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Chariton County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 100 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29041

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

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Population
7,377
-9 (-0.1%) since 2020
Land area
751.2
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
9.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Keytesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1820
205 years ago
Largest city
Salisbury city
Population 1,564.

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 Chariton 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 Chariton 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 766 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 Chariton 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
Population7,377100th of 1152,630th of 3,144
Land area751.2 sq mi21st of 1151,173rd of 3,144
Population density9.8 per sq mi106th of 1152,571st of 3,144
Median household income$71,52018th of 1151,084th of 3,143

Full data for Chariton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,377Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,386Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,410Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area751.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area15.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area766.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$71,520American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$160,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,681American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,788American 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
-37
68 births, 105 deaths
Net migration
+22
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 7 areas bordering Chariton 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
Carroll CountyMissouri41 mi8,417
Saline CountyMissouri23 mi23,265
Linn CountyMissouri22 mi11,815
Randolph CountyMissouri20 mi24,513
Macon CountyMissouri15 mi15,190
Howard CountyMissouri13 mi10,180
Livingston CountyMissouri12 mi14,708

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.