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Vernon County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 56 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29217

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

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Population
19,946
+287 (+1.5%) since 2020
Land area
826.4
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
24.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Nevada
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Nevada city
Population 8,404.

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 Vernon 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 Vernon 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 765 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 Vernon 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
Population19,94656th of 1151,830th of 3,144
Land area826.4 sq mi9th of 1151,024th of 3,144
Population density24.1 per sq mi68th of 1152,090th of 3,144
Median household income$52,23092nd of 1152,646th of 3,143

Full data for Vernon County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,946Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,659Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,698Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area826.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area836.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?24.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,230American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$158,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,754American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,928American 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
-44
255 births, 299 deaths
Net migration
+213
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 7 areas bordering Vernon 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
Bates CountyMissouri43 mi16,512
Barton CountyMissouri30 mi11,795
Bourbon CountyKansas25 mi14,319
Cedar CountyMissouri18 mi14,888
St. Clair CountyMissouri9.4 mi9,976
Linn CountyKansas1.6 mi9,950
Crawford CountyKansas1.3 mi39,008

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.