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Taney County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 20 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29213

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

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Population
57,001
+948 (+1.7%) since 2020
Land area
632.3
square miles. A further 3.0% of the total area is water
Population density
90.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Forsyth
Seat of county government.
Established
1837
188 years ago
Largest city
Branson city
Population 12,921 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Taney 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 Taney 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 602 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 Taney 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
Population57,00120th of 115933rd of 3,144
Land area632.3 sq mi45th of 1151,513th of 3,144
Population density90.2 per sq mi23rd of 115993rd of 3,144
Median household income$56,49774th of 1152,373rd of 3,143

Full data for Taney County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population57,001Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202056,053Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?56,062Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area632.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area19.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area651.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?90.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,497American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$218,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households22,788American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units30,175American 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
-119
604 births, 723 deaths
Net migration
+239
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 7 areas bordering Taney 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
Boone CountyArkansas24 mi38,628
Stone CountyMissouri22 mi32,503
Christian CountyMissouri22 mi96,725
Ozark CountyMissouri21 mi9,172
Douglas CountyMissouri8.0 mi12,342
Marion CountyArkansas4.5 mi17,593
Carroll CountyArkansas1.2 mi29,263

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.