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Missouri

115 counties or equivalents, 964 places and 1,001 ZIP Codes with PLACES estimates; 6,196,156 residents.

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Missouri within the United States. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

These are model-based estimates, not measurements. CDC PLACES applies a statistical model to national survey responses and Census population data to estimate what share of an area's adults report each condition or behaviour. CDC: "We do not produce estimates for individuals; only aggregated results for counties, places, census tracts, or ZCTAs."

CDC on comparisons: "It is not adequate to simply compare point estimates. The confidence intervals should also be considered, and some are very broad." This site says higher or lower only when two 95% confidence intervals do not overlap, and similar when they do. CDC also advises that the data "should not be used for ranking the overall health of any county, place, census tract, or ZCTA" and that the model "cannot detect effects due to local interventions".

Source: CDC PLACES 2025 release, data updated 4 Dec 2025. What PLACES is · Reading the intervals · Methodology. Not medical advice.

36.6%obesity, adults (site aggregate)counties 29.8%–47.6%above US interval 32.4–33.1

12.1%diabetes, adults (site aggregate)counties 8.6%–19.7%within US interval 11.8–12.2

36.5%high blood pressure, adults (site aggregate)counties 28.5%–50.1%above US interval 34.0–34.7

20.5%fair or poor health, adults (site aggregate)counties 15.2%–32.5%above US interval 18.9–19.5

Missouri has 115 counties or equivalents, 964 places and 1,001 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas with PLACES estimates, covering 6,196,156 residents (4,821,686 adults).

PLACES does not publish state totals. The state figures here are population-weighted county estimates computed by this site, following CDC's published method for aggregating areas, and carry no interval. For the 2025 release that gives obesity at 36.6% (site aggregate) (age-adjusted 36.8%), above the national interval around 32.8%; county estimates range from 29.8% to 47.6%.

Diagnosed diabetes is 12.1% (site aggregate) by the same method (national 12.0%) and 8.7% (site aggregate) of adults aged 18–64 are estimated to lack health insurance (national 11.0%).

Report card: 40 measures by CDC category

Crude prevalence is the estimated share of all adults. Age-adjusted prevalence is standardised to the 2000 US standard population so that areas with different age structures can be compared. CDC: "Age-adjusted estimates are only available at the county and place-level."

estimate with 95% intervalUS estimate

Health outcomes (12)vs the US interval: 10 above · 0 below · 2 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

All teeth lost among adults aged ≥65 yearsBRFSS 2022 · Adults aged 65 years and older15.8%16.0%US ↑US ↑2025

Arthritis among adultsBRFSS 202328.8%25.2%US ↑US ↑2025

Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adultsBRFSS 20238.6%7.2%US ↑US ↑2025

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adultsBRFSS 20238.0%7.0%US ↑US ↑2025

Coronary heart disease among adultsBRFSS 20236.8%5.6%US ↑US ↑2025

Current asthma among adultsBRFSS 202310.6%10.7%US ↑US ↑2025

Depression among adultsBRFSS 202324.3%25.1%US ↑US ↑2025

Diagnosed diabetes among adultsBRFSS 202312.1%10.4%US ≈US ≈2025

High blood pressure among adultsBRFSS 202336.5%33.0%US ↑US ↑2025

High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screenedBRFSS 202337.5%32.5%US ≈US ≈2025

Obesity among adultsBRFSS 202336.6%36.8%US ↑US ↑2025

Stroke among adultsBRFSS 20233.6%3.1%US ↑US ↑2025

Prevention (7)vs the US interval: 1 above · 5 below · 1 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Cholesterol screening among adultsBRFSS 202384.5%82.8%US ↓US ↓2025

Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 yearsBRFSS 2022 · Adults aged 45–75 years64.0%58.4%US ↓US ↑2025

Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 yearsBRFSS 2023 · Adults aged 18–64 years8.7%9.0%US ↓US ↓2025

Mammography use among women aged 50-74 yearsBRFSS 2022 · Women aged 50–74 years74.7%74.2%US ↓US ↓2025

Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressureBRFSS 202377.2%58.8%US ≈US ↑2025

Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adultsBRFSS 202260.4%59.8%US ↓US ↓2025

Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adultsBRFSS 202378.4%76.5%US ↑US ↑2025

Health risk behaviors (4)vs the US interval: 4 above · 0 below · 0 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Binge drinking among adultsBRFSS 202316.3%17.8%US ↑US ↑2025

Current cigarette smoking among adultsBRFSS 202316.0%16.4%US ↑US ↑2025

No leisure-time physical activity among adultsBRFSS 202328.8%27.8%US ↑US ↑2025

Short sleep duration among adultsBRFSS 202236.5%37.5%US ↑US ↑2025

Disability (7)vs the US interval: 5 above · 1 below · 1 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Any disability among adultsBRFSS 202336.2%34.5%US ↑US ↑2025

Cognitive disability among adultsBRFSS 202317.2%17.8%US ↑US ↑2025

Hearing disability among adultsBRFSS 20238.3%7.2%US ↑US ↑2025

Independent living disability among adultsBRFSS 20239.2%9.0%US ↑US ↑2025

Mobility disability among adultsBRFSS 202315.8%13.8%US ↑US ↑2025

Self-care disability among adultsBRFSS 20233.9%3.6%US ≈US ≈2025

Vision disability among adultsBRFSS 20235.1%4.8%US ↓US ↓2025

Health status (3)vs the US interval: 3 above · 0 below · 0 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Fair or poor self-rated health status among adultsBRFSS 202320.5%19.6%US ↑US ↑2025

Frequent mental distress among adultsBRFSS 202317.5%18.5%US ↑US ↑2025

Frequent physical distress among adultsBRFSS 202314.2%13.4%US ↑US ↑2025

Health-related social needs (7)vs the US interval: 3 above · 3 below · 1 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 202313.7%14.4%US ↓US ↓2025

Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 202312.1%13.2%US ↑US ≈2025

Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 20238.4%8.8%US ↑US ↑2025

Lack of social and emotional support among adultsBRFSS 202320.1%20.6%US ↓US ↓2025

Loneliness among adultsBRFSS 202331.7%32.5%US ≈US ↓2025

Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 202310.8%11.3%US ↓US ↓2025

Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 20239.0%9.7%US ↑US ↑2025

State figures are population-weighted county estimates computed by this site and carry no interval, so the dot is a point and the US flag says whether the state figure falls above, below or within CDC's national 95% interval. Each measure links to its national and state tables.

Counties in Missouri

Order counties bycrude prevalence, highest point estimate first

Ordered by point estimate; intervals overlap for most neighbouring rows, so the order is not a ranking. The flag says whether each row's interval lies above, below or in line with the Missouri figure, which is a population-weighted county estimate computed by this site and carries no interval.

