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Daviess County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 95 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29061

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

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Population
8,558
+123 (+1.5%) since 2020
Land area
563.3
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
15.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Gallatin
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Gallatin city
Population 1,848.

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 Daviess 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 Daviess 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 799 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 Daviess 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
Population8,55895th of 1152,530th of 3,144
Land area563.3 sq mi63rd of 1151,832nd of 3,144
Population density15.2 per sq mi91st of 1152,387th of 3,144
Median household income$63,98437th of 1151,709th of 3,143

Full data for Daviess County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,558Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,435Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,437Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area563.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area569.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?15.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,984American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$161,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,020American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,122American 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
+2
109 births, 107 deaths
Net migration
+49
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 Daviess 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
Harrison CountyMissouri24 mi8,281
Caldwell CountyMissouri24 mi9,012
DeKalb CountyMissouri18 mi9,795
Livingston CountyMissouri12 mi14,708
Grundy CountyMissouri12 mi9,744
Gentry CountyMissouri7.0 mi6,384

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.