County · Missouri

Dent County, Missouri

Dent County, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 31 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,179 of 3,143 US counties. Within Missouri it ranks #79 of 115 counties. It ranks best on voter turnout (high), effective property tax rate (low) and hospital quality rating (high). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), grocery stores (low) and average weekly wage (low).

31Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,179 of 3,143 counties
Missouri: #79 of 115 in MO
Population: 14,584 (2025)
Land area: 753 mi²
Density: 19.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 29065

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety34#2,031/3,096
Economy24#2,400/3,143
Housing63#1,158/3,140
Health13#2,723/3,144
Healthcare20#2,526/3,143
Environment91#270/3,108
Education19#2,551/3,144
Infrastructure18#2,590/3,144
Community69#966/3,144
Leisure & amenities19#2,540/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Dent County, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Voter turnout · high87.3%
100/100Missouri 66.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Effective property tax rate · low0.35%
94/100Missouri 0.89%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
79/100Missouri 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Distance to an emergency room · low5.0 mi
78/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Drinking water violations · low0
78/100Missouri 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Natural hazard risk · low22.1
77/100Missouri 39.22025Federal Emergency Management Agency

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low76.8%
5/100Missouri 89.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
8/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Average weekly wage · low$857
10/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Firearm deaths · high20.8 /100k
12/100Missouri 20.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Preventable hospital stays · high4,132 /100k
12/100Missouri 3,034 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Flu vaccinations · low26.0%
12/100Missouri 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.1 /1k (2021) → 0.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+297%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureWorsening
1% (2021) → 27% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+26 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
89.9 /100k (2021) → 14.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−84%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Voter turnoutImproving
73.7% (2020) → 87.2% (2024)
+14 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Grocery storesWorsening
2.1 /10k (2020) → 0.7 /10k (2025)
−67%5 yearsUS 1.7 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
16.4% (2020 & 2021) → 29.0% (2023 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Dent County, Missouri improved on 10 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 16 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Child poverty−10 points29.9% → 19.6%
Commute−4.1 min25.0 min → 21.0 min
Weekly wage+33%$642 → $857
Uninsured−3.7 points16.6% → 12.9%
Overdose deaths−63%38.1 /100k → 14.0 /100k

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×2.4× → 3.0×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Dent County, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.5 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−41%	Within the margin of error	5%
Average commute time	25.0 min2015-2019	21.0 min2020-2024	−4.1 min	Improved	97%
Average weekly wage	$6422020	$8572025	+33%	Improved	92%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%2015-2019	16.5%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Broadband subscriptions	67.5%2015-2019	76.8%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Improved	44%
Child poverty rate	29.9%2019	19.6%2024	−10 points	Improved	99%
Distance to an airport	99 mi2020	99 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	38.1 /100k2020	14.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−63%	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	0.64%2015-2019	0.35%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	88%
Grocery stores	2.1 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−67%	Within the margin of error	2%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−51%	Within the margin of error	8%
High school diploma or higher	83.2%2015-2019	83.6%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	34%
Homicide rate	7.4 /100k2020	5.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−26%	Within the margin of error	48%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,5422019	$55,3862024	+33%	Improved	60%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4542015-2019	0.4442020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	70%
Median household income	$45,5402019	$54,7982024	+20%	Improved	26%
New business applications	7.9 /1k2020	11.7 /1k2025	+49%	Improved	57%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+48%	Within the margin of error	97%
Poverty rate	19.0%2019	14.4%2024	−4.6 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Property crime rate	1,127 /100k2020	586 /100k2025	−48%	Improved	72%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	+6.1%	Within the margin of error	83%
Rent as share of income	28.9%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Rent-burdened households	47.3%2015-2019	41.1%2020-2024	−6.2 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Restaurants and bars	6.3 /10k2020	6.9 /10k2025	+9.6%	Within the margin of error	73%
Students per teacher	12.7×2019	13.2×2024	+0.5×	Little change	14%
Suicide rate	20.4 /100k2020	19.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−5.9%	Within the margin of error	69%
Traffic deaths	25.7 /100k2015-2019	22.0 /100k2020-2024	−14%	Within the margin of error	73%
Unemployment rate	4.5%2020	4.0%2025	−0.5 points	Little change	7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.6%2019	12.9%2024	−3.7 points	Improved	89%
Violent crime rate	153 /100k2020	143 /100k2025	−6.9%	Within the margin of error	40%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Dent County, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Dent County, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Dent County, Missouri itself moved +2.6 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

14,539 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−2.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

14,539 residents

Dent County, Missouri
Missouri share

White91%13,239
Black0.4%†61
Hispanic or Latino2.2%324
Asian0.9%†124
American Indian and Alaska Native0.7%†95
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†10
Other or two or more races4.7%686