Counties	Population	Estimate	95% interval	vs the Missouri figure
Mississippi County	11,822	47.6%	39.8–55.6	above
Dunklin County	27,032	46.2%	38.9–53.8	above
Pemiscot County	14,613	44.9%	36.9–53.1	above
New Madrid County	15,424	43.2%	36.0–50.9	in line
Hickory County	8,718	43.0%	33.9–52.3	in line
McDonald County	23,903	43.0%	34.5–52.2	in line
Buchanan County	82,956	42.9%	36.7–49.4	above
Ozark County	8,970	42.5%	34.1–51.2	in line
Iron County	9,440	42.3%	33.4–51.2	in line
Wright County	19,403	42.2%	33.6–51.1	in line
Texas County	25,619	42.1%	34.5–49.7	in line
Crawford County	22,719	41.9%	33.5–50.4	in line
Washington County	23,534	41.9%	33.6–50.5	in line
Clark County	6,641	41.7%	33.3–50.5	in line
Webster County	41,472	41.7%	33.8–50.0	in line
Atchison County	5,107	41.6%	33.1–50.5	in line
Wayne County	10,811	41.5%	33.4–50.3	in line
Ripley County	10,806	41.3%	33.0–49.7	in line
Bates County	16,242	41.2%	33.0–49.4	in line
Gentry County	6,287	41.2%	32.7–50.4	in line
Reynolds County	5,950	41.2%	32.5–50.1	in line
Butler County	41,948	41.1%	33.7–48.8	in line
Mercer County	3,469	41.1%	32.7–49.7	in line
Oregon County	8,720	41.1%	32.8–50.6	in line
Stone County	32,658	41.1%	32.7–49.7	in line
Barton County	11,731	40.7%	32.2–49.5	in line
Dade County	7,716	40.7%	31.8–49.9	in line
Jefferson County	231,230	40.3%	33.8–47.0	in line
Shelby County	5,931	40.3%	32.1–49.0	in line
St. Francois County	67,058	40.3%	33.4–47.7	in line
Worth County	1,907	40.2%	31.3–49.2	in line
Lawrence County	38,872	40.1%	31.6–49.1	in line
Ralls County	10,489	40.1%	31.5–49.1	in line
Sullivan County	5,797	40.1%	31.6–49.3	in line
Audrain County	24,394	40.0%	32.2–48.4	in line
Carter County	5,303	40.0%	31.4–49.0	in line
Jasper County	125,056	40.0%	32.3–47.6	in line
Lincoln County	64,699	39.9%	32.2–47.8	in line
Cedar County	14,672	39.8%	31.4–48.4	in line
Franklin County	106,404	39.6%	32.6–46.6	in line
Marion County	28,336	39.6%	32.2–47.5	in line
Ray County	23,182	39.6%	31.9–47.9	in line
Clinton County	21,548	39.5%	31.9–47.1	in line
Dallas County	17,768	39.5%	31.0–48.4	in line
Dent County	14,647	39.5%	31.6–47.9	in line
Knox County	3,723	39.5%	31.3–48.0	in line
Livingston County	14,557	39.4%	31.0–48.1	in line
Bollinger County	10,544	39.3%	31.6–47.4	in line
Gasconade County	14,705	39.3%	30.9–48.1	in line
Harrison County	8,220	39.3%	31.7–47.5	in line
Moniteau County	15,256	39.2%	30.4–48.1	in line
Grundy County	9,815	39.0%	30.8–48.2	in line
Warren County	37,806	39.0%	31.0–47.3	in line
Benton County	20,552	38.9%	30.1–48.1	in line
Caldwell County	8,955	38.9%	30.5–47.3	in line
DeKalb County	9,899	38.9%	31.1–47.1	in line
Newton County	60,677	38.8%	30.2–46.7	in line
Schuyler County	4,053	38.8%	30.5–47.3	in line
Polk County	32,780	38.7%	30.2–47.3	in line
Carroll County	8,391	38.6%	30.5–47.0	in line
Henry County	22,485	38.5%	30.2–46.9	in line
Laclede County	36,680	38.5%	31.0–47.4	in line
Daviess County	8,551	38.4%	30.4–46.4	in line
Chariton County	7,399	38.3%	30.4–47.4	in line
Pike County	17,935	38.3%	30.1–47.1	in line
Maries County	8,430	38.2%	29.4–47.3	in line
Morgan County	21,970	38.2%	30.4–46.7	in line
Scott County	37,889	38.1%	32.1–44.4	in line
Cass County	111,732	38.0%	31.7–44.5	in line
Douglas County	12,228	38.0%	29.8–46.2	in line
Barry County	35,265	37.8%	29.9–46.3	in line
Monroe County	8,698	37.8%	29.7–46.8	in line
Vernon County	19,710	37.8%	30.4–45.9	in line
Madison County	12,698	37.7%	29.7–46.5	in line
Randolph County	24,109	37.7%	30.2–45.5	in line
Saline County	23,049	37.7%	30.2–45.5	in line
St. Clair County	9,752	37.6%	29.4–46.4	in line
Stoddard County	28,397	37.6%	31.1–44.4	in line
Cooper County	16,947	37.5%	29.6–45.7	in line
Miller County	25,590	37.5%	29.1–45.8	in line
Clay County	259,772	37.4%	32.0–43.3	in line
Montgomery County	11,459	37.3%	29.3–45.7	in line
Jackson County	718,560	37.2%	33.3–41.4	in line
Ste. Genevieve County	18,642	37.2%	28.8–45.6	in line
Scotland County	4,676	37.1%	29.5–45.9	in line
Lafayette County	33,196	37.0%	29.6–45.0	in line
Platte County	111,940	37.0%	30.4–43.8	in line
Shannon County	7,238	37.0%	28.9–45.8	in line
St. Louis city	281,754	37.0%	32.6–41.5	in line
Callaway County	44,731	36.9%	29.3–44.8	in line
Howell County	40,735	36.8%	29.6–44.8	in line
Greene County	304,611	36.7%	30.8–43.1	in line
Cole County	77,278	36.6%	29.8–44.2	in line
Holt County	4,248	36.6%	28.5–45.1	in line
Lewis County	9,818	36.6%	28.6–45.1	in line
Christian County	94,422	36.3%	29.1–44.4	in line
Nodaway County	20,695	36.1%	29.1–43.5	in line
Pettis County	43,530	36.1%	28.2–44.0	in line
Andrew County	18,127	36.0%	28.9–43.7	in line
Perry County	18,950	36.0%	28.3–43.8	in line
Pulaski County	53,812	35.8%	28.5–43.8	in line
Linn County	11,791	35.7%	27.8–44.2	in line
St. Charles County	416,659	35.7%	30.6–41.4	in line
Taney County	56,775	35.7%	28.0–43.6	in line
Camden County	44,044	35.6%	28.2–44.3	in line
Osage County	13,468	35.6%	27.5–44.0	in line
Johnson County	54,962	35.3%	29.3–41.9	in line
Putnam County	4,638	35.0%	27.0–43.3	in line
Howard County	10,101	34.8%	27.1–43.7	in line
Adair County	25,122	34.7%	27.6–42.1	in line
Cape Girardeau County	82,984	34.7%	28.2–41.0	in line
Phelps County	45,284	34.6%	27.5–42.3	in line
Macon County	15,161	34.4%	27.1–42.1	in line
St. Louis County	987,059	31.3%	27.6–35.0	below
Boone County	189,463	29.8%	24.2–35.6	below

