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Ozark County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 90 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29153

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

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Population
9,172
+654 (+7.7%) since 2020
Land area
745
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
12.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Gainesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1841
184 years ago
Largest city
Gainesville city
Population 784.

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 Ozark 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 Ozark 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 502 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 Ozark 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
Population9,17290th of 1152,472nd of 3,144
Land area745 sq mi22nd of 1151,185th of 3,144
Population density12.3 per sq mi99th of 1152,489th of 3,144
Median household income$44,163111th of 1152,987th of 3,143

Full data for Ozark County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,172Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,518Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,553Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area745 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area755.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?12.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$44,163American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$168,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age51.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,709American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,030American 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
-37
108 births, 145 deaths
Net migration
+111
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 6 areas bordering Ozark 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
Douglas CountyMissouri36 mi12,342
Taney CountyMissouri21 mi57,001
Baxter CountyArkansas21 mi42,982
Howell CountyMissouri20 mi40,798
Marion CountyArkansas14 mi17,593
Fulton CountyArkansas1.7 mi12,492

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.