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Missouri population 2026

Q: What is the population of Missouri in 2026?

The latest official figure is 6,270,541, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Missouri would have about 6.3 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Missouri has 6,270,541 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 26,997 more than a year earlier (+0.43%). It is 18th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 1.8% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 6.3 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Missouri in numbers

Population: 6.3 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.43% +26,997 people
Change since 2020: +1.88% from 6.2 million
Share of the US: 1.8% 18th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 35per km² 178,052 km²
Births in the year: 68 thousand deaths: 68 thousand
International migration: +13 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: +14 thousand more people moved in than left

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 177, 12,665 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 14,028 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

That is about as many people as El Salvador (6.4 million).

Population of Missouri by year

6.3M

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Year	Population
2010	5,996,089
2011	6,011,182
2012	6,026,027
2013	6,042,989
2014	6,059,130
2015	6,075,411
2016	6,091,384
2017	6,111,382
2018	6,125,986
2019	6,140,475
2020	6,155,074
2021	6,172,551
2022	6,179,285
2023	6,205,956
2024	6,243,544
2025	6,270,541

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	6,270,541	+26,997	+0.43%
2024	6,243,544	+37,588	+0.61%
2023	6,205,956	+26,671	+0.43%
2022	6,179,285	+6,734	+0.11%
2021	6,172,551	+17,477	+0.28%
2020	6,155,074	+14,599	+0.24%
2019	6,140,475	+14,489	+0.24%
2018	6,125,986	+14,604	+0.24%
2017	6,111,382	+19,998	+0.33%
2016	6,091,384	+15,973	+0.26%
2015	6,075,411	+16,281	+0.27%
2014	6,059,130	+16,141	+0.27%
2013	6,042,989	+16,962	+0.28%
2012	6,026,027	+14,845	+0.25%
2011	6,011,182	+15,093	+0.25%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Missouri among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
#
1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Missouri

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Kansas City475,378
St. Louis279,695
Springfield170,188
Columbia129,330
Independence117,255
Lee's Summit95,094

Questions

What is the population of Missouri in 2026?

The latest official figure is 6,270,541, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Missouri would have about 6.3 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Missouri’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 26,997 people (+0.43%) in the latest year, and has changed +1.88% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 177, 12,665 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 14,028 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

How does Missouri rank in the US?

Missouri is 18th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 1.8% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Missouri?

About 35 people per km², on 178,052 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Missouri?

Kansas City, with about 475 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Missouri population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/missouri/

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