County · Missouri

Stone County, Missouri

Stone County, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 36 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,026 of 3,143 US counties. Within Missouri it ranks #69 of 115 counties. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), new homes permitted (high) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), unemployment rate (high) and distance to an emergency room (high).

36Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,026 of 3,143 counties
Missouri: #69 of 115 in MO
Population: 32,503 (2025)
Land area: 464 mi²
Density: 70.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 29209

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Open in the map Federal contracts here

Scores by category

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

Safety14#2,652/3,096
Economy32#2,137/3,143
Housing56#1,391/3,140
Health31#2,172/3,144
Healthcare15#2,669/3,143
Environment28#2,246/3,108
Education51#1,526/3,144
Infrastructure46#1,694/3,144
Community77#722/3,144
Leisure & amenities65#1,103/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.44%
87/100Missouri 0.89%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New homes permitted · high6.7 /1k
87/100Missouri 3.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Students per teacher · low10.9×
86/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high6.8 /10k
85/100Missouri 4.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
New business applications · high14.8 /1k
79/100Missouri 16.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Preventable hospital stays · low2,076 /100k
79/100Missouri 3,034 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$800
4/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Unemployment rate · high5.7%
9/100Missouri 4.0%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Distance to an emergency room · high18.9 mi
11/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Dentists · low15 /100k
11/100Missouri 64 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an Amtrak station · high136 mi
12/100Missouri 33 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Firearm deaths · high19.4 /100k
13/100Missouri 20.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 62% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+62 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
14.4% (2020 & 2021) → 33.2% (2023 & 2024)
+19 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New business applicationsImproving
8.7 /1k (2020) → 14.8 /1k (2025)
+71%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Violent crime rateImproving
626 /100k (2020) → 246 /100k (2025)
−61%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Voter turnoutWorsening
84.2% (2020) → 72.3% (2024)
−12 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
64.2% (2010 & 2021) → 73.4% (2022 & 2024)
+9.3 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

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, Stone County, Missouri improved on 11 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved11

Uninsured−4.9 points16.7% → 11.8%
Bachelor's++6.3 points18.6% → 24.8%
Violent crime−61%626 /100k → 246 /100k
Real income+38%$47,710 → $65,925
Unemployment−3.9 points9.6% → 5.7%

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×3.5× → 3.9×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Stone County, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	9.3 /10k2020	6.8 /10k2025	−27%	Within the margin of error	10%
Average commute time	29.6 min2015-2019	27.1 min2020-2024	−2.6 min	Within the margin of error	92%
Average weekly wage	$6282020	$8002025	+27%	Improved	72%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Improved	92%
Broadband subscriptions	80.6%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Improved	31%
Child poverty rate	24.5%2019	22.9%2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Distance to an airport	36 mi2020	36 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	21.9 /100k2020	13.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−40%	Within the margin of error	65%
Effective property tax rate	0.52%2015-2019	0.44%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Firearm deaths	16.0 /100k2020	19.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+21%	Within the margin of error	22%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−28%	Within the margin of error	13%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−4%	Within the margin of error	34%
High school diploma or higher	87.2%2015-2019	91.8%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	44%
Homicide rate	4.5 /100k2020	6.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+42%	Within the margin of error	5%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,7102019	$65,9252024	+38%	Improved	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4622015-2019	0.4472020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	77%
Median household income	$50,2622019	$64,3772024	+28%	Improved	66%
New business applications	8.7 /1k2020	14.8 /1k2025	+71%	Improved	78%
Pharmacies	1.6 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−23%	Within the margin of error	20%
Poverty rate	15.4%2019	14.1%2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Property crime rate	1,389 /100k2020	1,082 /100k2025	−22%	Improved	29%
Public libraries	0.9 /10k2019	0.9 /10k2024	−1.7%	Within the margin of error	44%
Rent as share of income	25.7%2015-2019	26.8%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent-burdened households	42.5%2015-2019	43.5%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Restaurants and bars	8.0 /10k2020	9.2 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	80%
Students per teacher	12.3×2019	10.8×2024	−1.5×	Improved	78%
Suicide rate	18.3 /100k2020	20.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+11%	Within the margin of error	34%
Traffic deaths	24.0 /100k2015-2019	27.5 /100k2020-2024	+14%	Within the margin of error	38%
Unemployment rate	9.6%2020	5.7%2025	−3.9 points	Improved	80%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.7%2019	11.8%2024	−4.9 points	Improved	95%
Violent crime rate	626 /100k2020	246 /100k2025	−61%	Improved	93%

“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 Stone County, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Stone 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, Stone County, Missouri itself moved +2.2 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

32,048 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

13,530 households (±458)

Stone County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k18%2,457
$25k–50k22%2,932
$50k–75k19%2,526

Homes

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

Owners and renters

13,530 households (±458)

Stone County, Missouri
Missouri share

Own83%11,269
Rent17%2,261

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

12,354 workers (±579)

Stone County, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone74%9,139
Carpool11%1,310
Public transit0.2%†23

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.

