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Ripley County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 81 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29181

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

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Population
10,717
+47 (+0.4%) since 2020
Land area
629.5
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
17.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Doniphan
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Doniphan city
Population 1,784.

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 Ripley 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 Ripley 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 613 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 Ripley 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
Population10,71781st of 1152,364th of 3,144
Land area629.5 sq mi46th of 1151,526th of 3,144
Population density17.0 per sq mi87th of 1152,331st of 3,144
Median household income$42,037113th of 1153,027th of 3,143

Full data for Ripley County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,717Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,670Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,678Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area629.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area631.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?17.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$42,037American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$119,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,002American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,168American 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
-65
148 births, 213 deaths
Net migration
+67
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 Ripley 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
Butler CountyMissouri26 mi41,904
Carter CountyMissouri26 mi5,418
Oregon CountyMissouri23 mi8,709
Randolph CountyArkansas19 mi18,876
Clay CountyArkansas12 mi14,052

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.