15,177 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
801 square miles of land · 19 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.
7 active community water systems list Macon County in the area they serve, reporting 21,158 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MACON CO PWSD 1 buys surface water · local government · MO2024363 | 12,865 served |
| MACON PWS surface water · local government · MO2010487 | 5,489 served |
| LAPLATA PWS buys surface water · local government · MO2010451 | 1,366 served |
| BEVIER PWS buys surface water · local government · MO2010881 | 762 served |
| ATLANTA PWS buys surface water · local government · MO2010035 | 376 served |
| CALLAO PWS buys surface water · local government · MO2010125 | 248 served |
| ELMER PWS buys surface water · local government · MO2010247 | 52 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 33 people were held in Macon County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 367 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 29.
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.
6 school districts have their office in Macon County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $16.6 million — $14.3 million to run schools, about $11,848 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.6 million local (mostly property tax), $7 million state, $3.6 million federal.
Spent $6.4 million — $4.5 million to run schools, about $14,617 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $2.3 million federal.
Spent $2.7 million — $2.5 million to run schools, about $11,752 per student, plus $151,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.3 million state, $484,000 federal.
Spent $2.9 million — $2.6 million to run schools, about $13,025 per student, plus $222,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.3 million state, $568,000 federal.
Spent $2.3 million — $2 million to run schools, about $21,463 per student, plus $193,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $930,000 local (mostly property tax), $957,000 state, $282,000 federal.
Spent $801,000 — $658,000 to run schools, about $16,872 per student, plus $5,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $422,000 local (mostly property tax), $536,000 state, $167,000 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Macon County about $10.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
291 bridges in Macon County: 127 in good condition, 144 fair, and 20 poor (6.9%). “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.
| US 63 S over US 36 · built 1971 | 12,582 vehicles a day |
| RT PP E over MID FK SALT RVR · built 1958 | 824 vehicles a day |
| RT J E over E FK CHARITON RVR · built 1930 | 790 vehicles a day |
| RT UU S over BNSF RR · built 1947 | 160 vehicles a day |
| RT J E over MUSSEL FK · built 1958 | 127 vehicles a day |
| LINN ST over UNNAMED STR · built 1938 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $7.2 million of work in Macon County in fiscal 2025, about $474 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 Macon 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 Macon County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Adair County (25 mi) · Shelby County (25 mi) · Randolph County (27 mi) · Linn County (29 mi) · Chariton County (30 mi) · Knox County (31 mi).