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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.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01St. Louis, MOMO278,144-23,434−52%

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

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

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

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

06DeKalb County, MOMO9,795-1,234−176%

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

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

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

10Audrain County, MOMO24,528-434−119%

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

12Sullivan County, MOMO5,738-261−129%

13Shelby County, MOMO5,870-233+63%

14Butler County, MOMO41,904-226−111%

15Iron County, MOMO9,318-219+655%

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

17Wayne County, MOMO10,782-192−111%

18Clark County, MOMO6,475-159+21%

19Lewis County, MOMO9,879-153−159%

20Putnam County, MOMO4,546-135−194%

21Mercer County, MOMO3,404-134−494%

22Atchison County, MOMO5,175-130−87%

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

24Reynolds County, MOMO5,992-104−471%

25Scott County, MOMO37,975-84−108%

26Carroll County, MOMO8,417-78−83%

27Saline County, MOMO23,265-68−129%

28Grundy County, MOMO9,744-64−38%

29Linn County, MOMO11,815-59−55%

30Worth County, MOMO1,914-59+2%

31Moniteau County, MOMO15,428-45−102%

32Maries County, MOMO8,397-35−104%

33Chariton County, MOMO7,377-31−96%

34Holt County, MOMO4,200-23−97%

35Macon County, MOMO15,190-19−105%

36Knox County, MOMO3,728-16−87%

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

38Marion County, MOMO28,5250−100%

39Howard County, MOMO10,180+29−95%

40Cooper County, MOMO17,136+33−98%

41Ripley County, MOMO10,717+38−97%

42Oregon County, MOMO8,709+74−92%

43Bollinger County, MOMO10,646+79−94%

44Scotland County, MOMO4,796+80−50%

45Ralls County, MOMO10,444+89−92%

46Andrew County, MOMO18,241+106−94%

47Schuyler County, MOMO4,140+108−264%

48Harrison County, MOMO8,281+124−67%

49Daviess County, MOMO8,558+128−15%

50Perry County, MOMO19,093+137−91%

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

52Barton County, MOMO11,795+158−87%

53Dent County, MOMO14,584+163−87%

54Caldwell County, MOMO9,012+197−67%

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

56Carter County, MOMO5,418+216−49%

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

58Madison County, MOMO12,858+232−66%

59Dade County, MOMO7,804+235−50%

60Vernon County, MOMO19,946+239−83%

61Ray County, MOMO23,398+240−83%

62Shannon County, MOMO7,285+254−64%

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

64Monroe County, MOMO8,959+293+42%

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

66Osage County, MOMO13,611+337−68%

67Pike County, MOMO17,955+368−85%

68Adair County, MOMO25,684+370−8%

69Bates County, MOMO16,512+470−71%

70Clinton County, MOMO21,661+477−80%

71Pulaski County, MOMO54,442+487−443%

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

73Phelps County, MOMO45,247+609−87%

74Ozark County, MOMO9,172+619−34%

75Cole County, MOMO77,908+629−92%

76McDonald County, MOMO23,992+689−85%

77St. Clair County, MOMO9,976+692−42%

78Cedar County, MOMO14,888+700−57%

79Henry County, MOMO22,671+725−63%

80Douglas County, MOMO12,342+764−37%

81Hickory County, MOMO9,044+765−52%

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

83Laclede County, MOMO36,943+904−83%

84Taney County, MOMO57,001+935−93%

85Dallas County, MOMO18,025+954−68%

86Howell County, MOMO40,798+1,048−82%

87Miller County, MOMO25,817+1,095−62%

88Benton County, MOMO20,536+1,142−66%

89Pettis County, MOMO44,254+1,274−68%

90Camden County, MOMO44,047+1,302−86%

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

92Morgan County, MOMO22,418+1,412−62%

93Stone County, MOMO32,503+1,427−85%

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

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

96Texas County, MOMO25,994+1,507−1%

97Barry County, MOMO36,200+1,666−74%

98Polk County, MOMO33,604+2,085−60%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

110Cass 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 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES