Population

Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It shrank by 26 between 2023 and 2024. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Barton County, MO’s 0.22% annual decrease was primarily driven by people moving to other states.
In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Barton County, MO’s population shrank by 2.3%.

-26

population change (2023 to 2024)

-0.22%

percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Barton County, MO’s population increased 9 out of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2000 and 2001, when Barton County, MO gained 140 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2006 and 2007 when there were 198 fewer residents.

Barton County, MO lost 26 residents between 2023 and 2024.

Annual population change

A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
  • Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2023 and 2024 natural population change was negative in Barton County, MO, with deaths exceeding births by seven.
  • Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2023 to 2024, Barton County, MO’s population change from immigration was negative with about one more person leaving for another country directly from Barton County, MO than coming.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2023 to 2024, Barton County, MO’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 17 more people moving to any other county in the US.

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Between 2023 and 2024, domestic migration was the primary driver of population decline in Barton County, MO.

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