County · Missouri

Madison County, Missouri

Madison County, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 33 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,116 of 3,143 US counties. Within Missouri it ranks #73 of 115 counties. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), voter turnout (high) and distance to an emergency room (low). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), mammography screening (low) and access to exercise opportunities (low).

33Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,116 of 3,143 counties
Missouri: #73 of 115 in MO
Population: 12,858 (2025)
Land area: 494 mi²
Density: 26.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 29123

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 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.

Safety43#1,774/3,096
Economy18#2,577/3,143
Housing77#726/3,140
Health22#2,438/3,144
Healthcare32#2,147/3,143
Environment45#1,719/3,108
Education29#2,244/3,144
Infrastructure39#1,913/3,144
Community39#1,922/3,144
Leisure & amenities49#1,605/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low83 min
97/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Voter turnout · high82.1%
97/100Missouri 66.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Distance to an emergency room · low3.1 mi
96/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Gyms and fitness centers · high1.6 /10k
86/100Missouri 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Public transit commuters · high0.7%
81/100Missouri 0.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Distance to an Amtrak station · low18 mi
80/100Missouri 33 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$825
6/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mammography screening · low33.0%
8/100Missouri 49.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Access to exercise opportunities · low31.4%
10/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Firearm deaths · high25.3 /100k
11/100Missouri 20.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Median household income · low$52,177
11/100Missouri $71,583United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Primary care shortage · high18.0
11/100Missouri 10.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 54% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+54 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesWorsening
75.4% (2010 & 2021) → 31.4% (2022 & 2024)
−44 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.8 /10k (2020) → 1.6 /10k (2025)
+96%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
17.8% (2020 & 2021) → 36.3% (2023 & 2024)
+18 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New business applicationsImproving
6.7 /1k (2020) → 12.1 /1k (2025)
+79%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.7% (2015-2019) → 84.0% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Madison County, Missouri improved on 8 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 20 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 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Broadband+15 points68.7% → 84.0%
Overdose deaths−67%38.1 /100k → 12.5 /100k
New businesses+79%6.7 /1k → 12.1 /1k
Weekly wage+28%$643 → $825
Uninsured−2.4 points13.5% → 11.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Madison County, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.6 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	+47%	Within the margin of error	90%
Average commute time	26.7 min2015-2019	23.9 min2020-2024	−2.8 min	Within the margin of error	93%
Average weekly wage	$6432020	$8252025	+28%	Improved	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%2015-2019	16.3%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	68.7%2015-2019	84.0%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	82%
Child poverty rate	24.2%2019	19.5%2024	−4.7 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Distance to an airport	84 mi2020	84 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	38.1 /100k2020	12.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−67%	Improved	90%
Effective property tax rate	0.79%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Firearm deaths	20.7 /100k2020	25.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+22%	Within the margin of error	21%
Grocery stores	2.4 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−1.8%	Within the margin of error	46%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+96%	Within the margin of error	94%
High school diploma or higher	84.4%2015-2019	87.9%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	39%
Homicide rate	7.2 /100k2020	5.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−19%	Within the margin of error	41%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,5762019	$55,6012024	+34%	Improved	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4542015-2019	0.4602020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	44%
Median household income	$43,9192019	$52,1772024	+19%	Improved	20%
New business applications	6.7 /1k2020	12.1 /1k2025	+79%	Improved	83%
Pharmacies	0.8 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−1.8%	Within the margin of error	60%
Poverty rate	16.7%2019	15.1%2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−5.7%	Within the margin of error	22%
Rent as share of income	29.9%2015-2019	26.0%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Rent-burdened households	49.7%2015-2019	41.0%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Restaurants and bars	7.1 /10k2020	5.4 /10k2025	−24%	Within the margin of error	11%
Students per teacher	13.1×2019	12.6×2024	−0.4×	Little change	40%
Suicide rate	20.5 /100k2020	20.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2%	Within the margin of error	54%
Traffic deaths	24.6 /100k2015-2019	18.9 /100k2020-2024	−23%	Within the margin of error	82%
Unemployment rate	6.6%2020	4.8%2025	−1.8 points	Improved	30%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.5%2019	11.1%2024	−2.4 points	Improved	75%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 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; 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 Madison County, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Madison 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, Madison County, Missouri itself moved +6.5 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

12,729 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: 30–39 men (+1.9 points).

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

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

12,729 residents

Madison County, Missouri
Missouri share

White92%11,738
Black0.3%†35
Hispanic or Latino2.8%356
Asian0.3%†36
American Indian and Alaska Native0.5%†65
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.9%499

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+2.5 points).

