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Hickory County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 91 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29085

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

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Population
9,044
+738 (+8.9%) since 2020
Land area
398.8
square miles. A further 3.1% of the total area is water
Population density
22.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hermitage
Seat of county government.
Established
1845
180 years ago
Largest city
Hermitage city
Population 658.

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 Hickory 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 Hickory 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 567 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 Hickory 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
Population9,04491st of 1152,486th of 3,144
Land area398.8 sq mi110th of 1152,532nd of 3,144
Population density22.7 per sq mi71st of 1152,136th of 3,144
Median household income$39,390115th of 1153,078th of 3,143

Full data for Hickory County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,044Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,306Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,279Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area398.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area411.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$39,390American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$176,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age55.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,601American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,480American 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
-49
117 births, 166 deaths
Net migration
+208
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 Hickory 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
Benton CountyMissouri24 mi20,536
Polk CountyMissouri22 mi33,604
St. Clair CountyMissouri20 mi9,976
Dallas CountyMissouri13 mi18,025
Camden CountyMissouri11 mi44,047

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.