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Counties in Missouri ranked

6.5%of income goes to home energy in Sullivan County, the highest of 113 Missouri counties

St. Charles County is lowest at 1.8%, a gap of 3.6 times. The median Missouri county sits at 3.8%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Missouri: DOE LEAD 2022.

Missouri county map

Missouri counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measurePettis County: 3.2%Randolph County: 3.9%Miller County: 3.0%Henry County: 3.3%Greene County: 2.6%Osage County: 3.1%Morgan County: 3.9%Adair County: 3.7%Knox County: 5.0%Maries County: 3.6%Moniteau County: 3.3%Crawford County: 4.4%Dade County: 4.6%Grundy County: 5.0%Texas County: 5.1%Pulaski County: 3.0%Caldwell County: 4.2%Douglas County: 5.7%Dent County: 4.1%Montgomery County: 3.3%Wright County: 5.7%Clinton County: 3.9%Carter County: 3.2%Gentry County: 4.2%Stone County: 3.2%Gasconade County: 3.8%Audrain County: 3.5%Cedar County: 4.7%Dallas County: 4.2%Chariton County: 3.6%Macon County: 4.6%Linn County: 4.0%Daviess County: 4.0%Bollinger County: 3.9%Hickory County: 6.2%Livingston County: 3.8%Warren County: 2.4%Polk County: 3.7%Webster County: 3.4%Monroe County: 4.4%Washington County: 3.5%Dunklin County: 4.3%St. Clair County: 4.6%Lawrence County: 4.1%Jasper County: 3.7%Newton County: 3.6%Howard County: 3.8%Cole County: 2.5%Carroll County: 4.2%Clark County: 4.5%Camden County: 2.4%Ray County: 3.1%Benton County: 3.5%Franklin County: 2.6%Oregon County: 5.5%Ste. Genevieve County: 3.0%Laclede County: 3.6%Lafayette County: 3.1%McDonald County: 4.0%Marion County: 3.1%Callaway County: 3.5%Christian County: 3.0%Ralls County: 4.3%Andrew County: 2.9%Worth County: 4.5%Ozark County: 5.3%Barry County: 4.0%Jackson County: 2.6%St. Francois County: 2.9%Iron County: 3.5%Platte County: 1.9%Pike County: 3.7%Barton County: 5.9%Lewis County: 4.6%Putnam County: no page, no dataAtchison County: 4.5%Scotland County: 4.2%Madison County: 3.7%Reynolds County: 4.5%Shannon County: 4.9%Phelps County: 3.1%St. Louis County: 2.0%Shelby County: 4.6%Harrison County: 5.0%Sullivan County: 6.5%Cass County: 2.6%Taney County: 3.1%Perry County: 2.9%Vernon County: 4.2%Holt County: 3.9%Boone County: 2.3%Stoddard County: 3.8%St. Charles County: 1.8%New Madrid County: 4.1%Saline County: 4.0%Cooper County: 3.5%Butler County: 3.4%DeKalb County: 3.6%Schuyler County: 5.7%Mercer County: 4.6%Pemiscot County: 4.9%Bates County: 4.2%Cape Girardeau County: 2.9%Wayne County: 4.1%Mississippi County: 4.3%Howell County: 5.0%Jefferson County: 2.3%Nodaway County: 3.4%Scott County: 3.3%Clay County: 2.2%Johnson County: 3.0%Ripley County: 4.1%Lincoln County: 2.5%Buchanan County: 2.8%
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Missouri counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Missouri

Sullivan County leads Missouri on burden at 6.5% of income and Hickory County follows at 6.2%. For lower-income homes the top is Sullivan County: 17.6% of income, against 10.4% in the median Missouri county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Missouri counties

  • Sullivan County6.5
  • Hickory County6.2
  • Barton County5.9
  • Douglas County5.7
  • Wright County5.7
  • Schuyler County5.7
  • Oregon County5.5
  • Ozark County5.3
  • Texas County5.1
  • Harrison County5.0
  • Missouri median county3.8
Missouri counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in MissouriShare of income (MO)Residents (MO)
St. Charles County1.8%409,830
Platte County1.9%108,751
St. Louis County2.0%996,618
Clay County2.2%255,566
Jefferson County2.3%228,227

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Missouri

NOAA logged 145 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Carter County from 2015 to 2025, 2,752 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Missouri. FEMA scores St. Louis County highest at 99.3 (relatively high). In Missouri these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Missouri top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Missourireports 2015-2025 (MO)Residents (MO)Rank (MO)
Carter County2,7525,2691st
Ripley County1,41310,7552nd
Douglas County1,35911,8503rd
Bollinger County1,35010,5914th
Wayne County1,27910,9425th
Missouri top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Missouriscore 0-100 (MO)Residents (MO)Rank (MO)
St. Louis County99.3996,6181st
Jackson County96.5717,0212nd
St. Charles County92.6409,8303rd
Jefferson County90.5228,2274th
Greene County90.1301,1215th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Missouri

Holt County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Missouri: 70.4 from 2015 to 2025, against 2.0 in the median Missouri county. Holt County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (5.2%, median county 0.2%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Missouri top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Missouriclaims 2015-2025 (MO)Residents (MO)Rank (MO)
Holt County70.44,2541st
Pike County18.617,6232nd
McDonald County18.123,4923rd
Lincoln County15.961,6364th
Gasconade County13.014,7745th
Missouri top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Missouri% of homes insured (MO)Residents (MO)Rank (MO)
Holt County5.2%4,2541st
Pemiscot County4.7%15,2322nd
Scott County4.1%37,9673rd
New Madrid County4.0%16,0414th
Mississippi County3.5%12,0795th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Missouri counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Missouri median. Most extreme: Holt County, flood claims per 1,000 homes 70.4 against a median of 2.0.

Missouri outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueMissouri medianDeviations
Holt CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes70.42.0+34.6
Holt CountyFlood insurance penetration5.2%0.2%+21.1
Pemiscot CountyFlood insurance penetration4.7%0.2%+18.9
Scott CountyFlood insurance penetration4.1%0.2%+16.4
New Madrid CountyFlood insurance penetration4.0%0.2%+16.0
Mississippi CountyFlood insurance penetration3.5%0.2%+13.9
Carter CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents2,752341+10.4
Pike CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes18.62.0+8.4
McDonald CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes18.12.0+8.1
Lincoln CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes15.92.0+7.0

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Missouri

Atchison County has the oldest stock: 82% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Taney County at 80% of homes, and Pettis County lists 6 utilities, the most in Missouri.

Missouri top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Missouri% of homes (MO)Residents (MO)Rank (MO)
Atchison County82%5,2161st
Worth County77%1,9562nd
Carroll County75%8,4593rd
Grundy County75%9,8224th
Linn County75%11,8505th
Missouri top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Missouri% of homes (MO)Residents (MO)Rank (MO)
Taney County80%56,3821st
Camden County74%43,4162nd
Pulaski County73%53,8503rd
St. Francois County71%66,8644th
Warren County70%36,4675th

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All 113 Missouri counties, sortable

