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Most sparsely populated, Missouri counties · 2000

Missouri counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 115 counties in Missouri that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Reynolds County, MOMO5,9928+0%

02Mercer County, MOMO3,4048+0%

03Shannon County, MOMO7,2858+0%

04Knox County, MOMO3,7289+0%

05Worth County, MOMO1,9149+0%

06Putnam County, MOMO4,54610+0%

07Sullivan County, MOMO5,73811+0%

08Chariton County, MOMO7,37711+0%

09Scotland County, MOMO4,79611+0%

10Holt County, MOMO4,20012+0%

11Carter County, MOMO5,41812+0%

12Atchison County, MOMO5,17512+0%

13Harrison County, MOMO8,28112+0%

14Ozark County, MOMO9,17213+0%

15Oregon County, MOMO8,70913+0%

16Schuyler County, MOMO4,14014+0%

17Shelby County, MOMO5,87014+0%

18Gentry County, MOMO6,38414+0%

19Daviess County, MOMO8,55814+0%

20St. Clair County, MOMO9,97614+0%

21Monroe County, MOMO8,95914+0%

22Clark County, MOMO6,47515+0%

23Carroll County, MOMO8,41715+0%

24Douglas County, MOMO12,34216+0%

25Dade County, MOMO7,80416+0%

26Maries County, MOMO8,39717+0%

27Wayne County, MOMO10,78217+0%

28Iron County, MOMO9,31819+0%

29Bollinger County, MOMO10,64619+0%

30Texas County, MOMO25,99420+0%

31Macon County, MOMO15,19020+0%

32Dent County, MOMO14,58420+0%

33Bates County, MOMO16,51220+0%

34Ralls County, MOMO10,44420+0%

35Lewis County, MOMO9,87921+0%

36Caldwell County, MOMO9,01221+0%

37Barton County, MOMO11,79521+0%

38Ripley County, MOMO10,71721+0%

39Osage County, MOMO13,61122+0%

40Howard County, MOMO10,18022+0%

41Linn County, MOMO11,81522+0%

42Hickory County, MOMO9,04422+0%

43Montgomery County, MOMO11,59023+0%

44Madison County, MOMO12,85824+0%

45Grundy County, MOMO9,74424+0%

46Benton County, MOMO20,53624+0%

47Vernon County, MOMO19,94625+0%

48Nodaway County, MOMO20,17425+0%

49Wright County, MOMO19,67126+0%

50Livingston County, MOMO14,70827+0%

51Pike County, MOMO17,95527+0%

52DeKalb County, MOMO9,79528+0%

53Cedar County, MOMO14,88829+0%

54Dallas County, MOMO18,02529+0%

55New Madrid County, MOMO15,08629+0%

56Cooper County, MOMO17,13630+0%

57Gasconade County, MOMO14,78430+0%

58Crawford County, MOMO22,92931+0%

59Washington County, MOMO23,81031+0%

60Saline County, MOMO23,26531+0%

61Henry County, MOMO22,67132+0%

62Morgan County, MOMO22,41832+0%

63Mississippi County, MOMO12,00333+0%

64Moniteau County, MOMO15,42836+0%

65Ste. Genevieve County, MOMO18,68936+0%

66Stoddard County, MOMO28,28436+0%

67Audrain County, MOMO24,52837+0%

68Andrew County, MOMO18,24138+0%

69Perry County, MOMO19,09338+0%

70Miller County, MOMO25,81740+0%

71Howell County, MOMO40,79840+0%

72McDonald County, MOMO23,99240+0%

73Pemiscot County, MOMO14,46541+0%

74Ray County, MOMO23,39841+0%

75Polk County, MOMO33,60442+0%

76Laclede County, MOMO36,94343+0%

77Barry County, MOMO36,20044+0%

78Adair County, MOMO25,68444+0%

79Clinton County, MOMO21,66145+0%

80Callaway County, MOMO45,76549+0%

81Randolph County, MOMO24,51351+0%

82Webster County, MOMO43,05452+0%

83Lafayette County, MOMO33,53152+0%

84Camden County, MOMO44,04756+0%

85Warren County, MOMO39,01657+0%

86Lawrence County, MOMO39,40158+0%

87Pettis County, MOMO44,25458+0%

88Johnson County, MOMO56,67058+0%

89Butler County, MOMO41,90459+0%

90Phelps County, MOMO45,24759+0%

91Dunklin County, MOMO26,85561+0%

92Stone County, MOMO32,50362+0%

93Lincoln County, MOMO66,67662+0%

94Taney County, MOMO57,00163+0%

95Marion County, MOMO28,52565+0%

96Pulaski County, MOMO54,44275+0%

97Newton County, MOMO62,26384+0%

98Scott County, MOMO37,97596+0%

99Christian County, MOMO96,72596+0%

100Franklin County, MOMO108,090102+0%

101Cass County, MOMO115,859118+0%

102Cape Girardeau County, MOMO83,999119+0%

103St. Francois County, MOMO67,809123+0%

104Jasper County, MOMO127,428164+0%

105Platte County, MOMO114,400176+0%

106Cole County, MOMO77,908182+0%

107Boone County, MOMO191,746198+0%

108Buchanan County, MOMO83,540211+0%

109Jefferson County, MOMO233,132302+0%

110Greene County, MOMO309,286356+0%

111Clay County, MOMO265,032463+0%

112St. Charles County, MOMO426,499506+0%

113Jackson County, MOMO732,9941,083+0%

114St. Louis County, MOMO990,9112,001+0%

115St. Louis, MOMO278,1445,641+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES