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Christian County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 13 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29043

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

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Population
96,725
+7,434 (+8.3%) since 2020
Land area
562.6
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
172
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ozark
Seat of county government.
Established
1859
166 years ago
Largest city
Nixa city
Population 26,597.

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 Christian 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 Christian 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 800 by 451 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 Christian 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
Population96,72513th of 115646th of 3,144
Land area562.6 sq mi64th of 1151,836th of 3,144
Population density172 per sq mi13th of 115624th of 3,144
Median household income$83,4376th of 115470th of 3,143

Full data for Christian County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population96,725Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202089,291Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?88,841Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area562.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area563.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?172 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$83,437American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$274,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households35,142American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units36,643American 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
+183
1,038 births, 855 deaths
Net migration
+500
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 Christian 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
Greene CountyMissouri30 mi309,286
Stone CountyMissouri29 mi32,503
Taney CountyMissouri22 mi57,001
Douglas CountyMissouri18 mi12,342
Webster CountyMissouri10 mi43,054
Lawrence CountyMissouri7.1 mi39,401

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.