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

Table view

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

Education

8,866 residents (±69)

Madison County, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma12%1,073
High school or GED44%3,930
Some college21%1,832
Associate degree6.6%584
Bachelor's degree12%1,029
Graduate degree4.7%418

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (+7.9 points).

Table view

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

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

Income

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

Household income

4,683 households (±239)

Madison County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k18%842
$25k–50k27%1,248
$50k–75k19%889
$75k–100k13%608
$100k–150k13%595
$150k–200k6.3%†294
$200k or more4.4%†207

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−12.2 points).

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

Table view

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

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

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,683 households (±239)

Madison County, Missouri
Missouri share

Own74%3,450
Rent26%1,233

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

1,138 households (±176)

Madison County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75043%487
$750–1,00038%†427
$1,000–1,5008.0%†91

Home values

3,450 homes (±209)

Madison County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k45%1,537
$150k–250k31%1,085
$250k–400k19%647

Age of homes

5,866 homes (±18)

Madison County, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later8.1%†475
2000–20098.6%†507
1980–199929%1,677

Size of homes

5,866 homes (±18)

Madison County, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio3.7%†217
1 bedroom8.4%491
2 bedrooms29%1,722

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

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

5,309 workers (±318)

Madison County, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone74%3,951
Carpool9.7%†515
Public transit0.7%†39
Walk1.9%†100
Bike0.2%†10
Work from home11%586
Other2.0%†108

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.0 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

4,723 workers (±335)

Madison County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min42%1,981
15–29 min28%1,299
30–44 min16%772

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

Local businesses

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

Madison County has 231 employer establishments, 182 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248; 0.74× Missouri's), with 3,148 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,590. The Census Bureau also counts 918 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 231; 918 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 182; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 3,148
Average annual pay: $40,590; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	19	14.9	0.81×About typical	230	$19,961	—
Specialty trade contractors	18	14.1	0.91×About typical	57	$48,474	119
Ambulatory health care services	12	9.4	0.45×Fewer than typical	104	$37,712	21
Limited-service restaurants	10	7.9	0.98×About typical	143	$21,420	—
Religious organizations	10	7.9	1.42×More than typical	157	$34,255	—
Construction of buildings	9	7.1	0.94×Too few to compare	54	$51,222	49
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	8	6.3	3.60×Too few to compare	105	$55,371	3
Gasoline stations	8	6.3	1.94×Too few to compare	96	$23,292	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	7	5.5	1.09×Too few to compare	40	$34,200	20
Banks and credit unions	7	5.5	1.70×Too few to compare	58	$44,103	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	7	5.5	1.75×Too few to compare	26	$43,538	25
Individual and family services	7	5.5	1.96×Too few to compare	385	$40,052	9

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 12,727 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 $1.2M on contracts performed in Madison County, Missouri: $95.73 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.2M; +24% vs FY2025
Per resident: $95.73; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 100%; 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

Environmental Protection Agency$819.6K67%
Forest Service$411.2K33%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.9MFY2017
5.6MFY2018
4.9MFY2019
2.5MFY2020
932.7KFY2021
3.1MFY2022
3.2MFY2023
1.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$1.2M100%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$411.2K33%

Largest awards

RAF-DES CONTRACT FOR RI/FS FOR MADISON COUNTY MINES OU7.$3.5M
HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC.· Madison County, MO· Construction & real property· Apr 15, 2020 – May 28, 2026· 68HE0720F0077
MADISON COUNTY MINES SUPERFUND SITE, OPERABLE UNIT 1 (OU1), REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION / FEASIBILITY STUDY (RI/FS) RAF/DES$3.1M
CH2M HILL, INC· Madison County, MO· Construction & real property· Sep 23, 2021 – Jul 13, 2026· 68HE0721F0131
R7 MISSOURI ELECTRIC WORKS (MEW) SUPERFUND SITE REMEDIAL ACTION MAINTENANCE SERVICES$1.7M
BETTER BY DESIGN LLC· Madison County, MO· Facilities & utilities· Sep 29, 2023 – Mar 17, 2026· 68HE0723F0151
R7 START: MADISON COUNTY MINES.

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 $88.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Madison County, Missouri: $6,864 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $88.3M; −6.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,864; US $12,955
Loan face value: $2.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$50.9M58%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$12.9M15%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$11.1M13%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$6.2M7.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$3.4M3.9%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$718.8K0.8%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$708.5K0.8%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$491.8K0.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.5M1.7%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
FREDERICKTOWN SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING, L.P.$171.8K0.2%
DEXTER, MO
FREDERICKTOWN ASSOCIATES II LP$128.8K0.1%
FREDERICKTOWN, MO
FREDERICKTOWN ASSOCIATES I, L.P.$120.9K0.1%
FREDERICKTOWN, MO
NEW MORNING APARTMENTS INC.

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$73.4M83%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$12.3M14%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$1.5M1.7%
Department of Transportation
Rural Housing Service$421.4K0.5%
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Retirement Board$364.3K

Assistance by fiscal year

75.4MFY2021
81.1MFY2022
82.7MFY2023
89MFY2024
94.1MFY2025
88.3MFY2026

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 Madison 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.

Madison County, Missouri
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$159	$1,436
FY2018	$462	$1,552
FY2019	$405	$1,654
FY2020	$198	$1,880
FY2021	$73.64	$1,810
FY2022	$243	$1,917
FY2023	$250	$2,079
FY2024	$115	$2,047
FY2025	$77.07	$2,165
FY2026	$95.73 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$52.07	$145
FY2021	$63.10	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$251	$5,748
FY2022	$687	$5,221
FY2023	$401	$5,364
FY2024	$438	$5,501
FY2025	$358	$5,732
FY2026	$213

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$176	$298
FY2022	$418	$357
FY2023	$122	$301
FY2024	$284	$319
FY2025	$268	$360
FY2026	$117

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$29.11	$239
FY2022	$32.93	$185
FY2023	$31.13	$229
FY2024	$42.08	$229
FY2025	$52.48	$249
FY2026	$34.49

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$498	$1,186
FY2022	$95.94	$465
FY2023	-$16.78	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$51.93

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.

Madison County, Missouri
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Madison County, Missouri and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Madison County, Missouri	United States
2014	−1.4%	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/29123

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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.

Madison 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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Cities and towns in Madison County

Places whose residents live mostly in Madison 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
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	Madison County, Missouri	United States
2014	−0.4%	−4.2%
2015	−1.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.5%	+3.3%
2018	+8.6%	+6.8%
2019	+11.5%	+10.5%
2020	+19.7%	+19.4%
2021	+24.0%	+26.1%
2022	+31.8%	+30.6%
2023	+40.0%	+35.0%
2024	+45.4%	+41.0%
2025	+53.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Madison County, Missouri	United States
2014	−1.8%	−5.5%
2015	+0.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.1%	+4.1%
2018	+3.3%	+8.9%
2019	+8.4%	+13.5%
2020	+19.2%	+20.8%
2021	+24.1%	+32.1%
2022	+27.1%	+35.4%
2023	+36.2%	+42.9%
2024	+40.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Madison County, Missouri	United States
2014	0.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.8/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Madison County, Missouri	United States
2014	−4.2%	−6.9%
2015	−3.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.5%	+4.7%
2018	+8.9%	+7.5%
2019	+19.0%	+14.0%
2020	+21.9%	+16.9%
2021	+25.8%	+21.0%
2022	+27.5%	+29.7%
2023	+41.8%	+34.9%
2024	+41.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Madison County, Missouri	United States
2014	20.4%	15.5%
2015	19.3%	14.7%
2016	18.0%	14.0%
2017	18.6%	13.4%
2018	16.6%	13.1%
2019	16.7%	12.3%
2020	16.3%	11.9%
2021	13.9%	12.8%
2022	18.1%	12.6%
2023	16.0%	12.5%
2024	15.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Madison County, Missouri	United States
2014	7.0%	6.2%
2015	6.0%	5.3%
2016	5.5%	4.9%
2017	4.6%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.4%	3.7%
2020	6.6%	8.1%
2021	4.2%	5.4%
2022	3.1%	3.7%
2023	3.8%	3.6%
2024	4.3%	4.0%
2025	4.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Madison County, Missouri	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+4.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+28.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+46.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+57.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+65.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+71.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+75.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Madison County, Missouri	United States
2014	17.3%	13.5%
2015	14.7%	10.9%
2016	13.1%	10.0%
2017	12.7%	10.2%
2018	13.2%	10.4%
2019	13.5%	10.8%
2020	14.7%	10.4%
2021	12.7%	10.2%
2022	10.8%	9.5%
2023	9.8%	9.5%
2024	11.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Madison County, Missouri	United States
2014	5.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.2/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.1/1k	16.6/1k

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Strengths · Weaknesses

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What changed in five years

Improved8

Declined0

Counties like Madison County, Missouri five years ago that improved

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Cities and towns in Madison County

Neighboring counties

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Data and sources

Improved8

Declined0

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

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How outcomes moved

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