113 Missouri counties, all measures
Adair County25,2243.7%12.7%19028.763%50%20.90.1%48
Andrew County18,0862.9%9.8%23822.151%45%14.20.3%43
Atchison County5,2164.5%12.7%1,03521.782%36%16.00.2%54
Audrain County24,6883.5%9.9%23951.466%48%4no data0.3%59
Barry County34,8314.0%12.2%47775.143%41%50.50.0%166
Barton County11,6855.9%15.6%54843.661%22%2no data0.3%64
Bates County16,1214.2%11.5%45930.555%40%30.80.1%74
Benton County19,8873.5%9.6%34266.843%65%5no data0.1%68
Bollinger County10,5913.9%10.2%1,35026.351%37%51.70.2%143
Boone County185,8742.3%8.1%4685.834%43%50.40.2%86
Buchanan County83,8552.8%9.0%13574.471%38%24.80.7%113
Butler County42,1663.4%7.7%47483.150%67%45.21.4%200
Caldwell County8,8904.2%12.8%33714.463%33%3no data0.0%30
Callaway County44,5413.5%10.5%15963.941%53%41.10.1%71
Camden County43,4162.4%9.4%17788.430%74%51.70.6%77
Cape Girardeau County82,1802.9%8.9%25285.748%47%41.80.2%207
Carroll County8,4594.2%11.5%23632.675%27%36.90.3%20
Carter County5,2693.2%9.1%2,75253.944%48%112.81.2%145
Cass County109,3932.6%9.0%11674.935%32%42.00.3%127
Cedar County14,4404.7%11.3%38826.051%41%3no data0.0%56
Chariton County7,4063.6%10.1%45929.472%41%42.50.4%34
Christian County91,2293.0%9.9%24366.519%37%41.10.2%222
Clark County6,6804.5%11.3%85321.869%33%16.30.6%57
Clay County255,5662.2%8.0%6789.842%29%41.10.3%170
Clinton County21,2593.9%12.7%39056.253%30%4no data0.1%83
Cole County76,9242.5%7.6%5173.448%55%33.10.3%39
Cooper County16,8353.5%10.5%30320.459%39%2no data0.1%51
Crawford County22,8904.4%12.5%24955.050%49%35.30.2%57
Dade County7,6274.6%12.7%1,01023.361%36%4no datano data77
Dallas County17,3444.2%11.4%50241.747%49%4no data0.1%87
Daviess County8,4494.0%10.8%60430.156%27%3no datano data51
DeKalb County11,1763.6%11.2%27716.048%39%4no data0.0%31
Dent County14,5064.1%10.7%36552.552%42%3no data0.1%53
Douglas County11,8505.7%16.1%1,35923.743%27%3no data0.0%161
Dunklin County27,7954.3%11.1%65880.169%48%20.81.9%183
Franklin County105,3162.6%8.8%9983.545%66%38.40.3%104
Gasconade County14,7743.8%10.4%26432.059%43%413.00.4%39
Gentry County6,2244.2%11.9%53028.864%28%2no datano data33
Greene County301,1212.6%7.4%13890.147%42%50.50.2%417
Grundy County9,8225.0%13.5%78427.975%31%1no data0.0%77
Harrison County8,1985.0%13.4%63429.366%25%2no data0.0%52
Henry County22,1943.3%9.4%27052.852%52%2no data0.1%60
Hickory County8,5016.2%13.5%74123.549%45%2no datano data63
Holt County4,2543.9%11.0%under 5,000 residents15.769%36%170.45.2%44
Howard County10,1413.8%11.2%38513.860%36%31.80.2%39
Howell County40,1685.0%13.0%31477.847%45%13.30.2%126
Iron County9,4823.5%8.8%52769.560%51%21.10.5%50
Jackson County717,0212.6%9.9%4796.565%26%40.90.2%337
Jasper County123,5323.7%10.4%14385.645%48%41.40.2%177
Jefferson County228,2272.3%7.5%4390.541%58%37.10.7%98
Johnson County54,3313.0%7.4%17954.937%50%40.70.3%97
Knox County3,7605.0%13.2%under 5,000 residents21.072%37%2no datano data32
Laclede County36,2453.6%8.7%19066.044%61%40.80.1%69
Lafayette County32,9743.1%10.4%20652.560%28%3no data0.0%68
Lawrence County38,3924.1%11.2%35466.251%38%41.50.3%136
Lewis County9,9454.6%13.1%44227.467%35%12.70.5%44
Lincoln County61,6362.5%9.6%10267.126%66%315.90.6%63
Linn County11,8504.0%12.7%48131.275%27%3no data0.1%57
Livingston County14,3303.8%11.0%21623.068%35%4no data0.0%31
Macon County15,1634.6%12.3%29736.861%38%2no data0.0%45
Madison County12,6653.7%9.0%37150.955%59%21.40.4%47
Maries County8,4353.6%10.6%47420.846%40%45.50.2%40
Marion County28,4933.1%9.0%22547.964%30%32.80.4%64
McDonald County23,4924.0%10.6%29464.042%47%318.10.4%69
Mercer County3,5014.6%12.4%under 5,000 residents12.365%24%1no datano data47
Miller County25,0813.0%9.1%23555.142%66%40.30.1%59
Mississippi County12,0794.3%11.0%1,24257.261%44%20.83.5%150
Moniteau County15,3033.3%9.1%22231.052%28%3no data0.1%34
Monroe County8,6724.4%13.8%47321.254%42%5no data0.1%41
Montgomery County11,4223.3%10.6%48238.353%51%4no data0.1%55
Morgan County21,4303.9%11.3%28075.546%56%20.50.4%60
New Madrid County16,0414.1%10.2%97971.962%56%42.84.0%157
Newton County59,4903.6%10.6%21977.545%47%35.40.6%130
Nodaway County20,9593.4%9.2%36745.657%51%1no data0.1%77
Oregon County8,7045.5%12.9%55148.751%38%3no data0.1%48
