County · Missouri

Jackson County, Missouri

Jackson County, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 51 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,549 of 3,143 US counties. Within Missouri it ranks #35 of 115 counties. It ranks best on distance to an Amtrak station (low), distance to an emergency room (low) and new business applications (high). It ranks worst on property crime rate (high), violent crime rate (high) and homicide rate (high).

51Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,549 of 3,143 counties
Missouri: #35 of 115 in MO
Population: 732,994 (2025)
Land area: 605 mi²
Density: 1,212.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 29095

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

Open in the map Federal contracts here

Scores by category

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

Safety2#3,034/3,096
Economy52#1,500/3,143
Housing23#2,426/3,140
Health30#2,199/3,144
Healthcare83#530/3,143
Environment39#1,909/3,108
Education60#1,262/3,144
Infrastructure89#344/3,144
Community64#1,142/3,144
Leisure & amenities71#913/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
97/100Missouri 33 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an emergency room · low3.2 mi
95/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
New business applications · high20.3 /1k
95/100Missouri 16.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Average weekly wage · high$1,432
93/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dentists · high95 /100k
93/100Missouri 64 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Access to exercise opportunities · high92.1%
91/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high2,963 /100k
2/100Missouri 1,644 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Violent crime rate · high799 /100k
2/100Missouri 418 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Homicide rate · high15.0 /100k
5/100Missouri 7.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Firearm deaths · high25.3 /100k
5/100Missouri 20.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Child care cost burden · high40.5%
6/100Missouri 30.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drug overdose deaths · high27.6 /100k
12/100Missouri 18.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 27% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+27 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
21.3% (2020 & 2021) → 40.5% (2023 & 2024)
+19 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.4% (2015-2019) → 91.0% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Homicide rateImproving
26.2 /100k (2021) → 15.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−43%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
14.5 /1k (2020) → 20.3 /1k (2025)
+40%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
21.2% (Dec 2021) → 28.3% (Aug 2026)
+7.1 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

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, Jackson County, Missouri improved on 13 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 11 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.

Improved13

Uninsured−3 points13.2% → 10.2%
Firearm deaths−26%34.0 /100k → 25.3 /100k
Homicides−40%24.9 /100k → 15.0 /100k
Real income+34%$48,667 → $64,974
Unemployment−2.9 points7.1% → 4.2%

Declined7

Transit use−0.6 points2.0% → 1.4%
Overdose deaths+23%22.4 /100k → 27.6 /100k
Pharmacies−19%2.0 /10k → 1.6 /10k
Price / income+0.7×2.7× → 3.4×
Traffic deaths+26%13.3 /100k → 16.7 /100k

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Jackson County, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	4.6 /10k2025	+9.6%	Within the margin of error	58%
Average commute time	23.7 min2015-2019	23.4 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	65%
Average weekly wage	$1,1952020	$1,4322025	+20%	Improved	22%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%2015-2019	34.0%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Improved	43%
Broadband subscriptions	81.4%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	+9.6 points	Improved	47%
Child poverty rate	19.6%2019	19.0%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Distance to an airport	25 mi2020	25 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	22.4 /100k2020	27.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+23%	Declined	12%
Effective property tax rate	1.28%2015-2019	1.13%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	61%
Firearm deaths	34.0 /100k2020	25.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−26%	Improved	85%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−0.2%	Within the margin of error	53%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+8.4%	Within the margin of error	63%
High school diploma or higher	90.6%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	23%
Homicide rate	24.9 /100k2020	15.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−40%	Improved	63%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,6672019	$64,9742024	+34%	Improved	61%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4632015-2019	0.4622020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$57,9072019	$70,6612024	+22%	Improved	34%
New business applications	14.5 /1k2020	20.3 /1k2025	+40%	Improved	45%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−19%	Declined	26%
Poverty rate	13.7%2019	14.3%2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Property crime rate	3,583 /100k2020	2,963 /100k2025	−17%	Improved	23%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	+7.7%	Within the margin of error	87%
Public transit commuters	2.0%2015-2019	1.4%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Declined	27%
Rent as share of income	28.4%2015-2019	30.3%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Declined	28%
Rent-burdened households	46.1%2015-2019	50.7%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Declined	27%
Restaurants and bars	9.4 /10k2020	9.6 /10k2025	+1.5%	Within the margin of error	54%
Students per teacher	14.3×2019	13.3×2024	−1.0×	Improved	60%
Suicide rate	19.1 /100k2020	19.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+1%	Within the margin of error	55%
Traffic deaths	13.3 /100k2015-2019	16.7 /100k2020-2024	+26%	Declined	28%
Unemployment rate	7.1%2020	4.2%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	58%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.2%2019	10.2%2024	−3 points	Improved	83%
Violent crime rate	954 /100k2020	799 /100k2025	−16%	Improved	51%

“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 Jackson County, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jackson 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, Jackson County, Missouri itself moved −1.8 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

719,976 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

306,798 households (±1,461)

Jackson County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k17%52,263
$25k–50k20%60,992
$50k–75k17%52,828

Homes

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

Owners and renters

306,798 households (±1,461)

Jackson County, Missouri
Missouri share

Own59%181,443
Rent41%125,355

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

358,002 workers (±2,988)

Jackson County, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone73%260,255
Carpool7.0%25,080
Public transit1.4%4,869

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 Kansas City, MO-KS

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.

Jackson County has 18,212 employer establishments, 253 for every 10,000 residents (1.02× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Missouri's), with 360,017 paid employees at an average annual pay of $69,909. The Census Bureau also counts 57,966 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 18,212; 57,966 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 253; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 360,017
Average annual pay: $69,909; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	1,577	21.9	1.05×About typical	18,380	$82,598	2,312
Restaurants and other eating places	1,335	18.5	1.01×About typical	30,346	$24,206	233
Specialty trade contractors	1,027	14.2	0.92×About typical	16,472	$77,994	3,517
Lessors of real estate	872	12.1	0.98×About typical	4,217	$79,429	5,972
Individual and family services	634	8.8	3.14×More than typical	4,482	$38,149	335
Limited-service restaurants	595	8.3	1.03×About typical	12,835	$20,498	113
Legal services	590	8.2	1.52×More than typical	5,542	$131,101	601
Full-service restaurants	569	7.9	1.03×About typical	15,296	$27,627	77
Religious organizations	478	6.6	1.20×About typical	8,007	$30,094	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	461	6.4	1.57×More than typical	6,597	$66,855	593
Services to buildings and dwellings	458	6.4	0.94×About typical	4,805	$39,046	3,317
Offices of other health practitioners	453	6.3	1.03×About typical	2,009	$48,696	1,189

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 721,035 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 $3B on contracts performed in Jackson County, Missouri: $4,096 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3B; −16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,096; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.0%; 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 Energy$2.3B76%
Department of the Army$198.2M6.6%
Office of the Chief Financial Officer$100.4M3.3%
Office of Procurement Operations$88.7M3.0%
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services$70.2M2.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs$61.5M2.0%
Defense Logistics Agency$56.9M1.9%
Federal Aviation Administration$28.1M0.9%

Top recipients

HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$2.3B76%
OLIN WINCHESTER LLC$166.5M5.5%
VENDTECH-SGI LLC$74.3M2.5%
SKYMARK REFUELERS LLC$49.9M1.7%
BRILLIENT CORPORATION$31.1M1.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.6BFY2017
2BFY2018
2.1BFY2019
2.4BFY2020
2.7BFY2021
3.1BFY2022
3.2BFY2023
3.7B

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$2.3B77%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$166.7M5.6%
Investigation and security services · 5616$88.9M3.0%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$85.7M2.9%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$49.6M1.7%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

Largest awards

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY CAMPUS -- CONTRACT NO. DE-NA0002839$17.7B
HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC· Jackson County, MO· Facilities & utilities· Oct 28, 2016 – Sep 29, 2026· DENA0002839
NGSW FACILITY CONSTRUCTION SOW AT LCAAP UCO.$598.6M
OLIN WINCHESTER LLC· Jackson County, MO· Professional services· Mar 5, 2024 – Jun 10, 2026· W519TC24F0083
AWARD FY25 PRODUCTION ORDERS.$505.8M
OLIN WINCHESTER LLC· Jackson County, MO· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 17, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· W519TC25F0303
THE PURPOSE OF THIS DELIVERY ORDER IS TO AWARD THE XM1201 ONE-WAY LUMINESCENT (OWL) TRACER MANUFACTURING PROJECT.

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 $4.2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Jackson County, Missouri: $5,758 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $4.2B; −5.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,758; US $12,955
Loan face value: $240M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.5B58%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$343M8.1%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$329.8M7.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$214.1M5.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$134.1M3.2%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$133M3.2%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$100.2M2.4%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$96.2M2.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$276.4M6.5%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF KANSAS CITY, MO$88M2.1%
KANSAS CITY, MO
THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI$39.2M0.9%
COLUMBIA, MO
JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT OF METROPOLITAN$26.9M0.6%
KANSAS CITY, MO
CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL

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$3.2B75%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$375.7M8.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$277.8M6.6%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$115.3M2.7%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

3.9BFY2021
3.8BFY2022
4.1BFY2023
4.1BFY2024
4.5BFY2025
4.2BFY2026

County aggregates

85%

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 Jackson 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.

Jackson County, Missouri
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$2,240	$1,436
FY2018	$2,880	$1,552
FY2019	$3,032	$1,654
FY2020	$3,350	$1,880
FY2021	$3,735	$1,810
FY2022	$4,302	$1,917
FY2023	$4,488	$2,079
FY2024	$5,035	$2,047
FY2025	$4,902	$2,165
FY2026	$4,096 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$141	$93.28
FY2018	$235	$105
FY2019	$256	$128
FY2020	$128	$145
FY2021	$107	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$4,150	$5,748
FY2022	$4,484	$5,221
FY2023	$4,846	$5,364
FY2024	$5,449	$5,501
FY2025	$5,588	$5,732
FY2026	$4,610

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$40.96	$298
FY2022	$51.58	$357
FY2023	$114	$301
FY2024	$141	$319
FY2025	$459	$360
FY2026	$379

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$275	$239
FY2022	$227	$185
FY2023	$348	$229
FY2024	$288	$229
FY2025	$382	$249
FY2026	$252

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$91.93	$2,304
FY2022	$48.13	$2,197
FY2023	$56.79	$2,274
FY2024	$58.23	$2,267
FY2025	$46.81	$2,397
FY2026	$59.17

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$1,180	$1,186
FY2022	$320	$465
FY2023	$86.66	$76.52
FY2024	$104	$120
FY2025	$147	$148
FY2026	$130

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.

Jackson County, Missouri
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Jackson County, Missouri and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
2014	0.7%	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/29095

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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.

Jackson County, Missouri is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Josh HawleyR-

Metro area

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

Kansas City, MO-KS73Central county

Cities and towns in Jackson County

Places whose residents live mostly in Jackson 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
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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
2014	−4.7%	−4.2%
2015	−1.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+3.3%
2018	+5.8%	+6.8%
2019	+8.7%	+10.5%
2020	+16.4%	+19.4%
2021	+21.0%	+26.1%
2022	+24.8%	+30.6%
2023	+29.7%	+35.0%
2024	+34.1%	+41.0%
2025	+39.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
2014	−6.0%	−5.5%
2015	−1.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+4.1%
2018	+5.9%	+8.9%
2019	+8.1%	+13.5%
2020	+15.7%	+20.8%
2021	+23.1%	+32.1%
2022	+26.6%	+35.4%
2023	+35.3%	+42.9%
2024	+40.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
2014	5.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	6.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	6.5/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	5.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	6.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	5.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
2014	−9.1%	−6.9%
2015	−4.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.5%	+4.7%
2018	+9.9%	+7.5%
2019	+13.9%	+14.0%
2020	+11.0%	+16.9%
2021	+24.5%	+21.0%
2022	+23.0%	+29.7%
2023	+30.1%	+34.9%
2024	+39.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
2014	16.5%	15.5%
2015	17.6%	14.7%
2016	15.5%	14.0%
2017	13.8%	13.4%
2018	13.0%	13.1%
2019	13.7%	12.3%
2020	12.4%	11.9%
2021	13.1%	12.8%
2022	15.0%	12.6%
2023	12.0%	12.5%
2024	14.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
2014	7.2%	6.2%
2015	6.0%	5.3%
2016	5.0%	4.9%
2017	4.4%	4.4%
2018	3.7%	3.9%
2019	3.6%	3.7%
2020	7.1%	8.1%
2021	5.0%	5.4%
2022	2.9%	3.7%
2023	3.4%	3.6%
2024	3.9%	4.0%
2025	4.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
2014	−15.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−9.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+10.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+20.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+26.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+42.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+60.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+78.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+88.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+93.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+95.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
2015	−4.5% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.9% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.4% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.0% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+19.5% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+32.2% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+42.3% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+50.3% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+55.1% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+62.5% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
2014	14.8%	13.5%
2015	12.6%	10.9%
2016	11.5%	10.0%
2017	12.6%	10.2%
2018	12.5%	10.4%
2019	13.2%	10.8%
2020	13.0%	10.4%
2021	13.3%	10.2%
2022	11.1%	9.5%
2023	10.5%	9.5%
2024	10.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Jackson County, Missouri	United States
2014	8.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	9.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	9.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	10.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	10.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	12.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	14.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	18.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	18.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	19.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	17.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	20.3/1k	16.6/1k

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