County · Missouri

New Madrid County, Missouri

New Madrid County, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 18 out of 100 (very low), ranking #2,580 of 3,143 US counties. Within Missouri it ranks #104 of 115 counties. It ranks best on cost of buying a home today (low), public libraries (high) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), life expectancy (low) and violent crime rate (high).

18Very low

Quality-of-life score: #2,580 of 3,143 counties
Missouri: #104 of 115 in MO
Population: 15,086 (2025)
Land area: 675 mi²
Density: 22.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 29143

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety1#3,053/3,096
Economy11#2,789/3,143
Housing89#345/3,140
Health3#3,058/3,144
Healthcare3#3,034/3,143
Environment2#3,038/3,108
Education41#1,859/3,144
Infrastructure46#1,690/3,144
Community41#1,856/3,144
Leisure & amenities53#1,479/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Cost of buying a home today · low16.5%
97/100Missouri 28.9%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Public libraries · high5.2 /10k
93/100Missouri 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Students per teacher · low9.9×
93/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Grocery stores · high4.0 /10k
91/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Home price to income ratio · low2.2×
86/100Missouri 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
85/100Missouri 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low6 /100k
3/100Missouri 72 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Life expectancy · low69.3 yrs
4/100Missouri 75.7 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Violent crime rate · high659 /100k
4/100Missouri 418 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Physical inactivity · high36.9%
4/100Missouri 31.3%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Property crime rate · high2,280 /100k
5/100Missouri 1,644 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
High ozone days · high4 days
5/100Missouri 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
16,329 (2020) → 15,086 (2025)
−7.6%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
New homes permittedImproving
0.2 /1k (2021) → 1.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+786%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 54% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+54 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
PharmaciesImproving
1.2 /10k (2020) → 2.7 /10k (2025)
+116%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Drinking water violationsImproving
1 (2020) → 0 (2024)
−100%4 years
New business applicationsImproving
6.9 /1k (2020) → 13.0 /1k (2025)
+88%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

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, New Madrid County, Missouri improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 19 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

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

Improved9

High school++8.1 points78.7% → 86.8%
Real income+50%$43,145 → $64,660
Broadband+17 points72.3% → 89.2%
New businesses+88%6.9 /1k → 13.0 /1k
Students / teacher−1.9×11.7× → 9.9×

Declined2

Inequality+0.0620.437 → 0.498
Property crime+20%1,906 /100k → 2,280 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of New Madrid County, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.4 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	14%
Average commute time	19.8 min2015-2019	21.3 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Within the margin of error	28%
Average weekly wage	$7422020	$8832025	+19%	Improved	18%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%2015-2019	14.5%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Broadband subscriptions	72.3%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	87%
Child poverty rate	32.9%2019	27.4%2024	−5.5 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Distance to an airport	110 mi2020	110 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	19.9 /100k2020	12.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−38%	Within the margin of error	62%
Effective property tax rate	0.73%2015-2019	0.67%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Firearm deaths	21.2 /100k2020	24.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+14%	Within the margin of error	29%
Grocery stores	3.7 /10k2020	4.0 /10k2025	+8.2%	Within the margin of error	76%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+8.2%	Within the margin of error	63%
High school diploma or higher	78.7%2015-2019	86.8%2020-2024	+8.1 points	Improved	97%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	69%
Homicide rate	19.4 /100k2020	10.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−45%	Within the margin of error	68%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,1452019	$64,6602024	+50%	Improved	96%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4372015-2019	0.4982020-2024	+0.062	Declined	4%
Median household income	$42,1152019	$53,1202024	+26%	Improved	56%
New business applications	6.9 /1k2020	13.0 /1k2025	+88%	Improved	87%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	+116%	Within the margin of error	100%
Poverty rate	22.5%2019	19.1%2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Property crime rate	1,906 /100k2020	2,280 /100k2025	+20%	Declined	5%
Public libraries	4.7 /10k2019	5.2 /10k2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	92%
Rent as share of income	27.4%2015-2019	27.6%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Rent-burdened households	45.4%2015-2019	42.6%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Restaurants and bars	7.3 /10k2020	6.0 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	15%
Students per teacher	11.7×2019	9.9×2024	−1.9×	Improved	85%
Traffic deaths	36.5 /100k2015-2019	45.7 /100k2020-2024	+25%	Within the margin of error	28%
Unemployment rate	6.3%2020	5.1%2025	−1.2 points	Improved	17%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.9%2019	11.0%2024	−2.9 points	Improved	82%
Violent crime rate	642 /100k2020	659 /100k2025	+2.6%	Within the margin of error	30%

“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 New Madrid County, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of New Madrid 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, New Madrid County, Missouri itself moved +2.2 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

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

Who lives here

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

Age and sex

15,731 residents

Men
Women

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

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−0.9 points).

