24,077 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.6% since 2020)
483 square miles of land · 50 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 Randolph County in the area they serve, reporting 27,456 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MOBERLY PWS surface water · local government · MO2010533 | 13,783 served |
| THOMAS HILL PWSD 1 buys surface water · local government · MO2024504 | 11,250 served |
| HUNTSVILLE PWS buys surface water · local government · MO2010393 | 1,563 served |
| HIGBEE PWS buys surface water · local government · MO2010362 | 560 served |
| CLARK PWS buys groundwater · local government · MO2010882 | 300 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 63 people were held in Randolph County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 395 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 80.
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 Randolph County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $36.1 million — $28.7 million to run schools, about $13,217 per student, plus $6.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.8 million local (mostly property tax), $14 million state, $5.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $31.5 million.
Spent $9.7 million — $9 million to run schools, about $14,777 per student, plus $426,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.5 million local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $997,000 federal.
Spent $4.9 million — $4.5 million to run schools, about $13,326 per student, plus $205,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $409,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.5 million.
Spent $3 million — $2.8 million to run schools, about $13,398 per student, plus $78,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $457,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $2.9 million — $1.9 million to run schools, about $22,714 per student, plus $671,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $402,000 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 Randolph County about $12.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
163 bridges in Randolph County: 89 in good condition, 68 fair, and 6 poor (3.7%). “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.
| US 24 E over E FK SALT RVR · built 1947 | 3,123 vehicles a day |
| RT C S over US 24 · built 1976 | 1,488 vehicles a day |
| MO 3 S over SWEET SPRINGS CR · built 1931 | 1,278 vehicles a day |
| RT BB E over SWEET SPRINGS CR B · built 1960 | 774 vehicles a day |
| RT Z E over DARK CR · built 1947 | 122 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY RD 2322 over ELK FK · built 1924 | 35 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $4.5 million of work in Randolph County in fiscal 2025, about $184 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 Randolph 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 Randolph County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Howard County (23 mi) · Chariton County (26 mi) · Monroe County (26 mi) · Macon County (27 mi) · Boone County (33 mi) · Shelby County (33 mi).