RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 115 SHOWN OF 115

Most population gained, Missouri counties · 2000

Missouri counties that added the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 115 counties in Missouri that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 115 is +1,410.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS –

01St. Charles County, MOMO426,499+70,976–

02Greene County, MOMO309,286+32,442–

03Clay County, MOMO265,032+30,595–

04Jefferson County, MOMO233,132+26,719–

05Boone County, MOMO191,746+23,075–

06St. Louis County, MOMO990,911+22,786–

07Jackson County, MOMO732,994+21,648–

08Christian County, MOMO96,725+21,641–

09Cass County, MOMO115,859+18,284–

10Platte County, MOMO114,400+15,914–

11Jasper County, MOMO127,428+14,221–

12Taney County, MOMO57,001+14,142–

13Franklin County, MOMO108,090+13,204–

14Lincoln County, MOMO66,676+10,052–

15Stone County, MOMO32,503+9,580–

16Camden County, MOMO44,047+9,556–

17Newton County, MOMO62,263+8,191–

18Callaway County, MOMO45,765+7,957–

19Cole County, MOMO77,908+7,818–

20Webster County, MOMO43,054+7,292–

21Cape Girardeau County, MOMO83,999+7,060–

22St. Francois County, MOMO67,809+6,737–

23Barry County, MOMO36,200+6,463–

24Howell County, MOMO40,798+5,791–

25Johnson County, MOMO56,670+5,744–

26Laclede County, MOMO36,943+5,355–

27Polk County, MOMO33,604+5,166–

28Warren County, MOMO39,016+4,991–

29Lawrence County, MOMO39,401+4,968–

30McDonald County, MOMO23,992+4,743–

31Phelps County, MOMO45,247+4,577–

32Pettis County, MOMO44,254+3,966–

33Morgan County, MOMO22,418+3,735–

34Crawford County, MOMO22,929+3,631–

35Benton County, MOMO20,536+3,321–

36Dallas County, MOMO18,025+3,015–

37Washington County, MOMO23,810+2,964–

38Buchanan County, MOMO83,540+2,915–

39Miller County, MOMO25,817+2,864–

40Moniteau County, MOMO15,428+2,529–

41Clinton County, MOMO21,661+2,384–

42Pike County, MOMO17,955+2,382–

43Audrain County, MOMO24,528+2,254–

44Butler County, MOMO41,904+2,102–

45Henry County, MOMO22,671+1,953–

46Andrew County, MOMO18,241+1,860–

47Lafayette County, MOMO33,531+1,853–

48Cooper County, MOMO17,136+1,835–

49Ste. Genevieve County, MOMO18,689+1,805–

50Wayne County, MOMO10,782+1,716–

51Cedar County, MOMO14,888+1,640–

52DeKalb County, MOMO9,795+1,630–

53Bates County, MOMO16,512+1,628–

54Hickory County, MOMO9,044+1,605–

55Texas County, MOMO25,994+1,527–

56Perry County, MOMO19,093+1,484–

57Vernon County, MOMO19,946+1,413–

58Bollinger County, MOMO10,646+1,410–

59Ray County, MOMO23,398+1,383–

60Gasconade County, MOMO14,784+1,336–

61Barton County, MOMO11,795+1,229–

62Dent County, MOMO14,584+1,225–

63Douglas County, MOMO12,342+1,208–

64Ripley County, MOMO10,717+1,206–

65Wright County, MOMO19,671+1,197–

66St. Clair County, MOMO9,976+1,195–

67Ralls County, MOMO10,444+1,150–

68Scott County, MOMO37,975+1,046–

69Osage County, MOMO13,611+1,044–

70Ozark County, MOMO9,172+944–

71Maries County, MOMO8,397+927–

72Sullivan County, MOMO5,738+893–

73Oregon County, MOMO8,709+874–

74Stoddard County, MOMO28,284+810–

75Montgomery County, MOMO11,590+781–

76Shannon County, MOMO7,285+711–

77Madison County, MOMO12,858+673–

78Marion County, MOMO28,525+607–

79Caldwell County, MOMO9,012+589–

80Howard County, MOMO10,180+581–

81Dade County, MOMO7,804+474–

82Carter County, MOMO5,418+426–

83Macon County, MOMO15,190+417–

84Adair County, MOMO25,684+400–

85Harrison County, MOMO8,281+381–

86Randolph County, MOMO24,513+293–

87Lewis County, MOMO9,879+261–

88Saline County, MOMO23,265+233–

89Monroe County, MOMO8,959+207–

90Nodaway County, MOMO20,174+203–

91Scotland County, MOMO4,796+161–

92Daviess County, MOMO8,558+151–

93Putnam County, MOMO4,546+144–

94Dunklin County, MOMO26,855+43–

95Mercer County, MOMO3,404+34–

96Reynolds County, MOMO5,992+28–

97Gentry County, MOMO6,384+13–

98Iron County, MOMO9,318-29–

99Livingston County, MOMO14,708-34–

100Worth County, MOMO1,914-58–

101Schuyler County, MOMO4,140-66–

102Grundy County, MOMO9,744-104–

103Knox County, MOMO3,728-121–

104Clark County, MOMO6,475-131–

105Linn County, MOMO11,815-131–

106Pulaski County, MOMO54,442-142–

107Shelby County, MOMO5,870-143–

108Carroll County, MOMO8,417-463–

109Holt County, MOMO4,200-683–

110Chariton County, MOMO7,377-764–

111Mississippi County, MOMO12,003-1,015–

112Atchison County, MOMO5,175-1,027–

113New Madrid County, MOMO15,086-1,168–

114Pemiscot County, MOMO14,465-1,874–

115St. Louis, MOMO278,144-48,496–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS