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Pulaski County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 22 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29169

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

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Population
54,442
+437 (+0.8%) since 2020
Land area
547.1
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
99.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Waynesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
St. Robert city
Population 5,602.

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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski 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 615 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 Pulaski 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
Population54,44222nd of 115957th of 3,144
Land area547.1 sq mi68th of 1151,907th of 3,144
Population density99.5 per sq mi20th of 115924th of 3,144
Median household income$64,46635th of 1151,674th of 3,143

Full data for Pulaski County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population54,442Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202054,005Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?53,950Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area547.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area551.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?99.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,466American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$189,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age27.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,851American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,431American 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
+266
652 births, 386 deaths
Net migration
+279
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 Pulaski 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
Phelps CountyMissouri28 mi45,247
Laclede CountyMissouri23 mi36,943
Miller CountyMissouri12 mi25,817
Texas CountyMissouri12 mi25,994
Camden CountyMissouri11 mi44,047
Maries CountyMissouri9.1 mi8,397

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.