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McDonald County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 46 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29119

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

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Population
23,992
+711 (+3.1%) since 2020
Land area
539.4
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
44.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pineville
Seat of county government.
Established
1849
176 years ago
Largest city
Noel city
Population 2,181.

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 McDonald 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 McDonald 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 518 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 McDonald 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
Population23,99246th of 1151,649th of 3,144
Land area539.4 sq mi71st of 1151,938th of 3,144
Population density44.5 per sq mi42nd of 1151,578th of 3,144
Median household income$52,37591st of 1152,639th of 3,143

Full data for McDonald County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population23,992Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202023,281Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?23,301Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area539.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.20 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area539.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?44.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,375American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$154,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,558American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,828American 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
+68
361 births, 293 deaths
Net migration
+99
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 McDonald 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
Newton CountyMissouri31 mi62,263
Benton CountyArkansas30 mi332,554
Barry CountyMissouri17 mi36,200
Delaware CountyOklahoma12 mi41,910
Ottawa CountyOklahoma6.8 mi30,438

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.