Stone County has 736 employer establishments, 225 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Missouri's), with 5,681 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,363. The Census Bureau also counts 3,257 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 736; 3,257 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 225; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 5,681
Average annual pay: $36,363; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	91	27.9	1.80×More than typical	521	$45,150	429
Restaurants and other eating places	55	16.8	0.92×About typical	670	$28,336	20
Religious organizations	36	11	1.99×More than typical	142	$23,099	—
Lessors of real estate	35	10.7	0.87×About typical	75	$41,427	347
Construction of buildings	34	10.4	1.38×More than typical	121	$36,306	184
Traveler accommodation	34	10.4	5.77×More than typical	272	$38,048	34
Full-service restaurants	31	9.5	1.24×About typical	329	$39,353	6
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	30	9.2	2.91×More than typical	217	$42,590	104
Ambulatory health care services	29	8.9	0.43×Fewer than typical	143	$67,259	68
Other specialty trade contractors	29	8.9	3.54×More than typical	116	$56,681	132
Services to buildings and dwellings	28	8.6	1.27×More than typical	125	$39,488	331
Building equipment contractors	24	7.3	1.22×About typical	158	$42,601	79

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 32,664 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 $281.1K on contracts performed in Stone County, Missouri: $8.65 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $281.1K; −62% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8.65; US $1,994
Sole-source: 68%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Aviation Administration$170.3K61%
Defense Logistics Agency$60.4K21%
Department of the Army$50.4K18%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

242.4KFY2017
115.5KFY2018
286.2KFY2019
470.6KFY2020
844KFY2021
107.6KFY2022
1.5MFY2023
169.2K

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$170.3K61%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$31.2K11%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$22.9K8.2%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$21.4K7.6%
Justice, public order, and safety activities · 9221$19.2K6.8%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327

Largest awards

ADD INITIAL FUNDS TO DESIGNATED ENGINEERING REPRESENTATIVE (DER), ENGINEERING SUPPORT AND TRAINING SERVICES$730.7K
AERO DOCUMENTS, LLC· Stone County, MO· Professional services· Jun 4, 2025 – May 18, 2026· 6973GH25F00947
FY 25 PARK ATTENDANT PROGRAM. CAMPBELL POINT CLEANING ATTENDANT, TABLE ROCK PROJECT.$62K
JEFFERSON SHANE PAUL· Stone County, MO· Facilities & utilities· Mar 26, 2025 – Mar 25, 2026· W9127S25P0019
STONE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES FOR TABLE ROCK PROJECT OFFICE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT DURING THE RECREATION SEASON.$51.2K
COUNTY OF STONE· Stone County, MO· Professional services· Jun 17, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026· W9127S25P0062
FY 25 PARK ATTENDANT PROGRAM. MILL CREEK CLEANING ATTENDANT, TABLE ROCK PROJECT.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $273.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Stone County, Missouri: $8,418 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $273.6M; −4.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,418; US $12,955
Loan face value: $13.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$203.7M74%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$21.9M8.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$20.6M7.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$12.5M4.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$4.4M1.6%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$4M1.5%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$1.8M0.7%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$1M0.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.5M0.5%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
JUDICIARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF MISSOUR$400K0.1%
GALENA, MO
YELLOW DOG NETWORKS, INC$291K0.1%
KANSAS CITY, MO
GREEN OAKS ESTS$170.5K0.1%
CRANE, MO
BRANSON HOUSING AUTHORITY$147.8K

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$241.1M88%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$24.6M9.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Railroad Retirement Board$4M1.5%
Federal Highway Administration$1.5M0.5%
Department of Transportation
Federal Communications Commission$646.7K0.2%

Assistance by fiscal year

221.8MFY2021
232.6MFY2022
255.2MFY2023
264.6MFY2024
286.4MFY2025
273.6MFY2026

County aggregates

99%

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 Stone 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.

