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Bates County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 64 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29013

Within Missouri
Bates County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Butler, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
16,512
+460 (+2.9%) since 2020
Land area
836.7
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
19.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Butler
Seat of county government.
Established
1841
184 years ago
Largest city
Butler city
Population 4,317.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Bates County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Bates County, Missouri from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 786 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Bates County ranks

Position among the 115 counties of Missouri, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MissouriNationally
Population16,51264th of 1152,004th of 3,144
Land area836.7 sq mi6th of 1151,000th of 3,144
Population density19.7 per sq mi81st of 1152,257th of 3,144
Median household income$60,73355th of 1152,017th of 3,143

Full data for Bates County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,512Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,052Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,039Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area836.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area851.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?19.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,733American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$170,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,158American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,192American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+9
227 births, 218 deaths
Net migration
+53
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Bates County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Vernon CountyMissouri43 mi19,946
Cass CountyMissouri41 mi115,859
Linn CountyKansas23 mi9,950
Henry CountyMissouri17 mi22,671
St. Clair CountyMissouri12 mi9,976
Miami CountyKansas6.1 mi36,240

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 115 counties of Missouri

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.