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

10,262 residents (±69)

Dent County, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma16%1,681
High school or GED39%4,002
Some college21%2,182
Associate degree6.9%707
Bachelor's degree10%1,047
Graduate degree6.3%643

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,618 households (±255)

Dent County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k20%1,145
$25k–50k26%1,469
$50k–75k16%896
$75k–100k12%700
$100k–150k19%1,048
$150k–200k4.3%†242
$200k or more2.1%†118

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+10.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,618 households (±255)

Dent County, Missouri
Missouri share

Own76%4,266
Rent24%1,352

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,193 households (±236)

Dent County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75056%†666
$750–1,00031%†374
$1,000–1,5006.0%†72

Home values

4,266 homes (±240)

Dent County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k44%1,874
$150k–250k24%1,009
$250k–400k21%916

Age of homes

6,822 homes (±25)

Dent County, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later8.9%608
2000–200911%754
1980–199927%1,849

Size of homes

6,822 homes (±25)

Dent County, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio1.5%†100
1 bedroom10%†697
2 bedrooms24%1,645

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,604 workers (±347)

Dent County, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone83%4,661
Carpool6.5%†363
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.3%†130
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.2%401
Other0.9%†49

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−3.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

5,203 workers (±356)

Dent County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min46%2,383
15–29 min25%1,292
30–44 min15%786

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Dent County has 292 employer establishments, 199 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.82× Missouri's), with 3,870 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,016. The Census Bureau also counts 1,018 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 292; 1,018 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 199; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 3,870
Average annual pay: $40,016; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Dent County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	22	15	0.72×Fewer than typical	190	$38,984	27
Specialty trade contractors	18	12.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	99	$40,889	97
Restaurants and other eating places	17	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	276	$16,649	4
Religious organizations	15	10.2	1.85×More than typical	52	$16,442	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	8.9	1.76×More than typical	44	$33,568	28
Truck transportation	10	6.8	1.35×More than typical	26	$35,577	59
Building equipment contractors	9	6.1	1.02×Too few to compare	49	$42,000	18
Construction of buildings	9	6.1	0.81×Too few to compare	76	$46,579	73
Insurance agencies and brokerages	9	6.1	1.40×Too few to compare	33	$42,939	10
Limited-service restaurants	9	6.1	0.77×Too few to compare	198	$15,475	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	8	5.5	1.34×Too few to compare	30	$31,367	7
Banks and credit unions	7	4.8	1.48×Too few to compare	101	$40,376	—

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,647 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $34M on contracts performed in Dent County, Missouri: $2,329 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $34M; −28% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,329; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$33.8M99.5%
Forest Service$153.6K0.5%

Top recipients

US FOODS INC$33.8M99.5%
A & A SHEET METAL PRODUCTS INC$57.2K0.2%
KAT CONSTRUCTION LLC$47.8K0.1%
THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND$37.4K0.1%
DSC SOLUTIONS LLC$11.3K0.0%
RICKY JOE BLACK

Spending by fiscal year

28.6MFY2017
29.9MFY2018
28.4MFY2019
28MFY2020
36MFY2021
30.3MFY2022
31.2MFY2023
33.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other food manufacturing · 3119$33.8M99.5%
Household and institutional furniture and kitchen cabinet manufacturing · 3371$57.2K0.2%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$47.8K0.1%
Paint, coating, and adhesive manufacturing · 3255$37.4K0.1%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$11.3K0.0%

Largest awards

VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST, SALEMRANGER DISTRICT LOCATED IN MISSOURI$116.4K
RICKY JOE BLACK· Dent County, MO· Facilities & utilities· May 28, 2025 – Apr 22, 2026· 12444525F0023
4570963073!SALMON PORTIONS, RAW, IQF,$100.5K
US FOODS INC· Dent County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 26, 2026 – Feb 26, 2026· SPE30026FZ3V8
4570513367!BEEF LOIN, STRIP STK, BNLS, CC, FZN,$85.4K
US FOODS INC· Dent County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 14, 2026 – Jan 14, 2026· SPE30026FYAP6
4570995258!SALMON PORTIONS, RAW, IQF,

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $113.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Dent County, Missouri: $7,774 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $113.4M; +1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,774; US $12,955
Loan face value: $11.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$61.4M54%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$14M12%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$13.8M12%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$7.5M6.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$4M3.5%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$4M3.5%
20.265 · Carbon Reduction Program$1.7M1.5%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$1.2M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$7.1M6.2%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
SALEM HOUSING AUTHORUTY$563.9K0.5%
SALEM, MO
R.A. NETWORKS$411K0.4%
CHESTERFIELD, MO
COUNCIL FOR A HEALTHY DENT COUNTY$285K0.3%
SALEM, MO
DENT COUNTY HEALTH CTR$184.4K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$86.8M77%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$15.4M14%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$7.1M6.2%
Department of Transportation
Federal Communications Commission$649.3K0.6%
Farm Service Agency$645.2K0.6%