Osage County13,3793.1%9.6%29932.952%43%24.80.4%40
Ozark County8,7735.3%13.6%1,02635.751%35%2no data0.0%90
Pemiscot County15,2324.9%13.5%99878.068%36%11.54.7%152
Perry County18,9472.9%8.4%74446.251%43%21.40.2%141
Pettis County43,2053.2%8.4%17862.059%42%60.70.2%77
Phelps County44,9483.1%7.9%18553.745%63%54.40.4%83
Pike County17,6233.7%10.2%34040.364%49%318.60.6%60
Platte County108,7511.9%8.0%9471.434%35%31.50.3%102
Polk County32,1093.7%10.0%38354.540%67%3no data0.0%123
Pulaski County53,8503.0%9.2%15260.532%73%45.50.4%82
Ralls County10,3944.3%14.7%46214.148%38%31.50.2%48
Randolph County24,5243.9%9.5%21635.861%50%4no data0.1%53
Ray County23,1493.1%10.1%23344.458%30%40.80.7%54
Reynolds County6,0584.5%10.0%72663.961%45%34.90.3%44
Ripley County10,7554.1%9.7%1,41357.046%55%211.61.2%152
Saline County23,1774.0%11.9%16451.670%29%4no data0.1%38
Schuyler County4,0445.7%13.4%under 5,000 residents3.669%40%1no datano data24
Scotland County4,6984.2%11.9%under 5,000 residents33.061%22%1no datano data51
Scott County37,9673.3%10.0%52480.159%54%33.44.1%199
Shannon County7,1374.9%11.2%93957.548%38%4no data0.1%67
Shelby County6,0114.6%13.4%71515.968%36%2no data0.0%43
St. Charles County409,8301.8%7.7%3292.625%30%27.80.8%130
St. Clair County9,4514.6%11.1%76225.656%43%4no datano data72
St. Francois County66,8642.9%8.2%12178.549%71%31.20.2%81
St. Louis County996,6182.0%9.7%1999.369%23%14.60.6%188
Ste. Genevieve County18,5513.0%9.1%23254.649%40%22.10.5%43
Stoddard County28,5473.8%9.4%69074.359%51%30.91.0%197
Stone County31,6973.2%11.2%39876.730%62%41.80.2%126
Sullivan County5,9036.5%17.6%62710.171%28%2no datano data37
Taney County56,3823.1%8.7%30784.025%80%46.20.6%173
Texas County24,9565.1%13.2%34162.453%47%2no data0.3%85
Vernon County19,7134.2%10.1%35546.058%42%2no data0.1%70
Warren County36,4672.4%8.5%13455.324%70%30.30.2%49
Washington County23,4833.5%9.0%23467.844%67%2no data0.1%55
Wayne County10,9424.1%9.5%1,27967.053%49%22.91.0%140
Webster County39,8683.4%9.9%37944.637%42%40.40.1%151
Worth County1,9564.5%11.2%under 5,000 residents8.277%34%1no datano data28
Wright County18,7225.7%12.8%50257.452%35%3no data0.0%94

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Missouri: click a header to sort. Per-capita storm rates start at 5,000 residents.

Sources

Missouri sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (MO)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (MO)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (MO)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (MO)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (MO)20241 Oct 2026

Missouri LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Missouri county has the highest home energy burden?

Sullivan County: 6.5% of income, against 3.8% for the median Missouri county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Missouri county has the lowest energy burden?

St. Charles County at 1.8% of income.

How does Missouri compare with the whole country?

The median Missouri county has a burden of 3.8% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 113 Missouri counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Missouri?

Carter County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 2,752 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Missouri county has the highest FEMA risk score?

St. Louis County: 99.3, rated relatively high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Missouri?

Atchison County: 82% of homes were built before 1980; the median Missouri county is at 52% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Missouri county relies most on electric heat?

Taney County: 80% of homes heat with electricity, against 42% in the median county.

Which Missouri county has the most flood claims per home?

Holt County: 70.4 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Missouri county has 2.0 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Missouri?

No: in Missouri they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Missouri households get help with bills?

See the Missouri help page. Highest burden: Sullivan County.

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