14,407 people (2024 Census estimate, −7.6% since 2020)
493 square miles of land · 29 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 Pemiscot County in the area they serve, reporting 17,383 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PEMISCOT COUNTY CON PWSD 1 groundwater · local government · MO4024448 | 6,042 served |
| CARUTHERSVILLE PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010143 | 5,518 served |
| HAYTI PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010354 | 2,789 served |
| STEELE PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010758 | 1,975 served |
| HAYTI HEIGHTS PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010959 | 520 served |
| WARDELL PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010830 | 310 served |
| HOLLAND PWS buys groundwater · local government · MO4010372 | 229 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 69 people were held in Pemiscot County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 711 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 97.
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 Pemiscot County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $14.3 million — $11.1 million to run schools, about $11,797 per student, plus $3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $5.8 million state, $6.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.2 million.
Spent $8.1 million — $7.2 million to run schools, about $11,858 per student, plus $809,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2 million local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $3 million federal.
Spent $8.9 million — $8.2 million to run schools, about $13,650 per student, plus $519,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $4.2 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $405,000.
Spent $4.4 million — $4.2 million to run schools, about $19,626 per student. Money in: $863,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.2 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $76,000.
Spent $2.8 million — $2.7 million to run schools, about $12,722 per student. Money in: $922,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $251,000 federal.
Spent $2.6 million — $2.3 million to run schools, about $14,384 per student, plus $240,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $829,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $658,000 federal.
Spent $2.4 million — $2.1 million to run schools, about $16,320 per student, plus $3,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $759,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.3 million state, $374,000 federal. Long-term debt: $725,000.
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 Pemiscot County about $24.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
207 bridges in Pemiscot County: 72 in good condition, 116 fair, and 19 poor (9.2%). “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 84 E over IS 55 · built 1969 | 9,530 vehicles a day |
| RT U E over IS 55 · built 1971 | 6,508 vehicles a day |
| US 61 N over IS 55 · built 1971 | 1,250 vehicles a day |
| RT O E over PEMISCOT BYU · built 1952 | 1,172 vehicles a day |
| RT B S over DRAIN DTCH NO 66 · built 1949 | 824 vehicles a day |
| RT A E over CLAY ROOT BAY · built 1937 | 356 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $25.3 million of work in Pemiscot County in fiscal 2025, about $1,617 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 Pemiscot 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 Pemiscot County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Dunklin County (16 mi) · Lake County, TN (19 mi) · Dyer County, TN (24 mi) · New Madrid County (27 mi) · Lauderdale County, TN (32 mi) · Mississippi County, AR (34 mi).