Assistance by fiscal year

96.4MFY2021
91.2MFY2022
98MFY2023
101.9MFY2024
112.3MFY2025
113.4MFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Dent County, Missouri compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Dent County, Missouri
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dent County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dent County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$1,841	$1,436
FY2018	$1,915	$1,552
FY2019	$1,827	$1,654
FY2020	$1,944	$1,880
FY2021	$2,493	$1,810
FY2022	$2,095	$1,917
FY2023	$2,128	$2,079
FY2024	$2,286	$2,047
FY2025	$3,235	$2,165
FY2026	$2,329 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dent County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dent County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$15.83	$93.28
FY2018	$4.32	$105
FY2019	$3.89	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$10.41	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dent County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dent County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$3,002	$5,748
FY2022	$2,168	$5,221
FY2023	$2,285	$5,364
FY2024	$2,423	$5,501
FY2025	$3,465	$5,732
FY2026	$2,887

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dent County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dent County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$429	$298
FY2022	$28.16	$357
FY2023	$87.57	$301
FY2024	$29.82	$319
FY2025	$160	$360
FY2026	$485

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dent County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dent County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$43.40	$239
FY2022	$40.28	$185
FY2023	$40.96	$229
FY2024	$54.36	$229
FY2025	$54.05	$249
FY2026	$60.36

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dent County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dent County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$8.64	$2,304
FY2022	$8.64	$2,197
FY2023	$27.95	$2,274
FY2024	$49.07	$2,267
FY2025	$49.33	$2,397
FY2026	$32.19

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Dent County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dent County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$462	$1,186
FY2022	$49.92	$465
FY2023	$150	$76.52
FY2024	$26.60	$120
FY2025	$65.72	$148
FY2026	$1.40

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Dent County, Missouri
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Dent County, Missouri and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Dent County, Missouri	United States
2014	−6.5%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/29065

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Dent County, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jason SmithR-MO-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Cities and towns in Dent County

Places whose residents live mostly in Dent County, largest first.

Salem4,677

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Dent County, Missouri	United States
2014	−4.7%	−4.2%
2015	−2.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.6%	+3.3%
2018	+4.7%	+6.8%
2019	+9.7%	+10.5%
2020	+14.8%	+19.4%
2021	+22.9%	+26.1%
2022	+29.5%	+30.6%
2023	+39.2%	+35.0%
2024	+45.8%	+41.0%
2025	+53.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Dent County, Missouri	United States
2014	−7.2%	−5.5%
2015	−2.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+4.1%
2018	+7.5%	+8.9%
2019	+11.7%	+13.5%
2020	+23.7%	+20.8%
2021	+30.0%	+32.1%
2022	+31.8%	+35.4%
2023	+40.3%	+42.9%
2024	+44.7%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Dent County, Missouri	United States
2014	0.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Dent County, Missouri	United States
2014	−11.1%	−6.9%
2015	−4.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−8.5%	+4.7%
2018	+1.7%	+7.5%
2019	+17.6%	+14.0%
2020	+13.8%	+16.9%
2021	+17.6%	+21.0%
2022	+36.7%	+29.7%
2023	+27.4%	+34.9%
2024	+41.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Dent County, Missouri	United States
2014	21.6%	15.5%
2015	21.5%	14.7%
2016	19.8%	14.0%
2017	20.2%	13.4%
2018	20.3%	13.1%
2019	19.0%	12.3%
2020	15.1%	11.9%
2021	16.4%	12.8%
2022	17.9%	12.6%
2023	17.5%	12.5%
2024	14.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Dent County, Missouri	United States
2014	6.8%	6.2%
2015	6.0%	5.3%
2016	5.0%	4.9%
2017	3.9%	4.4%
2018	3.1%	3.9%
2019	3.2%	3.7%
2020	4.5%	8.1%
2021	3.7%	5.4%
2022	2.9%	3.7%
2023	3.2%	3.6%
2024	3.8%	4.0%
2025	4.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Dent County, Missouri	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+25.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+51.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+71.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+77.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+85.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+93.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Dent County, Missouri	United States
2014	20.8%	13.5%
2015	16.2%	10.9%
2016	15.5%	10.0%
2017	16.4%	10.2%
2018	16.1%	10.4%
2019	16.6%	10.8%
2020	16.8%	10.4%
2021	14.3%	10.2%
2022	13.9%	9.5%
2023	11.2%	9.5%
2024	12.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Dent County, Missouri	United States
2014	6.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.7/1k	16.6/1k

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Improved10

Declined1

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