Randolph County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 45 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29175

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

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Population
24,513
+51 (+0.2%) since 2020
Land area
482.7
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
50.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Huntsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1829
196 years ago
Largest city
Moberly city
Population 13,719.

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 Randolph 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 Randolph 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 702 by 800 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 Randolph 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
Population24,51345th of 1151,637th of 3,144
Land area482.7 sq mi88th of 1152,147th of 3,144
Population density50.8 per sq mi37th of 1151,450th of 3,144
Median household income$53,03389th of 1152,596th of 3,143

Full data for Randolph County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population24,513Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,462Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,710Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area482.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area487.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?50.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,033American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$159,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,247American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,862American 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
-32
283 births, 315 deaths
Net migration
+166
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 Randolph 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
Macon CountyMissouri21 mi15,190
Chariton CountyMissouri20 mi7,377
Monroe CountyMissouri18 mi8,959
Howard CountyMissouri16 mi10,180
Audrain CountyMissouri7.0 mi24,528
Boone CountyMissouri6.2 mi191,746

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.