Stone County, Missouri
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stone County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stone County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$7.65	$1,436
FY2018	$3.64	$1,552
FY2019	$8.94	$1,654
FY2020	$15.08	$1,880
FY2021	$26.71	$1,810
FY2022	$3.35	$1,917
FY2023	$45.59	$2,079
FY2024	$5.20	$2,047
FY2025	$22.78	$2,165
FY2026	$8.65 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stone County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stone County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$6.73	$128
FY2020	$13.03	$145
FY2021	$20.05	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stone County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stone County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$70.45	$5,748
FY2022	$80.95	$5,221
FY2023	$304	$5,364
FY2024	$142	$5,501
FY2025	$91.71	$5,732
FY2026	$76.70

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stone County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stone County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$16.93	$298
FY2022	$66.53	$357
FY2023	$229	$301
FY2024	$102	$319
FY2025	$40.33	$360
FY2026	$46.17

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stone County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stone County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$11.16	$239
FY2022	$13.42	$185
FY2023	$13.37	$229
FY2024	$10.02	$229
FY2025	$13.70	$249
FY2026	$14.02

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stone County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stone County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$12.66	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$12.28	$2,267
FY2025	$12.31	$2,397
FY2026	$12.31

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stone County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stone County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$695	$1,186
FY2022	$375	$465
FY2023	$54.41	$76.52
FY2024	$155	$120
FY2025	$177	$148
FY2026	$95.77

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.

Stone County, Missouri
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Stone County, Missouri and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Stone County, Missouri	United States
2014	−0.9%	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/29209

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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.

Stone County, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Eric BurlisonR-MO-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 4.6%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Stone County

Places whose residents live mostly in Stone 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

JSON · /api/v1/places/29209

Calendar years	Stone County, Missouri	United States
2014	−8.5%	−4.2%
2015	−4.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.6%	+3.3%
2018	−0.7%	+6.8%
2019	+2.4%	+10.5%
2020	+8.5%	+19.4%
2021	+13.8%	+26.1%
2022	+21.9%	+30.6%
2023	+24.2%	+35.0%
2024	+29.4%	+41.0%
2025	+38.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Stone County, Missouri	United States
2014	−8.5%	−5.5%
2015	−4.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.5%	+4.1%
2018	+8.0%	+8.9%
2019	+12.1%	+13.5%
2020	+19.1%	+20.8%
2021	+29.2%	+32.1%
2022	+32.4%	+35.4%
2023	+42.0%	+42.9%
2024	+50.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Stone County, Missouri	United States
2014	4.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.5/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	6.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	8.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	12.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	7.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	6.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	6.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Stone County, Missouri	United States
2014	−5.7%	−6.9%
2015	−2.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+4.7%
2018	+6.8%	+7.5%
2019	+16.6%	+14.0%
2020	+20.2%	+16.9%
2021	+23.1%	+21.0%
2022	+30.9%	+29.7%
2023	+44.8%	+34.9%
2024	+49.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Stone County, Missouri	United States
2014	16.2%	15.5%
2015	14.8%	14.7%
2016	12.9%	14.0%
2017	15.5%	13.4%
2018	13.4%	13.1%
2019	15.4%	12.3%
2020	14.2%	11.9%
2021	14.6%	12.8%
2022	12.9%	12.6%
2023	12.3%	12.5%
2024	14.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Stone County, Missouri	United States
2014	9.7%	6.2%
2015	8.0%	5.3%
2016	7.7%	4.9%
2017	6.2%	4.4%
2018	4.8%	3.9%
2019	5.0%	3.7%
2020	9.6%	8.1%
2021	6.2%	5.4%
2022	3.9%	3.7%
2023	4.6%	3.6%
2024	5.3%	4.0%
2025	5.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Stone County, Missouri	United States
2014	−5.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+19.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+33.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+64.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+84.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+90.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+86.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+87.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Stone County, Missouri	United States
2014	19.7%	13.5%
2015	16.4%	10.9%
2016	15.2%	10.0%
2017	14.6%	10.2%
2018	15.3%	10.4%
2019	16.7%	10.8%
2020	16.6%	10.4%
2021	14.2%	10.2%
2022	13.6%	9.5%
2023	11.4%	9.5%
2024	11.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Stone County, Missouri	United States
2014	7.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	14.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	13.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	14.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.8/1k	16.6/1k

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