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Stone County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 37 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29209

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

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Population
32,503
+1,291 (+4.1%) since 2020
Land area
463.8
square miles. A further 9.2% of the total area is water
Population density
70.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Galena
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Kimberling City city
Population 2,345.

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 Stone 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 Stone 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 441 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 Stone 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
Population32,50337th of 1151,387th of 3,144
Land area463.8 sq mi92nd of 1152,216th of 3,144
Population density70.1 per sq mi25th of 1151,181st of 3,144
Median household income$63,52040th of 1151,750th of 3,143

Full data for Stone County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population32,503Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202031,212Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?31,079Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area463.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area46.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area510.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?70.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,520American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$249,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age54.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,530American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,464American 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
-210
264 births, 474 deaths
Net migration
+145
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 Stone 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 CountyMissouri31 mi36,200
Christian CountyMissouri29 mi96,725
Taney CountyMissouri22 mi57,001
Carroll CountyArkansas15 mi29,263
Lawrence CountyMissouri5.0 mi39,401

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.