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Camden County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 26 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29029

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

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Population
44,047
+1,243 (+2.9%) since 2020
Land area
655.9
square miles. A further 7.4% of the total area is water
Population density
67.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Camdenton
Seat of county government.
Established
1841
184 years ago
Largest city
Osage Beach city
Population 4,666 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 Camden 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 Camden 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 718 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 Camden 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
Population44,04726th of 1151,118th of 3,144
Land area655.9 sq mi40th of 1151,435th of 3,144
Population density67.2 per sq mi28th of 1151,210th of 3,144
Median household income$66,38727th of 1151,480th of 3,143

Full data for Camden County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population44,047Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202042,804Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?42,742Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area655.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area52.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area708.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?67.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,387American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$305,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age53.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,925American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units40,072American 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
-245
338 births, 583 deaths
Net migration
+95
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 Camden 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
Morgan CountyMissouri36 mi22,418
Laclede CountyMissouri33 mi36,943
Miller CountyMissouri29 mi25,817
Benton CountyMissouri15 mi20,536
Dallas CountyMissouri12 mi18,025
Pulaski CountyMissouri11 mi54,442
Hickory CountyMissouri11 mi9,044

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.