15,294 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.5% since 2020)
415 square miles of land · 37 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 Moniteau County in the area they serve, reporting 9,731 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CALIFORNIA PWS groundwater · local government · MO3010124 | 4,423 served |
| TIPTON PWS groundwater · local government · MO3010791 | 2,861 served |
| MONITEAU COUNTY PWSD 2 groundwater · local government · MO3024396 | 1,400 served |
| JAMESTOWN PWS groundwater · local government · MO3010407 | 369 served |
| CLARKSBURG PWS groundwater · local government · MO3010166 | 353 served |
| MONITEAU COUNTY PWSD 1 groundwater · local government · MO3024395 | 200 served |
| MO AMERICAN HICKORY HILLS buys groundwater · private · MO3036043 | 125 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 44 people were held in Moniteau County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 442 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 30.
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 Moniteau County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $16.6 million — $15.2 million to run schools, about $11,132 per student, plus $948,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7 million local (mostly property tax), $8.5 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.8 million.
Spent $8.4 million — $7 million to run schools, about $11,625 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $3.4 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.5 million.
Spent $3 million — $2.7 million to run schools, about $13,431 per student, plus $254,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $448,000 federal.
Spent $1.9 million — $1.5 million to run schools, about $20,132 per student, plus $103,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $731,000 local (mostly property tax), $705,000 state, $360,000 federal.
Spent $1.3 million — $1.2 million to run schools, about $22,759 per student, plus $8,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $494,000 local (mostly property tax), $853,000 state, $245,000 federal. Long-term debt: $250,000.
Spent $1 million — $863,000 to run schools, about $31,963 per student. Money in: $514,000 local (mostly property tax), $337,000 state, $222,000 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 Moniteau County about $9.7 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.
93 bridges in Moniteau County: 26 in good condition, 55 fair, and 12 poor (12.9%). “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.
| MO 179 S over MONITEAU CR · built 1967 | 842 vehicles a day |
| RT C E over HIGH POINT BR · built 1947 | 762 vehicles a day |
| RT CC S over S MOREAU CR · built 1966 | 696 vehicles a day |
| RT U E over HOWARD CR · built 1968 | 406 vehicles a day |
| FACTORY CREEK RD over FACTORY CR · built 1960 | 30 vehicles a day |
| OAK DALE RD over N MOREAU CR · built 1930 | 20 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.6 million of work in Moniteau County in fiscal 2025, about $169 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 Moniteau 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 Moniteau County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Cole County (19 mi) · Cooper County (19 mi) · Morgan County (21 mi) · Boone County (29 mi) · Miller County (30 mi) · Howard County (36 mi).