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

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

Race and Hispanic origin

15,731 residents

New Madrid County, Missouri
Missouri share

White74%11,676
Black13%2,051
Hispanic or Latino1.9%292

Education

10,856 residents (±42)

New Madrid County, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma13%1,430
High school or GED47%5,155
Some college14%1,551

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

6,695 households (±249)

New Madrid County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k23%1,544
$25k–50k26%1,720
$50k–75k17%1,149
$75k–100k12%799
$100k–150k13%855
$150k–200k5.4%363
$200k or more4.0%†265

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−9.3 points).

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

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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

6,695 households (±249)

New Madrid County, Missouri
Missouri share

Own64%4,300
Rent36%2,395

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

2,024 households (±234)

New Madrid County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75054%1,098
$750–1,00030%599
$1,000–1,50016%†321

Home values

4,300 homes (±210)

New Madrid County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k62%2,649
$150k–250k22%942
$250k–400k12%510

Age of homes

7,876 homes (±41)

New Madrid County, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later3.7%†291
2000–20098.0%633
1980–199926%2,076

Size of homes

7,876 homes (±41)

New Madrid County, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio0.6%†49
1 bedroom6.5%513
2 bedrooms28%2,224

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

6,271 workers (±273)

New Madrid County, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone87%5,429
Carpool9.2%580
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.6%†35
Bike0.0%†2
Work from home3.3%†210
Other0.2%†15

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (+4.6 points).

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

Table view

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

Time to get to work

6,061 workers (±287)

New Madrid County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min42%2,556
15–29 min30%1,826
30–44 min16%970

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.

New Madrid County has 376 employer establishments, 244 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 1.00× Missouri's), with 6,096 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,672. The Census Bureau also counts 886 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 376; 886 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 244; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 6,096
Average annual pay: $45,672; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	32	20.8	1.00×About typical	706	$36,942	30
Individual and family services	23	14.9	5.33×More than typical	179	$22,905	5
Restaurants and other eating places	23	14.9	0.81×About typical	500	$19,064	10
Religious organizations	16	10.4	1.87×More than typical	49	$15,163	—
Gasoline stations	14	9.1	2.80×More than typical	315	$33,003	—
Limited-service restaurants	13	8.4	1.05×About typical	369	$18,656	—
General merchandise stores	12	7.8	4.40×More than typical	394	$30,157	10
Home health care services	12	7.8	6.43×More than typical	469	$26,991	17
Truck transportation	11	7.1	1.41×More than typical	284	$43,356	26
Full-service restaurants	10	6.5	0.84×About typical	131	$20,214	3
Services to buildings and dwellings	10	6.5	0.96×About typical	18	$29,222	85
Banks and credit unions	9	5.8	1.81×Too few to compare	104	$44,462	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 15,415 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 $0 on contracts performed in New Madrid County, Missouri: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE CONSTRUCTION CO LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

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 $122.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for New Madrid County, Missouri: $8,111 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $122.4M; −3.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,111; US $12,975
Loan face value: $13M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 17%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$50M41%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$15.2M12%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$13.3M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$9.3M7.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$7.8M6.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$5.1M4.2%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$4.5M3.6%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$3.4M2.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$5.9M4.9%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL REGIONAL CONSORTIUM, INCORPORATED$807.3K0.7%
SIKESTON, MO
HOUSING AUTH OF NEW MADRID$735.2K0.6%
NEW MADRID, MO
J & S FARMS$600K0.5%
GIDEON, MO
TAYLOR FARMS$600K

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$78M64%
Farm Service Agency$18.2M15%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$10.3M8.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$5.9M4.9%
Department of Transportation
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Assistance by fiscal year

176.1MFY2021
82.6MFY2022
111.5MFY2023
125.6MFY2024
127.3MFY2025
122.4MFY2026

County aggregates

73%

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in New Madrid County, Missouri

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 New Madrid 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.

New Madrid County, Missouri
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Madrid County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$314	$1,436
FY2018	$98.05	$1,552
FY2019	$289	$1,654
FY2020	$146	$1,880
FY2021	$112	$1,810
FY2022	$756	$1,917
FY2023	$805	$2,079
FY2024	$249	$2,047
FY2025	$167	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Madrid County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$300	$93.28
FY2018	$96.87	$105
FY2019	$287	$128
FY2020	$145	$145
FY2021	$111	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Madrid County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$1,525	$5,748
FY2022	$1,415	$5,221
FY2023	$1,480	$5,364
FY2024	$2,286	$5,501
FY2025	$846	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Madrid County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$158	$298
FY2022	$150	$357
FY2023	$234	$301
FY2024	$1,242	$319
FY2025	$562	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Madrid County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$220	$239
FY2022	$230	$185
FY2023	$236	$229
FY2024	$241	$229
FY2025	$277	$249
FY2026	$212

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Madrid County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$1,039	$2,304
FY2022	$418	$2,197
FY2023	$320	$2,274
FY2024	$235	$2,267
FY2025	-$1.21	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Madrid County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$777	$1,186
FY2022	$151	$465
FY2023	$64.02	$76.52
FY2024	$12.89	$120
FY2025	$26.12	$148
FY2026	$154

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, New Madrid County, Missouri and the United States, by year
Calendar years	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States

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.

Construction contracts · FY2022

$749 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $188 (4× that).

Compared with 5 similar counties

New Madrid County, Missouri
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

New homes permitted: change since 2021per 1,000 people

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/29143

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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.

New Madrid 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 New Madrid County

Places whose residents live mostly in New Madrid 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 2026-10-08
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
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Calendar years	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
2014	+10.0%	−4.2%
2015	+11.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.7%	+3.3%
2018	+2.6%	+6.8%
2019	+8.8%	+10.5%
2020	+12.4%	+19.4%
2021	+18.3%	+26.1%
2022	+27.3%	+30.6%
2023	+32.9%	+35.0%
2024	+30.5%	+41.0%
2025	+33.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
2014	+2.5%	−5.5%
2015	−7.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.4%	+4.1%
2018	+2.3%	+8.9%
2019	+13.6%	+13.5%
2020	+28.9%	+20.8%
2021	+51.5%	+32.1%
2022	+58.3%	+35.4%
2023	+59.8%	+42.9%
2024	+65.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	New Madrid 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	0.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
2014	+4.8%	−6.9%
2015	+10.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+16.7%	+4.7%
2018	+15.3%	+7.5%
2019	+27.5%	+14.0%
2020	+25.8%	+16.9%
2021	+20.4%	+21.0%
2022	+45.8%	+29.7%
2023	+63.0%	+34.9%
2024	+60.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
2014	23.3%	15.5%
2015	23.9%	14.7%
2016	25.0%	14.0%
2017	25.4%	13.4%
2018	18.3%	13.1%
2019	22.5%	12.3%
2020	18.9%	11.9%
2021	22.1%	12.8%
2022	17.3%	12.6%
2023	19.9%	12.5%
2024	19.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
2014	7.5%	6.2%
2015	6.3%	5.3%
2016	9.8%	4.9%
2017	7.0%	4.4%
2018	5.1%	3.9%
2019	4.5%	3.7%
2020	6.3%	8.1%
2021	4.7%	5.4%
2022	3.3%	3.7%
2023	3.9%	3.6%
2024	5.6%	4.0%
2025	5.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
2014	−10.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−9.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+8.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+18.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+30.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+45.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+52.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+74.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+71.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+76.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+73.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
2014	15.6%	13.5%
2015	13.6%	10.9%
2016	12.5%	10.0%
2017	13.5%	10.2%
2018	13.6%	10.4%
2019	13.9%	10.8%
2020	14.9%	10.4%
2021	14.0%	10.2%
2022	12.5%	9.5%
2023	10.7%	9.5%
2024	11.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	New Madrid County, Missouri	United States
2014	4.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.0/1k	16.6/1k

Year	New Madrid County, Missouri	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.05 per 1,000 people	+0.13 per 1,000 people	−0.17 per 1,000 people to +0.37 per 1,000 people
Year −2	+0.24 per 1,000 people	+0.04 per 1,000 people	−0.21 per 1,000 people to +0.29 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people to 0.00 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.51 per 1,000 people	+0.11 per 1,000 people	−0.15 per 1,000 people to +0.53 per 1,000 people
Year +1	+0.40 per 1,000 people	+0.27 per 1,000 people	+0.04 per 1,000 people to +0.59 per 1,000 people
Year +2	+0.53 per 1,000 people	+0.44 per 1,000 people	−0.06 per 1,000 people to +1.36 per 1,000 people

Year	New Madrid County, Missouri	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−8.1%	−9.1%	−10.1% to −8.5%
Year −2	−5.0%	−3.6%	−5.9% to −1.6%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+7.6%	+4.5%	+1.9% to +6.5%
Year +1	+12.3%	+8.3%	+6.9% to +9.4%
Year +2	+10.2%	+12.3%	+9.6% to +15.4%

Year	New Madrid County, Missouri	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.2 points	−0.4 points	−0.8 points to −0.2 points
Year −2	+1.6 points	+1.9 points	+0.9 points to +2.6 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−1.4 points	−1.4 points	−1.7 points to −1.1 points
Year +1	−0.8 points	−0.7 points	−1.0 points to −0.4 points
Year +2	+0.9 points	−0.1 points	−0.5 points to +0.3 points

Year	New Madrid County, Missouri	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−25.0%	−24.8%	−27.4% to −23.6%
Year −2	−14.9%	−13.3%	−21.5% to −7.1%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+4.5%	+5.7%	−3.7% to +10.0%
Year +1	+5.5%	+9.8%	+1.0% to +18.5%
Year +2	+9.2%	+11.5%	−2.3% to +25.9%

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined2

Counties like New Madrid County, Missouri five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

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Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 5 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Cities and towns in New Madrid County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved9

Declined2

Household income

House

Senate

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 5 similar counties

Compared with 19 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

By type

What was bought

Largest awards