8,890 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.3% since 2020)
648 square miles of land · 14 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.
5 active community water systems list Monroe County in the area they serve, reporting 10,940 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MONROE COUNTY PWSD 2 buys surface water · local government · MO2024402 | 6,700 served |
| MONROE CITY PWS surface water · local government · MO2010538 | 2,500 served |
| PARIS PWS buys surface water · local government · MO2010624 | 1,161 served |
| MADISON PWS buys surface water · local government · MO2010488 | 554 served |
| CLARENCE CANNON WHOLESALE WTR COMM surface water · local government · MO2020421 | 25 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 13 people were held in Monroe County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 259 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 19.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Monroe County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $12.1 million — $9.8 million to run schools, about $12,834 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.2 million local (mostly property tax), $4 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.6 million.
Spent $7.8 million — $5.9 million to run schools, about $12,887 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $2.2 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.2 million.
Spent $2.7 million — $2.5 million to run schools, about $13,524 per student, plus $54,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $312,000 federal.
Spent $1.1 million — $951,000 to run schools, about $19,408 per student. Money in: $552,000 local (mostly property tax), $498,000 state, $308,000 federal.
Spent $1 million — $783,000 to run schools, about $25,258 per student, plus $209,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $359,000 local (mostly property tax), $355,000 state, $642,000 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 Monroe County about $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.
175 bridges in Monroe County: 49 in good condition, 103 fair, and 23 poor (13.1%). “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 15 S over MID FK SALT RVR · built 1985 | 2,320 vehicles a day |
| MO 151 S over SMALL CR · built 1933 | 465 vehicles a day |
| W HICKORY ST over TOWN BR · built 1900 | 350 vehicles a day |
| RT C S over ELK FK SALT RVR · built 1968 | 131 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY RD 436 over BRANCH · built 1978 | 50 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY RD 390 over INDIAN CR · built 1916 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.9 million of work in Monroe County in fiscal 2025, about $449 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 Monroe 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 Monroe County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Shelby County (21 mi) · Audrain County (21 mi) · Ralls County (26 mi) · Randolph County (26 mi) · Marion County (29 mi) · Macon County (37 mi).