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Laclede County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 33 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29105

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

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Population
36,943
+897 (+2.5%) since 2020
Land area
764.7
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
48.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lebanon
Seat of county government.
Established
1849
176 years ago
Largest city
Lebanon city
Population 15,663.

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 Laclede 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 Laclede 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 710 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 Laclede 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
Population36,94333rd of 1151,269th of 3,144
Land area764.7 sq mi16th of 1151,140th of 3,144
Population density48.3 per sq mi39th of 1151,507th of 3,144
Median household income$53,28287th of 1152,576th of 3,143

Full data for Laclede County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population36,943Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202036,046Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?36,040Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area764.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area768.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?48.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,282American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$168,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,558American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,012American 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
-58
463 births, 521 deaths
Net migration
+313
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 Laclede 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
Camden CountyMissouri33 mi44,047
Dallas CountyMissouri29 mi18,025
Wright CountyMissouri24 mi19,671
Pulaski CountyMissouri23 mi54,442
Webster CountyMissouri9.2 mi43,054
Texas CountyMissouri9.1 mi25,994

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.