Counties in Missouri by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate
Mississippi County had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 115 counties in 2022, at 28.2%. Boone County had the lowest, at 12.8%. The median was 20.8%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Map of counties, 2022
- Under 18
- 18 to 20
- 20 to 21
- 21 to 22
- 22 to 23
- 23 and over
Top 40 counties, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi County | 28.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 2 | Ozark County | 26.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 3 | Audrain County | 25.6 | +2 pts |
| 4 | McDonald County | 25.2 | -1.9 pts |
| 5 | Clark County | 24.9 | +1.3 pts |
| 6 | Pemiscot County | 24.8 | -2.3 pts |
| 6 | Ripley County | 24.8 | -2.8 pts |
| 8 | Howell County | 24.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 8 | Stoddard County | 24.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 10 | Reynolds County | 24.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 11 | Barton County | 24.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 11 | Crawford County | 24.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 11 | Knox County | 24.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 11 | Oregon County | 24.4 | -3.3 pts |
| 15 | Shannon County | 24.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 16 | New Madrid County | 24.2 | -1.3 pts |
| 17 | Bollinger County | 24.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 18 | Maries County | 23.9 | +2.2 pts |
| 19 | Dunklin County | 23.5 | -2.3 pts |
| 20 | Hickory County | 23.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 21 | Laclede County | 23.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 21 | Washington County | 23.3 | -2.3 pts |
| 23 | Cedar County | 23.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 23 | Dent County | 23.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 25 | Daviess County | 23.1 | +2.1 pts |
| 25 | Polk County | 23.1 | +2 pts |
| 27 | Linn County | 23 | +2 pts |
| 27 | Wright County | 23 | -2.9 pts |
| 29 | Dade County | 22.9 | -1 pts |
| 30 | Carter County | 22.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 30 | Dallas County | 22.7 | -2.3 pts |
| 32 | Gentry County | 22.6 | 0 pts |
| 32 | Miller County | 22.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 32 | Pike County | 22.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 35 | Butler County | 22.5 | -4.4 pts |
| 36 | Morgan County | 22.3 | -1.7 pts |
| 36 | St. Francois County | 22.3 | -2.5 pts |
| 38 | Douglas County | 22.1 | -1.6 pts |
| 39 | Sullivan County | 21.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 39 | Wayne County | 21.9 | -4.5 pts |
| 41 | Lewis County | 21.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 41 | Shelby County | 21.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 43 | Scotland County | 21.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 43 | St. Clair County | 21.7 | -1.3 pts |
| 45 | Montgomery County | 21.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 46 | Holt County | 21.4 | +2.3 pts |
| 46 | Scott County | 21.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 48 | Moniteau County | 21.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 48 | Ralls County | 21.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 50 | Madison County | 21.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 51 | Vernon County | 21.1 | -2.3 pts |
| 52 | Benton County | 21 | -0.1 pts |
| 52 | Caldwell County | 21 | -2.1 pts |
| 54 | Callaway County | 20.9 | +1.3 pts |
| 54 | Monroe County | 20.9 | 0 pts |
| 56 | Grundy County | 20.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 56 | Iron County | 20.8 | -3.7 pts |
| 56 | Ste. Genevieve County | 20.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 59 | Harrison County | 20.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 60 | Cooper County | 20.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 60 | Randolph County | 20.6 | -1 pts |
| 62 | Texas County | 20.4 | -4.2 pts |
| 63 | Clinton County | 20.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 63 | Perry County | 20.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 63 | Taney County | 20.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 66 | Barry County | 20.2 | -2.1 pts |
| 66 | Carroll County | 20.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 66 | Lafayette County | 20.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 66 | Macon County | 20.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 66 | Marion County | 20.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 71 | Christian County | 20.1 | +2.3 pts |
| 72 | Worth County | 20 | -0.3 pts |
| 73 | Bates County | 19.9 | -3.7 pts |
| 73 | Henry County | 19.9 | -1.9 pts |
| 73 | Jasper County | 19.9 | -1.3 pts |
| 73 | Lawrence County | 19.9 | -3.1 pts |
| 73 | Warren County | 19.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 78 | Cape Girardeau County | 19.8 | +2.1 pts |
| 78 | Jefferson County | 19.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 80 | Buchanan County | 19.6 | -2.1 pts |
| 81 | Atchison County | 19.4 | -1.5 pts |
| 82 | DeKalb County | 19.2 | -1.8 pts |
| 82 | Mercer County | 19.2 | -2.4 pts |
| 82 | Webster County | 19.2 | -3.4 pts |
| 85 | Camden County | 19.1 | 0 pts |
| 85 | Stone County | 19.1 | -0.8 pts |
| 87 | Pettis County | 19 | -2.4 pts |
| 87 | Ray County | 19 | -2.6 pts |
| 89 | Howard County | 18.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 89 | St. Louis city | 18.9 | -1.4 pts |
| 91 | Lincoln County | 18.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 92 | Phelps County | 18.6 | 0 pts |
| 93 | Nodaway County | 18.4 | +2.5 pts |
| 94 | Livingston County | 18.3 | -2.7 pts |
| 95 | Andrew County | 18.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 95 | Putnam County | 18.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 97 | Schuyler County | 17.9 | -3.1 pts |
| 98 | Osage County | 17.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 99 | Chariton County | 17.6 | -1.9 pts |
| 99 | Gasconade County | 17.6 | -1.6 pts |
| 101 | Franklin County | 17.5 | -1.9 pts |
| 102 | Clay County | 17.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 102 | Newton County | 17.3 | -3.6 pts |
| 104 | Saline County | 17.2 | -1.7 pts |
| 105 | Pulaski County | 16.8 | -1.7 pts |
| 106 | Johnson County | 16.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 107 | St. Louis County | 16.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 108 | Cass County | 16.1 | -1.7 pts |
| 109 | St. Charles County | 15.8 | +2.5 pts |
| 110 | Adair County | 15.5 | -1.2 pts |
| 111 | Jackson County | 15.4 | -2.3 pts |
| 112 | Cole County | 15.2 | -2.2 pts |
| 113 | Greene County | 15 | -2.2 pts |
| 114 | Platte County | 14.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 115 | Boone County | 12.8 | -1.8 pts |
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About this ranking
Percentage of adults who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.
US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries. State and national values come from direct BRFSS estimates under adult_smoking_rate.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.
Citation styles
APA 7
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence (Counties in Missouri by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/
MLA 9
PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Missouri by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/missouri-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Counties in Missouri by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/missouri-counties?period=2022.
Harvard
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Missouri by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/missouri-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{centers_counties_in_missouri_by_2022,
author = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}},
title = {{PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence: Counties in Missouri by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Data set},
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urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/missouri-counties?period=2022. Publisher attribution: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.},
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Questions
Which county has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?
Mississippi County, with 28.2% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Which county has the lowest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?
Boone County, with 12.8% in 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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