46%
Jasper 120,349 1.97%
Jefferson 224,656 3.67%
Johnson 53,718 0.88%
Knox 3,943 0.06%
Laclede 35,684 0.58%
Lafayette 32,567 0.53%
Lawrence 38,271 0.63%
Lewis 9,844 0.16%
Lincoln 57,604 0.94%
Linn 12,002 0.20%
Livingston 15,169 0.25%
McDonald 23,031 0.38%
Macon 15,167 0.25%
Madison 12,205 0.20%
Maries 8,795 0.14%
Marion 28,564 0.47%
Mercer 3,625 0.06%
Miller 25,269 0.41%
Mississippi 13,369 0.22%
Moniteau 16,118 0.26%
Monroe 8,630 0.14%
Montgomery 11,458 0.19%
Morgan 20,466 0.33%
New Madrid 17,234 0.28%
Newton 58,233 0.95%
Nodaway 22,244 0.36%
Oregon 10,557 0.17%
Osage 13,640 0.22%
Ozark 9,011 0.15%
Pemiscot 16,281 0.27%
Perry 19,284 0.32%
Pettis 42,449 0.69%
Phelps 44,549 0.73%
Pike 18,495 0.30%
Platte 102,953 1.68%
Polk 32,244 0.53%
Pulaski 51,982 0.85%
Putnam 4,748 0.08%
Ralls 10,233 0.17%
Randolph 24,697 0.40%
Ray 22,924 0.37%
Reynolds 6,267 0.10%
Ripley 13,428 0.22%
St. Charles 398,656 6.51%
St. Clair 9,431 0.15%
Ste. Genevieve 17,890 0.29%
St. Francois 66,740 1.09%
St. Louis 995,900 16.26%
Saline 22,907 0.37%
Schuyler 4,577 0.08%
Scotland 4,937 0.08%
Scott 38,596 0.63%
Shannon 8,192 0.13%
Shelby 6,004 0.10%
Stoddard 29,288 0.48%
Stone 31,729 0.52%
Sullivan 6,189 0.10%
Taney 55,817 0.91%
Texas 25,560 0.42%
Vernon 20,544 0.34%
Warren 34,801 0.57%
Washington 24,900 0.41%
Wayne 13,079 0.21%
Webster 39,205 0.64%
Worth 2,011 0.03%
Wright 18,230 0.30%
St. Louis city 303,661 4.96%