27,002 people (2024 Census estimate, −4.3% since 2020)
542 square miles of land · 50 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.
13 active community water systems list Dunklin County in the area they serve, reporting 36,188 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| KENNETT PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010417 | 10,200 served |
| PEMISCOT COUNTY CON PWSD 1 groundwater · local government · MO4024448 | 6,042 served |
| DUNKLIN COUNTY PWSD 1 groundwater · local government · MO4024206 | 4,307 served |
| MALDEN PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010490 | 3,700 served |
| DUNKLIN COUNTY PWSD 2 groundwater · local government · MO4024207 | 2,900 served |
| CAMPBELL PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010132 | 1,992 served |
| DUNKLIN COUNTY PWSD 3 SOUTH groundwater · local government · MO4024209 | 1,972 served |
| SENATH PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010732 | 1,767 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 203 people were held in Dunklin County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2022), or 1,242 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2017 it was about 151.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Dunklin County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $25.1 million — $20.1 million to run schools, about $10,781 per student, plus $3.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.7 million local (mostly property tax), $13.1 million state, $12.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.3 million.
Spent $12.8 million — $9.9 million to run schools, about $11,214 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $5.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.2 million.
Spent $8.8 million — $8 million to run schools, about $11,855 per student, plus $686,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $5 million state, $3.3 million federal.
Spent $6.4 million — $5.7 million to run schools, about $10,289 per student, plus $403,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.5 million.
Spent $5.8 million — $5.3 million to run schools, about $12,117 per student, plus $388,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $3 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Spent $4.9 million — $4.4 million to run schools, about $15,031 per student, plus $332,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $969,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 million.
Spent $5 million — $3.6 million to run schools, about $14,289 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $944,000 local (mostly property tax), $2 million state, $2.3 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Dunklin County about $30.8 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.
217 bridges in Dunklin County: 94 in good condition, 105 fair, and 18 poor (8.3%). “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 53 S over DRAIN DTCH NO 2 · built 1939 | 4,211 vehicles a day |
| MO 53 S over LATERAL DTCH NO 2 · built 1939 | 4,211 vehicles a day |
| MO 53 S over LATERAL DTCH NO 1 · built 1946 | 2,866 vehicles a day |
| MO 53 S over LOST CR · built 1937 | 2,866 vehicles a day |
| MO 84 E over ST FRANCIS RVR · built 1981 | 2,804 vehicles a day |
| MO 164 E over LATERAL DTCH NO 18 · built 1949 | 1,765 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $19.1 million of work in Dunklin County in fiscal 2025, about $675 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 Dunklin 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 Dunklin County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Pemiscot County (16 mi) · Clay County, AR (25 mi) · Mississippi County, AR (27 mi) · Greene County, AR (28 mi) · Lake County, TN (34 mi) · Lauderdale County, TN (36 mi).