Demographics of Dent County, Missouri

Dent County, Missouri had 14,584 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +192 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Dent County, in four figures

14,584
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +1.3%
Change since July 2020: +192 people.; 43.5 ±0.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $56,312 ±$4,171
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Dent County, Missouri's population grew 1.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Dent County, Missouri's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

About this chart

The figures

Dent County, Missouri's population grew 1.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Dent County, Missouri's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	14,392	100.0	100.0
2021	14,461	100.5	100.2
2022	14,470	100.5	100.7
2023	14,647	101.8	101.6
2024	14,661	101.9	102.5
2025	14,584	101.3	103.1

3 more columns on a wider screen

Population of Dent County, Missouri on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	14,392	−28	−31	0	0
2021	14,461	+69	−94	+1	+160
2022	14,470	+9	−144	−2	+156
2023	14,647	+177	−86	−2	+262
2024	14,661	+14	−114	−3	+133
2025	14,584	−77	−119	−8	+49

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.5 ±0.7: for men 42.8 ±0.3 and for women 45.6 ±1.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

2 more columns on a wider screen

People in Dent County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Missouri	United States
Under 5	854 ±86	5.9% ±0.6	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,425 ±170	16.7% ±1.2	16.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	998 ±158	6.9% ±1.1	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,123 ±239	21.5% ±1.6	26.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,906 ±239	26.9% ±1.6	24.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,233 ±282	22.2% ±1.9	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $56,312 ±$4,171, and income per person $29,909 ±$2,579, in 2024 dollars. The median is $70,702 ±$325 in Missouri and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

2 more columns on a wider screen

Households in Dent County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Missouri	United States
Under $25,000	1,145 ±225	20.4% ±3.9	15.8% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,469 ±206	26.1% ±3.5	19.6% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	896 ±171	15.9% ±3.0	17.4% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	700 ±184	12.5% ±3.2	13.2% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,048 ±244	18.7% ±4.3	17.1% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	242 ±79	4.3% ±1.4	8.2% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	52 to 184	0.9% to 3.3%	8.7% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

2 more columns on a wider screen

Poverty rate in Dent County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Missouri	United States
All ages	1,756 ±303	12.2% ±2.1	12.6% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	382 ±136	11.7% ±4.1	15.8% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	845 ±188	12.4% ±2.7	12.0% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	529 ±111	12.3% ±2.5	10.9% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

1 more column on a wider screen

Housing in Dent County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Dent County	Missouri	United States
Housing units	6,822 ±25	2,825,287 ±1,043	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	82.4% ±3.7	88.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	17.6% ±3.7	11.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	75.9% ±2.5	68.1% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	24.1% ±4.2	31.9% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$167,500 ±$13,322	$230,300 ±$880	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$660 ±$118	$1,033 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±3	1978 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

2 more columns on a wider screen

People in Dent County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Missouri	United States
Hispanic or Latino	324 ±0	2.2% ±<0.1	5.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	13,239 ±168	91.1% ±1.2	76.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	26 to 96	0.2% to 0.7%	10.9% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	124 ±44	0.9% ±0.3	2.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	95 ±45	0.7% ±0.3	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 25	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 70	0% to 0.5%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	658 ±187	4.5% ±1.3	4.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

2 more columns on a wider screen

People in Dent County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Missouri	United States
Born in the state	9,564 ±608	65.8% ±4.2	65.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,419 ±540	30.4% ±3.7	29.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	138 to 410	0.9% to 2.8%	0.8% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	133 to 431	0.9% to 3.0%	4.5% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	171 ±84	1.2% ±0.6	2.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 225	0% to 1.5%	2.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Dent County among the counties of Missouri

71st of 115 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Missouri page.

Counties of Missouri near Dent County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Macon County	15,190	−0.1%
New Madrid County	15,086	−7.6%
Cedar County	14,888	+4.8%
Gasconade County	14,784	+0.1%
Livingston County	14,708	+1.1%
Dent County	14,584	+1.3%
Pemiscot County	14,465	−7.2%
Osage County	13,611	+2.7%
Madison County	12,858	+1.9%
Douglas County	12,342	+6.4%
Mississippi County	12,003	−1.1%

Elsewhere on the site

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026