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Callaway County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 23 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29027

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

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Population
45,765
+1,426 (+3.2%) since 2020
Land area
834.6
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
54.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fulton
Seat of county government.
Established
1820
205 years ago
Largest city
Fulton city
Population 12,853.

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 Callaway 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 Callaway 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 736 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 Callaway 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
Population45,76523rd of 1151,081st of 3,144
Land area834.6 sq mi7th of 1151,008th of 3,144
Population density54.8 per sq mi33rd of 1151,386th of 3,144
Median household income$74,17615th of 115900th of 3,143

Full data for Callaway County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population45,765Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202044,339Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?44,284Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area834.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area847.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?54.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,176American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$201,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,485American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,645American 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
+39
469 births, 430 deaths
Net migration
+490
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 5 areas bordering Callaway 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
Boone CountyMissouri49 mi191,746
Audrain CountyMissouri26 mi24,528
Montgomery CountyMissouri25 mi11,590
Osage CountyMissouri23 mi13,611
Cole CountyMissouri15 mi77,908

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.