Largest places in Missouri

Kansas City 508,090
St. Louis 301,578
Springfield 169,176
Columbia 126,254
Independence 123,011
Lee's Summit 101,108
O'Fallon 91,316
St. Joseph 72,473
St. Charles 70,493
Blue Springs 58,603
St. Peters 57,732
Florissant 52,533
Joplin 51,762
Chesterfield 49,999
Wentzville 44,372
Jefferson City 43,228
Cape Girardeau 39,540
Oakville 36,301
Wildwood 35,417
University City 35,065
Ballwin 31,103
Liberty 30,167
Raytown 30,012
Kirkwood 29,461
Mehlville 28,955

The 25 most populous places; every county page lists all of its places and ZIP Codes.

Measures

State figures are population-weighted county estimates computed by this site and carry no interval; the word says whether each falls above, below or within CDC's national interval.

Health outcomes

All Teeth Lost 15.8% (site aggregate) · US 12.2% · above US interval
Arthritis 28.8% (site aggregate) · US 25.4% · above US interval
Cancer (non-skin) or Melanoma 8.6% (site aggregate) · US 7.9% · above US interval
COPD 8.0% (site aggregate) · US 6.2% · above US interval
Coronary Heart Disease 6.8% (site aggregate) · US 6.4% · above US interval
Current Asthma 10.6% (site aggregate) · US 9.8% · above US interval
Depression 24.3% (site aggregate) · US 20.2% · above US interval
Diabetes 12.1% (site aggregate) · US 12.0% · within US interval
High Blood Pressure 36.5% (site aggregate) · US 34.4% · above US interval
High Cholesterol 37.5% (site aggregate) · US 37.4% · within US interval
Obesity 36.6% (site aggregate) · US 32.8% · above US interval
Stroke 3.6% (site aggregate) · US 3.4% · above US interval

