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Wayne County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 80 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29223

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

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Population
10,782
-155 (-1.4%) since 2020
Land area
759.2
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
14.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Greenville
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Piedmont city
Population 1,862.

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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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 616 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 Wayne 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
Population10,78280th of 1152,357th of 3,144
Land area759.2 sq mi18th of 1151,151st of 3,144
Population density14.2 per sq mi94th of 1152,420th of 3,144
Median household income$47,226108th of 1152,890th of 3,143

Full data for Wayne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,782Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,937Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,975Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area759.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area774.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?14.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$47,226American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$107,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,623American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,119American 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
-66
108 births, 174 deaths
Net migration
-3
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Wayne 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
Bollinger CountyMissouri25 mi10,646
Butler CountyMissouri23 mi41,904
Madison CountyMissouri18 mi12,858
Reynolds CountyMissouri18 mi5,992
Stoddard CountyMissouri16 mi28,284
Carter CountyMissouri14 mi5,418
Iron CountyMissouri13 mi9,318

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.