44,135 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.1% since 2020)
656 square miles of land · 67 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
65 active community water systems list Camden County in the area they serve, reporting 35,898 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CAMDEN COUNTY PWSD 4 HORSESHOE BEND groundwater · local government · MO3021377 | 7,912 served |
| CAMDENTON PWS groundwater · local government · MO3010130 | 3,960 served |
| OSAGE BEACH EAST PWS groundwater · local government · MO3011367 | 2,611 served |
| CAMDEN COUNTY PWSD #4 SHAWNEE BEND groundwater · local government · MO3031201 | 2,065 served |
| CAMDEN COUNTY PWSD # 5 groundwater · local government · MO3302557 | 1,735 served |
| OSAGE BEACH WEST PWS groundwater · local government · MO3011346 | 1,700 served |
| CAMDEN COUNTY PWSD 3 groundwater · local government · MO5021438 | 1,650 served |
| CAMDEN COUNTY PWSD 2 groundwater · local government · MO3024091 | 1,600 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 110 people were held in Camden County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 446 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 84.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
4 school districts have their office in Camden County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $60.3 million — $52.3 million to run schools, about $13,367 per student, plus $4.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $44.4 million local (mostly property tax), $13.4 million state, $5.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $56.4 million.
Spent $7.2 million — $5.5 million to run schools, about $13,564 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $2.8 million state, $2 million federal.
Spent $4.2 million — $3.7 million to run schools, about $10,782 per student, plus $314,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $2.1 million state, $860,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $4.9 million — $4 million to run schools, about $17,968 per student, plus $776,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $833,000 state, $1 million federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Camden County about $61.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
92 bridges in Camden County: 43 in good condition, 42 fair, and 7 poor (7.6%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| MO 7 S over DRY AUGLAIZE CREEK · built 1993 | 2,388 vehicles a day |
| RT V S over LINN CREEK · built 1936 | 575 vehicles a day |
| RT N S over UNKNOWN CREEK · built 1960 | 405 vehicles a day |
| RESORTS RD over TRIB TO LAKE OZARK · built 1970 | 400 vehicles a day |
| TUNNEL DAM RD over NIANGUA RIVER · built 1992 | 70 vehicles a day |
| KNIGHT RD over MILL CR · built 1960 | 60 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $27 million of work in Camden County in fiscal 2025, about $632 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Missouri are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Camden County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Camden County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Miller County (22 mi) · Laclede County (27 mi) · Dallas County (28 mi) · Morgan County (28 mi) · Hickory County (31 mi) · Pulaski County (33 mi).