Prevention

Cholesterol Screening 84.5% (site aggregate) · US 87.5% · below US interval
Colorectal Cancer Screening 64.0% (site aggregate) · US 66.3% · below US interval
Health Insurance 8.7% (site aggregate) · US 11.0% · below US interval
Mammography 74.7% (site aggregate) · US 76.5% · below US interval
High Blood Pressure Medication 77.2% (site aggregate) · US 77.0% · within US interval
Dental Visit 60.4% (site aggregate) · US 63.9% · below US interval
Annual Checkup 78.4% (site aggregate) · US 77.7% · above US interval

Health risk behaviors

Binge Drinking 16.3% (site aggregate) · US 15.2% · above US interval
Current Cigarette Smoking 16.0% (site aggregate) · US 11.4% · above US interval
Physical Inactivity 28.8% (site aggregate) · US 24.5% · above US interval
Short Sleep Duration 36.5% (site aggregate) · US 36.0% · above US interval

Disability

Any Disability 36.2% (site aggregate) · US 30.0% · above US interval
Cognitive Disability 17.2% (site aggregate) · US 13.7% · above US interval
Hearing Disability 8.3% (site aggregate) · US 6.7% · above US interval
Independent Living Disability 9.2% (site aggregate) · US 7.9% · above US interval
Mobility Disability 15.8% (site aggregate) · US 13.5% · above US interval
Self-care Disability 3.9% (site aggregate) · US 3.8% · within US interval
Vision Disability 5.1% (site aggregate) · US 5.5% · below US interval

Health status

General Health 20.5% (site aggregate) · US 19.2% · above US interval
Frequent Mental Distress 17.5% (site aggregate) · US 15.6% · above US interval
Frequent Physical Distress 14.2% (site aggregate) · US 12.8% · above US interval

Health-related social needs

Food Insecurity 13.7% (site aggregate) · US 14.7% · below US interval
Housing Insecurity 12.1% (site aggregate) · US 11.7% · above US interval
Transportation Barriers 8.4% (site aggregate) · US 7.7% · above US interval
Lack of Social/Emotional Support 20.1% (site aggregate) · US 23.3% · below US interval
Loneliness 31.7% (site aggregate) · US 32.0% · within US interval
Food Stamps 10.8% (site aggregate) · US 11.2% · below US interval
Utility Services Threat 9.0% (site aggregate) · US 7.4% · above US interval

Questions and answers

How is the Missouri figure calculated?

PLACES publishes county, place, tract and ZCTA estimates but no state row. Following CDC's guidance for aggregating areas, this site multiplies each county's estimate by its adult population, sums across the state's 115 counties and divides by the total adult population. The result has no published confidence interval, so county pages describe their position against it as above, below or in line with the state figure.

Which Missouri counties have the highest obesity estimates?

The county table on this page can be sorted by any of the 40 measures. Estimates are listed with their 95% confidence intervals; adjacent counties often have overlapping intervals and cannot be told apart, so the order is by point estimate only and is not a ranking of health.

What is the difference between crude and age-adjusted figures?

Crude prevalence is the estimated share of all adults. Age-adjusted prevalence re-weights the estimate to the 2000 US standard population so areas with different age structures can be compared; CDC publishes age-adjusted figures for counties and places only. The toggle on this page switches between them.

Where does this data come from?

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release, data updated 4 Dec 2025; the state figure for obesity is 36.6% (site aggregate) in the 2025 release.

Provenance

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release (data updated 4 Dec 2025), with the 2022, 2023, 2024 releases for reference; US government work, public domain. Boundaries and ZIP-to-county relationships: US Census Bureau. Percentages are shown to one decimal as CDC publishes them; state figures are population-weighted means computed by this site. The Missouri figure for each measure is the sum over counties of estimate × adult population, divided by the state's adult population, per CDC's guidance for aggregating areas; measures defined on a subgroup (women 50–74, adults 18–64, adults 65 and over) are weighted by total adult population as an approximation. Processing errors are corrected at the next daily build; see corrections. Generated 1 Oct 2026.