15,212 people (2024 Census estimate, −6.8% since 2020)
675 square miles of land · 23 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.
14 active community water systems list New Madrid County in the area they serve, reporting 14,763 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NEW MADRID PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010570 | 3,250 served |
| PORTAGEVILLE PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010658 | 3,200 served |
| NEW MADRID COUNTY PWSD 5 groundwater · local government · MO4024419 | 1,800 served |
| LILBOURN PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010468 | 902 served |
| GIDEON PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010304 | 780 served |
| MOREHOUSE PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010543 | 749 served |
| NEW MADRID COUNTY PWSD 4 buys groundwater · local government · MO4024418 | 673 served |
| MATTHEWS PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010509 | 628 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 36 people were held in New Madrid County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2014), or 318 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2009 it was about 50.
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 New Madrid County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $26 million — $19.8 million to run schools, about $14,603 per student, plus $5.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.8 million local (mostly property tax), $5 million state, $9.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.9 million.
Spent $10.9 million — $8.5 million to run schools, about $12,751 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.1 million.
Spent $4.6 million — $3.7 million to run schools, about $17,144 per student, plus $877,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $981,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.9 million state, $1.6 million federal.
Spent $2.8 million — $2.7 million to run schools, about $15,854 per student, plus $28,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $933,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $369,000 federal. Long-term debt: $24,000.
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 New Madrid County about $28.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
283 bridges in New Madrid County: 150 in good condition, 120 fair, and 13 poor (4.6%). “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.
| IS 55 S over N CUT DTCH · built 1964 | 10,882 vehicles a day |
| MO 162 E over DRAIN DTCH #256 · built 1952 | 1,062 vehicles a day |
| RT D E over DRAIN DTCH #1 · built 1949 | 983 vehicles a day |
| RT D E over DRAIN DTCH #14 · built 1955 | 867 vehicles a day |
| RT D E over DRAIN DTCH #6 · built 1955 | 733 vehicles a day |
| RT B S over DRAIN DTCH #60 · built 1954 | 705 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.2 million of work in New Madrid County in fiscal 2025, about $624 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 New Madrid 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 New Madrid County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Lake County, TN (20 mi) · Stoddard County (24 mi) · Mississippi County (26 mi) · Fulton County, KY (26 mi) · Pemiscot County (27 mi) · Scott County (32 mi).