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Most population lost, Missouri counties

Missouri counties that lost the most residents from the 2020 census to 2025, 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 +232. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: St. Louis County, MO, up 101 places to #2.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01St. Louis, MOMO278,144-23,434−52%

02▲101St. Louis County, MOMO990,911-13,214−158%

03Dunklin County, MOMO26,855-1,428−3421%

04▲3New Madrid County, MOMO15,086-1,348+15%

05▼3Buchanan County, MOMO83,540-1,253−143%

06▲5DeKalb County, MOMO9,795-1,234−176%

07▼2Pemiscot County, MOMO14,465-1,196−36%

08▲1Nodaway County, MOMO20,174-1,067−626%

09▲4Mississippi County, MOMO12,003-574−43%

10▲39Audrain County, MOMO24,528-434−119%

11▲9Stoddard County, MOMO28,284-388−148%

12▲25Sullivan County, MOMO5,738-261−129%

13▲54Shelby County, MOMO5,870-233+63%

14▲26Butler County, MOMO41,904-226−111%

15▲11Iron County, MOMO9,318-219+655%

16▲22Randolph County, MOMO24,513-203−169%

17▼11Wayne County, MOMO10,782-192−111%

18▲34Clark County, MOMO6,475-159+21%

19▲52Lewis County, MOMO9,879-153−159%

20▲45Putnam County, MOMO4,546-135−194%

21▲48Mercer County, MOMO3,404-134−494%

22▲38Atchison County, MOMO5,175-130−87%

23▼8Crawford County, MOMO22,929-127−103%

24▲23Reynolds County, MOMO5,992-104−471%

25▼1Scott County, MOMO37,975-84−108%

26▲7Carroll County, MOMO8,417-78−83%

27▲49Saline County, MOMO23,265-68−129%

28▲26Grundy County, MOMO9,744-64−38%

29▲3Linn County, MOMO11,815-59−55%

30▲40Worth County, MOMO1,914-59+2%

31▲42Moniteau County, MOMO15,428-45−102%

32▲4Maries County, MOMO8,397-35−104%

33▲23Chariton County, MOMO7,377-31−96%

34▲5Holt County, MOMO4,200-23−97%

35▲26Macon County, MOMO15,190-19−105%

36▲23Knox County, MOMO3,728-16−87%

37▲18Gasconade County, MOMO14,784-10−101%

38▲30Marion County, MOMO28,5250−100%

39▲41Howard County, MOMO10,180+29−95%

40▲13Cooper County, MOMO17,136+33−98%

41▼37Ripley County, MOMO10,717+38−97%

42▼34Oregon County, MOMO8,709+74−92%

43▼31Bollinger County, MOMO10,646+79−94%

44▲30Scotland County, MOMO4,796+80−50%

45▲36Ralls County, MOMO10,444+89−92%

46▲48Andrew County, MOMO18,241+106−94%

47▲10Schuyler County, MOMO4,140+108−264%

48▼14Harrison County, MOMO8,281+124−67%

49▲30Daviess County, MOMO8,558+128−15%

50▲28Perry County, MOMO19,093+137−91%

51▼9Livingston County, MOMO14,708+151−544%

52▼17Barton County, MOMO11,795+158−87%

53▼31Dent County, MOMO14,584+163−87%

54▼9Caldwell County, MOMO9,012+197−67%

55▲30Ste. Genevieve County, MOMO18,689+210−88%

56▼29Carter County, MOMO5,418+216−49%

57▼9Gentry County, MOMO6,384+222+1608%

58▲30Madison County, MOMO12,858+232−66%

59▲5Dade County, MOMO7,804+235−50%

60▼43Vernon County, MOMO19,946+239−83%

61▲1Ray County, MOMO23,398+240−83%

62▼44Shannon County, MOMO7,285+254−64%

63▼32Montgomery County, MOMO11,590+268−66%

64▲8Monroe County, MOMO8,959+293+42%

65▼51Washington County, MOMO23,810+296−90%

66▼20Osage County, MOMO13,611+337−68%

67▼37Pike County, MOMO17,955+368−85%

68▼2Adair County, MOMO25,684+370−8%

69▼40Bates County, MOMO16,512+470−71%

70▲20Clinton County, MOMO21,661+477−80%

71▲27Pulaski County, MOMO54,442+487−443%

72▼14Lafayette County, MOMO33,531+547−70%

73▼22Phelps County, MOMO45,247+609−87%

74▼51Ozark County, MOMO9,172+619−34%

75▲20Cole County, MOMO77,908+629−92%

76▲7McDonald County, MOMO23,992+689−85%

77▼27St. Clair County, MOMO9,976+692−42%

78▲4Cedar County, MOMO14,888+700−57%

79▼16Henry County, MOMO22,671+725−63%

80▼70Douglas County, MOMO12,342+764−37%

81▼62Hickory County, MOMO9,044+765−52%

82▲15St. Francois County, MOMO67,809+887−87%

83▲8Laclede County, MOMO36,943+904−83%

84▲18Taney County, MOMO57,001+935−93%

85▼1Dallas County, MOMO18,025+954−68%

86▼45Howell County, MOMO40,798+1,048−82%

87▼10Miller County, MOMO25,817+1,095−62%

88▼2Benton County, MOMO20,536+1,142−66%

89▲4Pettis County, MOMO44,254+1,274−68%

90▼69Camden County, MOMO44,047+1,302−86%

91▼48Lawrence County, MOMO39,401+1,400−72%

92▼3Morgan County, MOMO22,418+1,412−62%

93▼68Stone County, MOMO32,503+1,427−85%

94▼19Callaway County, MOMO45,765+1,482−81%

95▼51Wright County, MOMO19,671+1,483+24%

96▼80Texas County, MOMO25,994+1,507−1%

97▼69Barry County, MOMO36,200+1,666−74%

98▼11Polk County, MOMO33,604+2,085−60%

99▲6Cape Girardeau County, MOMO83,999+2,289−68%

100▼4Johnson County, MOMO56,670+2,657−54%

101Franklin County, MOMO108,090+3,408−74%

102▼2Warren County, MOMO39,016+3,484−30%

103▼11Newton County, MOMO62,263+3,615−56%

104▼5Webster County, MOMO43,054+3,969−46%

105▼1Jasper County, MOMO127,428+4,667−67%

106▲1Jefferson County, MOMO233,132+6,393−76%

107▼1Lincoln County, MOMO66,676+7,102−29%

108▲2Platte County, MOMO114,400+7,682−52%

109Christian County, MOMO96,725+7,883−64%

110▼2Cass County, MOMO115,859+8,035−56%

111Boone County, MOMO191,746+8,136−65%

112Greene County, MOMO309,286+10,371−68%

113Clay County, MOMO265,032+11,697−62%

114Jackson County, MOMO732,994+15,790−27%

115St. Charles County, MOMO426,499+21,237−70%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES