County · Missouri

Jefferson County, Missouri

Jefferson County, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 56 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,375 of 3,143 US counties. Within Missouri it ranks #21 of 115 counties. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), mental health care shortage (low) and rent-burdened households (low). It ranks worst on suicide rate (high), time spent in the emergency room (high) and firearm deaths (high).

56Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,375 of 3,143 counties
Missouri: #21 of 115 in MO
Population: 233,132 (2025)
Land area: 656 mi²
Density: 355.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 29099

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 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.

Safety35#2,002/3,096
Economy81#595/3,143
Housing86#439/3,140
Health43#1,805/3,144
Healthcare67#1,040/3,143
Environment13#2,695/3,108
Education71#898/3,144
Infrastructure70#943/3,144
Community57#1,342/3,144
Leisure & amenities7#2,912/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.395
97/100Missouri 0.465United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Missouri 13.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Rent-burdened households · low39.4%
89/100Missouri 45.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Food insecurity · low11.6%
88/100Missouri 14.3%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Dental care shortage · low0.0
88/100Missouri 9.4United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Severe housing problems · low9.3%
88/100Missouri 12.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high27.2 /100k
8/100Missouri 19.1 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Time spent in the emergency room · high202 min
9/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Firearm deaths · high20.8 /100k
11/100Missouri 20.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Average commute time · high30.6 min
12/100Missouri 23.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
12/100Missouri 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
13/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 24% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+23 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Voter turnoutWorsening
87.4% (2020) → 68.2% (2024)
−19 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
New business applicationsImproving
6.6 /1k (2020) → 12.0 /1k (2025)
+81%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
15.3% (2020 & 2021) → 27.7% (2023 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
61.6% (2010 & 2021) → 73.2% (2022 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
50.9 /100k (2021) → 21.6 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−58%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /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, Jefferson County, Missouri improved on 13 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 14 moved within the margin of error and 3 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−3.5 points11.2% → 7.7%
New businesses+81%6.6 /1k → 12.0 /1k
Rent burden−5.1 points44.6% → 39.4%
Property crime−55%1,703 /100k → 760 /100k
Overdose deaths−54%46.7 /100k → 21.6 /100k

Declined2

Gyms−49%0.8 /10k → 0.4 /10k
Price / income+0.4×2.5× → 2.9×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Jefferson County, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.1 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−6.7%	Within the margin of error	23%
Average commute time	31.2 min2015-2019	30.6 min2020-2024	−0.7 min	Within the margin of error	73%
Average weekly wage	$8062020	$1,0062025	+25%	Improved	57%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Improved	76%
Broadband subscriptions	85.4%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Improved	18%
Child poverty rate	11.3%2019	11.1%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Distance to an airport	29 mi2020	29 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	46.7 /100k2020	21.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−54%	Improved	80%
Effective property tax rate	0.93%2015-2019	0.80%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	55%
Firearm deaths	22.0 /100k2020	20.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−5.5%	Within the margin of error	58%
Grocery stores	0.9 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−2.7%	Within the margin of error	43%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	−49%	Declined	10%
High school diploma or higher	89.1%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Improved	68%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	49%
Homicide rate	4.5 /100k2020	3.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−31%	Within the margin of error	54%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,1302019	$59,8472024	+30%	Improved	37%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3922015-2019	0.3952020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	48%
Median household income	$68,7792019	$86,0732024	+25%	Improved	52%
New business applications	6.6 /1k2020	12.0 /1k2025	+81%	Improved	84%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+21%	Within the margin of error	93%
Poverty rate	8.4%2019	9.3%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Property crime rate	1,703 /100k2020	760 /100k2025	−55%	Improved	82%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	93%
Rent as share of income	27.6%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Rent-burdened households	44.6%2015-2019	39.4%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Improved	79%
Restaurants and bars	4.8 /10k2020	4.3 /10k2025	−9.9%	Within the margin of error	26%
Students per teacher	14.7×2019	14.6×2024	−0.1×	Little change	29%
Suicide rate	28.6 /100k2020	27.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−4.9%	Within the margin of error	67%
Traffic deaths	15.0 /100k2015-2019	15.4 /100k2020-2024	+2.9%	Within the margin of error	52%
Unemployment rate	6.1%2020	3.7%2025	−2.4 points	Improved	45%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.2%2019	7.7%2024	−3.5 points	Improved	87%
Violent crime rate	325 /100k2020	222 /100k2025	−32%	Improved	70%

“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 Jefferson County, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jefferson 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, Jefferson County, Missouri itself moved +4.2 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

229,458 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: 60–69 men (+1.1 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

229,458 residents

Jefferson County, Missouri
Missouri share

White88%202,967
Black1.0%2,315
Hispanic or Latino2.6%6,066

Education

160,812 residents (±153)

Jefferson County, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma8.0%12,925
High school or GED32%50,880
Some college23%36,217

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

88,309 households (±678)

Jefferson County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k11%9,773
$25k–50k17%15,169
$50k–75k17%15,071
$75k–100k15%13,156
$100k–150k22%19,097
$150k–200k10%8,952
$200k or more8.0%7,091

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.8 points).

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

88,309 households (±678)

Jefferson County, Missouri
Missouri share

Own82%72,617
Rent18%15,692

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.9 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

14,432 households (±969)

Jefferson County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75019%2,705
$750–1,00034%4,955
$1,000–1,50037%5,289

Home values

72,617 homes (±1,076)

Jefferson County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k20%14,328
$150k–250k35%25,155
$250k–400k31%22,202

Age of homes

93,955 homes (±84)

Jefferson County, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later11%10,658
2000–200918%16,786
1980–199930%28,410

Size of homes

93,955 homes (±84)

Jefferson County, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio0.5%†428
1 bedroom3.9%3,656
2 bedrooms21%19,944

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

115,830 workers (±1,526)

Jefferson County, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone80%92,126
Carpool7.2%8,351
Public transit0.1%†165
Walk0.6%†744
Bike0.0%†11
Work from home12%13,351
Other0.9%†1,082

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.7 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

102,479 workers (±1,863)

Jefferson County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min17%17,269
15–29 min30%31,138
30–44 min29%29,638

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

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 St. Louis, MO-IL

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.

Jefferson County has 3,956 employer establishments, 171 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.70× Missouri's), with 41,900 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,903. The Census Bureau also counts 16,136 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,956; 16,136 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 171; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 41,900
Average annual pay: $46,903; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	471	20.4	1.32×More than typical	3,780	$59,046	1,415
Ambulatory health care services	280	12.1	0.58×Fewer than typical	1,759	$81,182	452
Restaurants and other eating places	268	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	6,486	$20,053	52
Services to buildings and dwellings	213	9.2	1.37×More than typical	1,194	$41,193	1,139
Construction of buildings	183	7.9	1.05×About typical	769	$52,984	739
Automotive repair and maintenance	155	6.7	1.33×More than typical	777	$48,167	261
Limited-service restaurants	147	6.4	0.79×Fewer than typical	3,349	$19,167	28
Lessors of real estate	145	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	294	$40,078	1,400
Building equipment contractors	142	6.1	1.02×About typical	1,164	$65,546	237
Landscaping services	124	5.4	1.53×More than typical	797	$45,478	360
Building finishing contractors	119	5.1	1.35×More than typical	694	$58,608	480
Truck transportation	115	5	0.98×About typical	419	$47,174	448

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 231,207 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 $30.4M on contracts performed in Jefferson County, Missouri: $130 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $30.4M; +49% vs FY2025
Per resident: $130; US $1,994
Sole-source: 42%; US 30%
Single offer: 33%; 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 Navy$12.7M42%
Defense Logistics Agency$11.9M39%
Environmental Protection Agency$5.4M18%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$167.8K0.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$140.3K0.5%
Department of the Army$6,3640.0%

Top recipients

ENGINEERED COIL COMPANY$12.3M41%
ARNOLD DEFENSE & ELECTRONICS, LLC$11.9M39%
HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC.$5.6M18%
MIL SPEC INC$280K0.9%
SECURITY EQUIPMENT CORPORATION$167.6K0.6%

Spending by fiscal year

20.1MFY2017
15.1MFY2018
38.2MFY2019
24.9MFY2020
47.2MFY2021
19.1MFY2022
26MFY2023
31.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$12M40%
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing · 3334$11.1M37%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$5.8M19%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$421.8K1.4%
Water, sewage and other systems · 2213$252.6K0.8%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353

Largest awards

R7 DES: SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, TRI-STATE MINING DISTRICT, AND IOLA, KANSAS RESIDENTIAL LEAD BACKGROUND STUDIES$5.6M
HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC.· Jefferson County, MO· Facilities & utilities· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 68HE0726F0016
1.5 TON MODULAR REFRIGERATION SYSTEM$4M
ENGINEERED COIL COMPANY· Jefferson County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 18, 2024 – Jan 13, 2026· N6449824F4309
PMA-242 LAUNCHERS AND DRLS$3.2M
ARNOLD DEFENSE & ELECTRONICS, LLC· Jefferson County, MO· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· N0017426F1127
SUPERFUND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT & RESPONSE TEAM 5 (START V) CONTRACT FOR EPA REGION 7 - SITE/PROJECT NAME: SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY MINING SITE. CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP ACCESS OBTAINMENT PLAN, SECURE ACCESS AGREEMENTS, PROVIDE SAMPLING OF RESID

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 $1.4B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Jefferson County, Missouri: $6,037 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.4B; −4.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,037; US $12,955
Loan face value: $79M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$929.7M66%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$164.6M12%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$126.8M9.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$93.7M6.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$23.6M1.7%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$18.5M1.3%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$9.4M0.7%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$7.4M0.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$18.7M1.3%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
JEFFERSON FRANKLIN COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION$9.6M0.7%
HILLSBORO, MO
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI$3.9M0.3%
HILLSBORO, MO
R.A. NETWORKS$1.3M0.1%
CHESTERFIELD, MO
DESOTO HOUSING ASSOCIATES, L.P.

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$1.2B86%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$141.7M10%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$18.7M1.3%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board$18.5M1.3%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$8.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.2BFY2021
1.2BFY2022
1.5BFY2023
1.4BFY2024
1.5BFY2025
1.4BFY2026

County aggregates

98%

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 Jefferson 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$89.66	$1,436
FY2018	$67.24	$1,552
FY2019	$170	$1,654
FY2020	$110	$1,880
FY2021	$207	$1,810
FY2022	$83.16	$1,917
FY2023	$112	$2,079
FY2024	$136	$2,047
FY2025	$87.29	$2,165
FY2026	$130 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$0.05	$93.28
FY2018	-$0.01	$105
FY2019	$3.56	$128
FY2020	$0.65	$145
FY2021	$65.84	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$517	$5,748
FY2022	$261	$5,221
FY2023	$1,282	$5,364
FY2024	$324	$5,501
FY2025	$253	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$120	$298
FY2022	$74.07	$357
FY2023	$1,070	$301
FY2024	$150	$319
FY2025	$122	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$61.25	$239
FY2022	$47.63	$185
FY2023	$55.70	$229
FY2024	$56.37	$229
FY2025	$65.12	$249
FY2026	$53.20

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$104	$2,304
FY2022	$86.33	$2,197
FY2023	$69.38	$2,274
FY2024	$18.45	$2,267
FY2025	$22.87	$2,397
FY2026	-$22.82

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$436	$1,186
FY2022	$206	$465
FY2023	$7.21	$76.52
FY2024	$46.86	$120
FY2025	$28.04	$148
FY2026	$62.29

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Jefferson County, Missouri and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
2014	0.3%

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.

Jumps not compared

FY2023, Contracts and grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.
FY2023, Transportation grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

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/29099

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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.

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

House

Senate

Metro area

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

St. Louis, MO-IL72Central county

Cities and towns in Jefferson County

Places whose residents live mostly in Jefferson 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	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
2014	−5.1%	−4.2%
2015	−1.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+3.3%
2018	+6.8%	+6.8%
2019	+10.4%	+10.5%
2020	+18.4%	+19.4%
2021	+23.2%	+26.1%
2022	+29.2%	+30.6%
2023	+35.7%	+35.0%
2024	+40.1%	+41.0%
2025	+47.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
2014	2.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
2014	−4.1%	−6.9%
2015	−4.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.3%	+4.7%
2018	+5.9%	+7.5%
2019	+11.8%	+14.0%
2020	+9.2%	+16.9%
2021	+12.1%	+21.0%
2022	+27.3%	+29.7%
2023	+32.5%	+34.9%
2024	+39.9%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
2014	−9.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+20.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+33.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+41.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+49.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+55.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+61.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.8% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.7% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.4% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+19.4% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+27.0% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+40.2% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+48.9% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+57.1% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+64.4% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
2014	6.3%	6.2%
2015	5.0%	5.3%
2016	4.3%	4.9%
2017	3.6%	4.4%
2018	3.1%	3.9%
2019	3.0%	3.7%
2020	6.1%	8.1%
2021	3.8%	5.4%
2022	2.5%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	3.4%	4.0%
2025	3.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
2014	−5.9%	−5.5%
2015	−2.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+4.1%
2018	+6.0%	+8.9%
2019	+10.7%	+13.5%
2020	+16.9%	+20.8%
2021	+26.3%	+32.1%
2022	+30.7%	+35.4%
2023	+38.2%	+42.9%
2024	+43.7%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
2014	10.6%	15.5%
2015	10.5%	14.7%
2016	10.1%	14.0%
2017	10.7%	13.4%
2018	8.7%	13.1%
2019	8.4%	12.3%
2020	8.9%	11.9%
2021	8.7%	12.8%
2022	9.0%	12.6%
2023	9.2%	12.5%
2024	9.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
2014	12.1%	13.5%
2015	10.8%	10.9%
2016	9.4%	10.0%
2017	10.0%	10.2%
2018	11.0%	10.4%
2019	11.2%	10.8%
2020	11.4%	10.4%
2021	9.7%	10.2%
2022	9.5%	9.5%
2023	7.7%	9.5%
2024	7.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Missouri	United States
2014	5.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.6/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.0/1k	16.6/1k