17,961 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.1% since 2020)
670 square miles of land · 27 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.
6 active community water systems list Pike County in the area they serve, reporting 16,023 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PIKE COUNTY PWSD 1 buys surface water · local government · MO2024471 | 7,590 served |
| BOWLING GREEN PWS surface water · local government · MO2010093 | 4,195 served |
| LOUISIANA PWS surface water · local government · MO2010479 | 3,244 served |
| CLARKSVILLE PWS groundwater · local government · MO2010169 | 442 served |
| FRANKFORD PWS buys surface water · local government · MO2010288 | 349 served |
| CURRYVILLE PWS buys surface water · local government · MO2010201 | 203 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 Pike County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 394 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 45.
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 Pike County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $21.6 million — $16.5 million to run schools, about $12,411 per student, plus $4.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.1 million local (mostly property tax), $8.1 million state, $3.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $6 million.
Spent $8.1 million — $7.6 million to run schools, about $10,585 per student, plus $251,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $3.6 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.6 million.
Spent $7.4 million — $6.2 million to run schools, about $13,998 per student, plus $548,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5 million local (mostly property tax), $2.2 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Spent $969,000 — $852,000 to run schools, about $16,385 per student, plus $42,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $704,000 local (mostly property tax), $227,000 state, $40,000 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 Pike County about $12.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
224 bridges in Pike County: 76 in good condition, 131 fair, and 17 poor (7.6%). “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.
| GEORGIA ST over TOWN BR · built 1950 | 8,400 vehicles a day |
| 5TH & TENNESSEE ST over TOWN BR · built 1930 | 800 vehicles a day |
| RT B E over PENO CR · built 1948 | 563 vehicles a day |
| 6TH & KENTUCKY ST over TOWN CR · built 1930 | 500 vehicles a day |
| RT W S over LIT RAMSEY CR · built 1953 | 215 vehicles a day |
| OR 61 S over PENO CR · built 1949 | 114 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.8 million of work in Pike County in fiscal 2025, about $215 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 Pike 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 Pike County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Lincoln County (22 mi) · Ralls County (24 mi) · Pike County, IL (25 mi) · Calhoun County, IL (30 mi) · Montgomery County (32 mi) · Audrain County (37 mi).