Counties in Missouri by personal income

St. Louis County had the highest personal income of 115 counties in 2017, at $65.08 billion. Worth County had the lowest, at $66.98 million. The median was $656.73 million and the figure for Missouri was $273.72 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest65,078.6St. Louis County

Lowest67Worth County

Median656.7115 counties

Missouri273,722.9History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 300
300 to 400
400 to 700
700 to 1,000
1,000 to 2,000
2,000 and over

USD million, 2017. Source: BEA, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2017

USD million. Source: BEA, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2017 USD million	Change on 2016
1	St. Louis County	65,078.6	0%
2	Jackson County	31,022.2	+3.7%
3	St. Charles County	20,185.2	+3.9%
4	St. Louis city	13,348.6	+2%
5	Greene County	12,189.5	+5.4%
6	Clay County	11,274.2	+3.4%
7	Jefferson County	9,113.3	+2.9%
8	Boone County	8,086.9	+4%
9	Platte County	5,693.3	+5.1%
10	Cass County	4,689.6	+2.5%
11	Jasper County	4,585.1	+2.9%
12	Franklin County	4,419.2	+5.2%
13	Cole County	3,451.6	+3.5%
14	Cape Girardeau County	3,345.5	+2.3%
15	Buchanan County	3,332.5	+2.2%
16	Christian County	3,308.9	+4%
17	Lincoln County	2,193	+5.5%
18	Newton County	2,171.4	+3.2%
19	St. Francois County	2,164.5	+3.3%
20	Pulaski County	2,028.3	+2%
21	Johnson County	1,906.2	+3.7%
22	Taney County	1,904.6	+0.9%
23	Camden County	1,667.5	+5.5%
24	Phelps County	1,648.2	+2.2%
25	Callaway County	1,643.4	+3.8%
26	Pettis County	1,534.7	+2%
27	Scott County	1,486	+1.8%
28	Butler County	1,465.7	+0.6%
29	Warren County	1,360.7	+4.3%
30	Lafayette County	1,317.7	+2.8%
31	Howell County	1,291.2	+3.3%
32	Lawrence County	1,258.8	+3.8%
33	Laclede County	1,223.3	+6.9%
34	Webster County	1,211.1	+3.8%
35	Barry County	1,186.3	+0.5%
36	Stone County	1,170.1	+3.7%
37	Marion County	1,100.7	+2.7%
38	Stoddard County	1,050	-1%
39	Polk County	1,033.8	+5.5%
40	Dunklin County	981.9	+0.9%
41	Audrain County	944.9	-1.3%
42	Randolph County	938.8	+3%
43	Ray County	933.9	+2.7%
44	Henry County	874.7	+4.7%
45	Miller County	849.8	+3%
46	Saline County	842.3	-0.4%
47	Clinton County	834.5	+2.3%
48	Crawford County	813.1	+0.7%
49	Morgan County	798.5	+3.9%
50	Adair County	790.6	+1%
51	Perry County	762.4	+5.3%
52	Andrew County	746.3	+3.9%
53	Washington County	708	+3.5%
54	Vernon County	696.9	+2.8%
55	Texas County	695.5	+5%
56	Benton County	670.5	+5.2%
57	Ste. Genevieve County	669.5	+4.8%
58	Nodaway County	656.7	+2.7%
59	Cooper County	653	+4.1%
60	McDonald County	642.9	+3.5%
61	Macon County	616.1	+0.6%
62	Bates County	613.1	+4.6%
63	Pike County	607.4	+1.9%
64	New Madrid County	574.8	-0.6%
65	Osage County	573.3	+2.2%
66	Gasconade County	562.1	+5%
67	Wright County	560.1	+2.8%
68	Livingston County	556.8	+3%
69	Moniteau County	553.1	+4.1%
70	Pemiscot County	538.2	-1.2%
71	Dallas County	528.5	+3.5%
72	Dent County	486	+2.4%
73	Linn County	448.4	+3.2%
74	Montgomery County	441.5	+4.1%
75	Madison County	422.5	+1.7%
76	Cedar County	415.5	+3.4%
77	Barton County	403.5	+4.2%
78	Mississippi County	403.2	-1.9%
79	Ripley County	402.3	+0.8%
80	Ralls County	383.5	+1.8%
81	Bollinger County	381.6	+1.9%
82	Howard County	381.2	+1.8%
83	Wayne County	378.8	+0.5%
84	Carroll County	376.8	-3.1%
85	Douglas County	350.2	+3.6%
86	DeKalb County	336.4	+4.3%
87	Grundy County	335.8	+1.9%
88	Monroe County	333.7	-0.8%
89	Lewis County	327.3	+6.6%
90	Caldwell County	325.3	+3.7%
91	Iron County	320.5	+3%
92	Chariton County	304	+1.1%
93	Oregon County	294.8	+2.2%
94	Harrison County	287.3	+2%
95	Maries County	276.2	+1.4%
96	Ozark County	265.3	+1.8%
97	St. Clair County	265	+2.5%
98	Hickory County	261.9	+6.4%
99	Daviess County	260.4	+2.5%
100	Gentry County	257.6	+6%
101	Dade County	242.7	+1.6%
102	Clark County	236.4	-0.8%
103	Shannon County	233.5	+1.9%
104	Shelby County	225.7	+5%
105	Sullivan County	223.6	+2.3%
106	Atchison County	218.2	-1.8%
107	Reynolds County	200.5	+2%
108	Holt County	198.9	+1%
109	Carter County	188.3	+0.2%
110	Scotland County	158.6	+4.9%
111	Putnam County	156.2	+2.7%
112	Schuyler County	129.7	+5.5%
113	Knox County	126.2	+5.2%
114	Mercer County	113	+4.8%
115	Worth County	67	+1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Total income received by the residents of a place from work, own businesses, property and government benefits, before income taxes, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC1 line 1 for the nation and states and CAINC1 line 1 for counties.

Counted where people live, not where they work. The national figure is the total of the states, which differs slightly from personal income in the national accounts. Divided by BEA population it gives per_capita_personal_income.

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

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (Counties in Missouri by personal income, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip

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CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Missouri by personal income, 2017. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/missouri-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Counties in Missouri by personal income, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/missouri-counties?period=2017.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Missouri by personal income, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/missouri-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest personal income?

St. Louis County, with $65.08 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest personal income?

Worth County, with $66.98 million in 2017.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.