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Pemiscot County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 72 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29155

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

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Population
14,465
-1,118 (-7.2%) since 2020
Land area
492.6
square miles. A further 4.1% of the total area is water
Population density
29.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Caruthersville
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Caruthersville city
Population 5,211.

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 Pemiscot 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 Pemiscot 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 660 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 Pemiscot 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
Population14,46572nd of 1152,122nd of 3,144
Land area492.6 sq mi85th of 1152,110th of 3,144
Population density29.4 per sq mi60th of 1151,945th of 3,144
Median household income$40,089114th of 1153,067th of 3,143

Full data for Pemiscot County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,465Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,583Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,658Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area492.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area20.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area513.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?29.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$40,089American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$97,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,333American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,501American 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
-22
201 births, 223 deaths
Net migration
+8
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 5 areas bordering Pemiscot 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
New Madrid CountyMissouri31 mi15,086
Lake CountyTennessee29 mi6,249
Dunklin CountyMissouri27 mi26,855
Dyer CountyTennessee18 mi36,320
Mississippi CountyArkansas13 mi37,828

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.