County · Missouri

Howell County, Missouri

Howell County, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 26 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,341 of 3,143 US counties. Within Missouri it ranks #90 of 115 counties. It ranks best on voter turnout (high), effective property tax rate (low) and primary care physicians (high). It ranks worst on dental care shortage (high), adult smoking (high) and median household income (low).

26Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,341 of 3,143 counties
Missouri: #90 of 115 in MO
Population: 40,798 (2025)
Land area: 927 mi²
Density: 44.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 29091

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.

Safety19#2,509/3,096
Economy12#2,754/3,143
Housing45#1,724/3,140
Health20#2,506/3,144
Healthcare39#1,927/3,143
Environment61#1,216/3,108
Education21#2,492/3,144
Infrastructure27#2,286/3,144
Community61#1,214/3,144
Leisure & amenities35#2,044/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Voter turnout · high79.6%
94/100Missouri 66.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Effective property tax rate · low0.44%
87/100Missouri 0.89%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Primary care physicians · high89 /100k
87/100Missouri 72 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drinking water violations · low0
78/100Missouri 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New business applications · high14.5 /1k
77/100Missouri 16.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Drug overdose deaths · low8.4 /100k
75/100Missouri 18.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data

Weaknesses

Dental care shortage · high20.0
3/100Missouri 9.4United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Adult smoking · high22.1%
7/100Missouri 19.5%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Median household income · low$50,137
9/100Missouri $71,583United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high21.0%
10/100Missouri 19.8%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care shortage · high18.0
11/100Missouri 10.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Food environment index · low6.3
13/100Missouri 6.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 65% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+65 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
6.8 /1k (2020) → 14.5 /1k (2025)
+114%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
1.0 /10k (2020) → 0.2 /10k (2025)
−76%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
20.4% (2020 & 2021) → 34.5% (2023 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.2% (2015-2019) → 85.6% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Property crime rateImproving
2,806 /100k (2020) → 956 /100k (2025)
−66%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

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, Howell County, Missouri improved on 9 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 19 moved within the margin of error and 2 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.

Improved9

New businesses+114%6.8 /1k → 14.5 /1k
Uninsured−4.3 points16.1% → 11.8%
Property crime−66%2,806 /100k → 956 /100k
Broadband+13 points72.2% → 85.6%
Weekly wage+28%$703 → $897

Declined2

Commute+4.1 min19.0 min → 23.1 min
Price / income+0.5×2.9× → 3.4×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Howell County, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.3 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	−25%	Within the margin of error	11%
Average commute time	19.0 min2015-2019	23.1 min2020-2024	+4.1 min	Declined	7%
Average weekly wage	$7032020	$8972025	+28%	Improved	73%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%2015-2019	17.8%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Broadband subscriptions	72.2%2015-2019	85.6%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	73%
Child poverty rate	29.7%2019	23.9%2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Distance to an airport	90 mi2020	90 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	14.9 /100k2020	8.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−44%	Within the margin of error	69%
Effective property tax rate	0.44%2015-2019	0.44%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Firearm deaths	35.2 /100k2020	18.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−48%	Within the margin of error	95%
Grocery stores	2.3 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−2.4%	Within the margin of error	44%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	0.2 /10k2025	−76%	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	87.0%2015-2019	86.9%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	41%
Homicide rate	10.6 /100k2020	4.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−58%	Within the margin of error	78%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,0692019	$54,8122024	+33%	Improved	61%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4622015-2019	0.4612020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$40,1772019	$50,1372024	+25%	Improved	50%
New business applications	6.8 /1k2020	14.5 /1k2025	+114%	Improved	94%
Pharmacies	2.5 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−32%	Within the margin of error	14%
Poverty rate	20.8%2019	18.6%2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Property crime rate	2,806 /100k2020	956 /100k2025	−66%	Improved	92%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	−2%	Within the margin of error	43%
Rent as share of income	26.5%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	39.6%2015-2019	44.9%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Restaurants and bars	8.3 /10k2020	6.6 /10k2025	−20%	Within the margin of error	14%
Students per teacher	12.6×2019	12.1×2024	−0.4×	Little change	40%
Suicide rate	20.9 /100k2020	19.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8.1%	Within the margin of error	73%
Traffic deaths	21.5 /100k2015-2019	18.3 /100k2020-2024	−15%	Within the margin of error	73%
Unemployment rate	6.6%2020	4.6%2025	−2 points	Improved	35%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.1%2019	11.8%2024	−4.3 points	Improved	93%
Violent crime rate	367 /100k2020	293 /100k2025	−20%	Improved	56%

“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 Howell County, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Howell 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, Howell County, Missouri itself moved +0.6 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

40,383 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

15,965 households (±235)

Howell County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k25%3,925
$25k–50k24%3,820
$50k–75k21%3,373

Homes

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

Owners and renters

15,965 households (±235)

Howell County, Missouri
Missouri share

Own70%11,223
Rent30%4,742

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

16,384 workers (±578)

Howell County, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone78%12,718
Carpool14%2,318
Public transit0.1%†15

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the West Plains, MO

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.

