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Lawrence County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 30 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29109

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

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Population
39,401
+1,411 (+3.7%) since 2020
Land area
611.8
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
64.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mount Vernon
Seat of county government.
Established
1845
180 years ago
Largest city
Aurora city
Population 7,686.

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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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 796 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 Lawrence 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
Population39,40130th of 1151,204th of 3,144
Land area611.8 sq mi52nd of 1151,582nd of 3,144
Population density64.4 per sq mi31st of 1151,252nd of 3,144
Median household income$61,21552nd of 1151,964th of 3,143

Full data for Lawrence County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population39,401Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202037,990Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?38,003Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area611.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area613.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?64.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,215American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$175,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,602American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,303American 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
+9
497 births, 488 deaths
Net migration
+183
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 Lawrence 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
Barry CountyMissouri25 mi36,200
Dade CountyMissouri24 mi7,804
Jasper CountyMissouri17 mi127,428
Greene CountyMissouri14 mi309,286
Newton CountyMissouri8.0 mi62,263
Christian CountyMissouri7.1 mi96,725
Stone CountyMissouri5.0 mi32,503

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.