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Jackson County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 2 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29095

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

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Population
732,994
+15,351 (+2.1%) since 2020
Land area
604.5
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
1,213
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Independence
Seat of county government.
Established
1826
199 years ago
Largest city
Kansas City city
Population 320,794 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 777 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 Jackson 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
Population732,9942nd of 11597th of 3,144
Land area604.5 sq mi54th of 1151,611th of 3,144
Population density1,213 per sq mi3rd of 115131st of 3,144
Median household income$68,57724th of 1151,295th of 3,143

Full data for Jackson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population732,994Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020717,643Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?717,207Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area604.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area616.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,213 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,577American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$230,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households306,798American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units336,288American 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
+1,954
9,110 births, 7,156 deaths
Net migration
+1,862
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 Jackson 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
Clay CountyMissouri32 mi265,032
Cass CountyMissouri26 mi115,859
Lafayette CountyMissouri16 mi33,531
Johnson CountyKansas14 mi636,906
Ray CountyMissouri10 mi23,398
Johnson CountyMissouri5.8 mi56,670
Wyandotte CountyKansas4.8 mi170,597

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.