Howell County has 1,076 employer establishments, 264 for every 10,000 residents (1.06× the US rate of 248; 1.08× Missouri's), with 15,374 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,121. The Census Bureau also counts 3,424 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,076; 3,424 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 264; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 15,374
Average annual pay: $42,121; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	92	22.6	1.08×About typical	1,518	$57,308	113
Restaurants and other eating places	66	16.2	0.88×About typical	1,308	$19,119	18
Specialty trade contractors	53	13	0.84×About typical	385	$65,509	404
Automotive repair and maintenance	49	12	2.39×More than typical	210	$38,962	104
Truck transportation	47	11.5	2.28×More than typical	231	$50,368	152
Lessors of real estate	43	10.6	0.86×About typical	97	$36,299	244
Religious organizations	40	9.8	1.77×More than typical	187	$18,545	—
Individual and family services	33	8.1	2.89×More than typical	380	$27,511	12
Full-service restaurants	32	7.9	1.02×About typical	434	$20,767	6
Offices of other health practitioners	31	7.6	1.25×More than typical	131	$40,244	53
Insurance agencies and brokerages	26	6.4	1.45×More than typical	100	$43,790	39
Limited-service restaurants	26	6.4	0.80×Fewer than typical	831	$18,350	9

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 40,725 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 $52.3M on contracts performed in Howell County, Missouri: $1,281 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $52.3M; +730% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,281; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.9%; 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

Department of the Army$50.3M96%
Defense Logistics Agency$727K1.4%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$554K1.1%
National Park Service$296.8K0.6%
Forest Service$222.3K0.4%
Department of the Air Force$154K0.3%
National Transportation Safety Board$24.9K0.0%
Defense Contract Management Agency$17.1K0.0%

Top recipients

DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS, INC$50.4M96%
ASRC FEDERAL FACILITIES LOGISTICS, LLC$744.1K1.4%
AIR EVAC EMS, INC$554K1.1%
LABOR OMNIA VINCIT JV LLC$296.8K0.6%
SILHOUETTE FARM & FORESTRY, LLC$198.5K0.4%

Spending by fiscal year

62.9MFY2017
14.1MFY2018
55.3MFY2019
26.8MFY2020
29.2MFY2021
83.7MFY2022
81.1MFY2023
30.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369$50.3M96%
Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$479.3K0.9%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$296.8K0.6%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$268.5K0.5%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$264.8K0.5%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$198.5K

Largest awards

LOW RATE INITIAL PRODUCTION/FULL RATE PRODUCTION FOR THE JOINT ASSAULT BRIDGE.$443.3M
DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS, INC· Howell County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 9, 2016 – Jun 1, 2026· W56HZV16C0028
FMS CASE: IS-ZJY HEAVY DUTY TANK TRAILERS FOR THE COUNTRY OF ISRAEL$27.9M
DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS, INC· Howell County, MO· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 27, 2023 – Feb 4, 2026· W56HZV24C0020
TUNNER LOADER OVERHAUL$10.5M
DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS, INC· Howell County, MO· Equipment maintenance· Nov 1, 2023 – Feb 10, 2026· FA853424F0001
TUNNER LOADER SUPPORT

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 $286.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Howell County, Missouri: $7,019 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $286.4M; −7.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,019; US $12,957
Loan face value: $13.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$160.4M56%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$36.2M13%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$33.5M12%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$19.5M6.8%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$12.4M4.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$3.3M1.1%
10.109 · Livestock Forage Disaster Program$3M1.0%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$2.7M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY$2.8M1.0%
WEST PLAINS, MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.6M0.6%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
OZARK ACTION INC$1.6M0.5%
WEST PLAINS, MO
THE RURAL ALLIANCE FOR BETTER FAMILY HEALTH$1.2M0.4%
WEST PLAINS, MO
OZARKS MEDICAL CENTER$750K

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$225.8M79%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$40.8M14%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$4.1M1.4%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education$3.4M1.2%
Railroad Retirement Board$2.5M0.9%

Assistance by fiscal year

254.4MFY2021
249.4MFY2022
275.1MFY2023
275.1MFY2024
310.9MFY2025
286.4MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Howell 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.

Howell County, Missouri
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Howell County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Howell County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$1,570	$1,436
FY2018	$351	$1,552
FY2019	$1,379	$1,654
FY2020	$672	$1,880
FY2021	$730	$1,810
FY2022	$2,062	$1,917
FY2023	$1,992	$2,079
FY2024	$753	$2,047
FY2025	$154	$2,165
FY2026	$1,281 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Howell County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Howell County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$24.53	$93.28
FY2018	$2.15	$105
FY2019	$0.42	$128
FY2020	$0.16	$145
FY2021	$0.17	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Howell County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Howell County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$1,187	$5,748
FY2022	$2,354	$5,221
FY2023	$2,491	$5,364
FY2024	$967	$5,501
FY2025	$659	$5,732
FY2026	$1,376

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Howell County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Howell County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$113	$298
FY2022	$75.37	$357
FY2023	$253	$301
FY2024	$171	$319
FY2025	$423	$360
FY2026	$44.01

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Howell County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Howell County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$74.58	$239
FY2022	$60.51	$185
FY2023	$59.58	$229
FY2024	$48.32	$229
FY2025	$81.52	$249
FY2026	$65.75

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Howell County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Howell County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$219	$2,304
FY2022	$148	$2,197
FY2023	$235	$2,274
FY2024	$28.18	$2,267
FY2025	$30.28	$2,397
FY2026	$48.67

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Howell County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Howell County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$697	$1,186
FY2022	$252	$465
FY2023	$16.24	$76.52
FY2024	$22.01	$120
FY2025	$11.18	$148
FY2026	$43.03

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.

Howell County, Missouri
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Howell County, Missouri and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Howell County, Missouri	United States
2014	−0.6%

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.

Federal contracts · FY2022

$2,062 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $941 (2.2× that).

Compared with 11 similar counties

Howell County, Missouri
Comparison counties (average)

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/29091

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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.

Howell 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

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Howell County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

West Plains, MO22Central county

Cities and towns in Howell County

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

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
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Calendar years	Howell County, Missouri	United States
2014	−3.8%	−4.2%
2015	+1.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.0%	+3.3%
2018	+4.7%	+6.8%
2019	+7.8%	+10.5%
2020	+14.9%	+19.4%
2021	+21.4%	+26.1%
2022	+28.6%	+30.6%
2023	+34.3%	+35.0%
2024	+40.4%	+41.0%
2025	+46.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Howell County, Missouri	United States
2014	−3.1%	−5.5%
2015	+0.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.5%	+4.1%
2018	+8.3%	+8.9%
2019	+12.9%	+13.5%
2020	+22.4%	+20.8%
2021	+29.3%	+32.1%
2022	+31.3%	+35.4%
2023	+40.9%	+42.9%
2024	+46.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Howell County, Missouri	United States
2014	0.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.9/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.3/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Howell County, Missouri	United States
2014	−10.1%	−6.9%
2015	+0.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−2.3%	+4.7%
2018	+1.2%	+7.5%
2019	+10.6%	+14.0%
2020	+26.1%	+16.9%
2021	+24.3%	+21.0%
2022	+23.5%	+29.7%
2023	+34.1%	+34.9%
2024	+38.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Howell County, Missouri	United States
2014	22.1%	15.5%
2015	19.9%	14.7%
2016	20.5%	14.0%
2017	22.3%	13.4%
2018	21.3%	13.1%
2019	20.8%	12.3%
2020	18.4%	11.9%
2021	18.4%	12.8%
2022	19.2%	12.6%
2023	16.7%	12.5%
2024	18.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Howell County, Missouri	United States
2014	7.2%	6.2%
2015	6.6%	5.3%
2016	6.2%	4.9%
2017	4.7%	4.4%
2018	3.5%	3.9%
2019	3.9%	3.7%
2020	6.6%	8.1%
2021	4.5%	5.4%
2022	3.0%	3.7%
2023	3.7%	3.6%
2024	4.5%	4.0%
2025	4.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Howell County, Missouri	United States
2014	−12.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.3% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	−0.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+3.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+9.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+45.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+66.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+74.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+83.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+92.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Howell County, Missouri	United States
2014	16.6%	13.5%
2015	13.8%	10.9%
2016	13.7%	10.0%
2017	12.9%	10.2%
2018	14.0%	10.4%
2019	16.1%	10.8%
2020	15.2%	10.4%
2021	14.7%	10.2%
2022	13.0%	9.5%
2023	12.6%	9.5%
2024	11.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Howell County, Missouri	United States
2014	7.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.5/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Howell County, Missouri	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.5 points	−0.6 points	−2.1 points to +1.8 points
Year −2	−6.3 points	−3.3 points	−4.9 points to −1.3 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.8 points	+1.4 points	+0.6 points to +1.9 points
Year +1	+0.7 points	+0.1 points	−2.2 points to +2.0 points
Year +2	−1.8 points	−0.6 points	−1.8 points to +1.3 points

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