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Wright County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 57 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29229

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

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Population
19,671
+1,462 (+8.0%) since 2020
Land area
681.8
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
28.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hartville
Seat of county government.
Established
1841
184 years ago
Largest city
Mountain Grove city
Population 4,586 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Wright 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 Wright 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 685 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 Wright 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
Population19,67157th of 1151,845th of 3,144
Land area681.8 sq mi33rd of 1151,374th of 3,144
Population density28.9 per sq mi63rd of 1151,957th of 3,144
Median household income$47,909105th of 1152,876th of 3,143

Full data for Wright County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,671Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,209Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?18,184Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area681.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area683.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?28.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$47,909American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$160,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,187American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,367American 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
+2
266 births, 264 deaths
Net migration
+137
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 4 areas bordering Wright 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
Webster CountyMissouri29 mi43,054
Texas CountyMissouri29 mi25,994
Douglas CountyMissouri24 mi12,342
Laclede CountyMissouri24 mi36,943

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.