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Newton County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 19 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29145

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

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Population
62,263
+3,561 (+6.1%) since 2020
Land area
624.8
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
99.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Neosho
Seat of county government.
Established
1838
187 years ago
Largest city
Neosho city
Population 14,078.

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 Newton 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 Newton 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 579 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 Newton 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
Population62,26319th of 115875th of 3,144
Land area624.8 sq mi49th of 1151,542nd of 3,144
Population density99.7 per sq mi19th of 115923rd of 3,144
Median household income$66,30129th of 1151,495th of 3,143

Full data for Newton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population62,263Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202058,702Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?58,659Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area624.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area626.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?99.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,301American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$190,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households22,129American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units24,866American 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
+21
725 births, 704 deaths
Net migration
+636
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 Newton 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
Jasper CountyMissouri31 mi127,428
McDonald CountyMissouri31 mi23,992
Ottawa CountyOklahoma16 mi30,438
Barry CountyMissouri13 mi36,200
Lawrence CountyMissouri8.0 mi39,401
Cherokee CountyKansas4.0 mi19,105

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.