Sat. Jan 31st, 2026
Missouri added 26,997 new residents from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025.
That’s according to the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center which also says the figure brought the state’s total population up to 6.27 million people…a change of zero-point-four percent over the year…making Missouri 18th in the U.S. by population size.
Texas grew the most over the year adding more than 391,000 new residents followed by Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina.