Every county in Missouri
115 countiesRanked by units under contract. 98 of 115 publish a wait figure; the rest are suppressed (fewer than 11 families), missing, or non-reporting, and are shown as "no data" rather than as a zero.
| County | Units | Households | Wait (mo, those admitted) | ELI need met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County | 19,934 | 16,130 | 42 | 42.1% |
| St. Louis County | 14,572 | 12,197 | 42 | 34% |
| St. Louis city | 13,560 | 10,837 | 37 | 37% |
| Clay County | 2,828 | 2,453 | 27 | 32.2% |
| Greene County | 2,791 | 2,330 | 61 | 15% |
| Boone County | 2,236 | 1,918 | 14 | 19% |
| Jasper County | 2,047 | 1,697 | 18 | 31% |
| Buchanan County | 2,010 | 1,723 | 9 | 40.9% |
| St. Charles County | 1,964 | 1,634 | 35 | 29.9% |
| Jefferson County | 1,429 | 1,119 | 13 | 25.9% |
| Cass County | 1,306 | 656 | 15 | 25.3% |
| Cole County | 1,305 | 988 | 9 | 45.7% |
| Cape Girardeau County | 1,287 | 876 | 39 | 31.3% |
| Pemiscot County | 1,114 | 1,006 | 10 | 75.3% |
| Dunklin County | 1,022 | 903 | 12 | 52.6% |
| Scott County | 1,020 | 770 | 14 | 44.5% |
| Butler County | 1,006 | 893 | 10 | 43.3% |
| Lincoln County | 1,001 | 640 | 35 | 48.8% |
| St. Francois County | 877 | 598 | 35 | 35.7% |
| Howell County | 856 | 652 | 13 | 30.8% |
| Pettis County | 711 | 576 | 16 | 44.7% |
| Marion County | 676 | 577 | 7 | 44.4% |
| Warren County | 662 | 428 | 26 | 70.8% |
| New Madrid County | 605 | 505 | 10 | 47.8% |
| Phelps County | 603 | 531 | 14 | 19.1% |
| Platte County | 540 | 406 | 63 | 15.6% |
| Mississippi County | 519 | 476 | 5 | 64.4% |
| Audrain County | 502 | 456 | 7 | 50% |
| Lafayette County | 486 | 355 | 17 | 32.7% |
| Saline County | 482 | 410 | 15 | 67.8% |
| Callaway County | 475 | 384 | 17 | 50% |
| Adair County | 474 | 382 | 10 | 23.5% |
| Randolph County | 471 | 403 | 7 | 41% |
| Wright County | 464 | 363 | 5 | 54.9% |
| Laclede County | 446 | 403 | 9 | 38.6% |
| Vernon County | 441 | 362 | 5 | 78.1% |
| Stoddard County | 426 | 391 | 5 | 29.1% |
| Texas County | 416 | 284 | 5 | 44.7% |
| Nodaway County | 403 | 317 | 5 | 24.6% |
| Franklin County | 396 | 274 | 28 | 12.7% |
| Henry County | 387 | 308 | 5 | 29.3% |
| Pike County | 378 | 282 | 9 | 47.5% |
| Newton County | 347 | 295 | 22 | 19.6% |
| Ray County | 326 | 287 | 8 | 35.4% |
| Crawford County | 322 | 275 | 10 | 31.5% |
| Washington County | 299 | 268 | 14 | 44.9% |
| Johnson County | 295 | 209 | 4 | 11.8% |
| Dent County | 282 | 253 | 30 | 47.6% |
| Taney County | 267 | 246 | 19 | 14.6% |
| McDonald County | 260 | 255 | 11 | 28.1% |
| Linn County | 252 | 225 | 5 | 55.5% |
| Pulaski County | 240 | 204 | 14 | 15.2% |
| Livingston County | 226 | 194 | 3 | 62.6% |
| Cooper County | 223 | 159 | 14 | 32.9% |
| Oregon County | 223 | 146 | 12 | 41.6% |
| Lawrence County | 214 | 198 | 2 | 20.2% |
| Grundy County | 201 | 125 | 18 | 31.4% |
| DeKalb County | 189 | 163 | 8 | 34.7% |
| Christian County | 186 | 169 | 23 | 12.7% |
| Clark County | 177 | 105 | 64 | 51.9% |
| Harrison County | 172 | 143 | 6 | 47% |
| Carroll County | 167 | 95 | 2 | 89.2% |
| Clinton County | 152 | 85 | 23 | 16.8% |
| Macon County | 148 | 122 | 4 | 26.4% |
| Montgomery County | 133 | 93 | no data | 19.7% |
| Cedar County | 132 | 96 | 18 | 25% |
| Andrew County | 126 | 86 | 10 | 34.1% |
| Webster County | 122 | 101 | 27 | 17% |
| Ozark County | 116 | 80 | 8 | 26.4% |
| St. Clair County | 115 | 91 | 6 | 34.1% |
| Miller County | 110 | 99 | 29 | 12.7% |
| Bates County | 109 | 65 | 19 | 9.5% |
| Howard County | 104 | 88 | 7 | 37.6% |
| Scotland County | 98 | 75 | 34 | 59.5% |
| Ripley County | 94 | 82 | 31 | 22.4% |
| Atchison County | 89 | 58 | 3 | 29.2% |
| Ste. Genevieve County | 88 | 84 | 2 | 19% |
| Barton County | 87 | 79 | 18 | 21.1% |
| Madison County | 80 | 58 | 29 | 16.4% |
| Douglas County | 78 | 60 | 5 | 16.7% |
| Benton County | 74 | 43 | 16 | 13% |
| Camden County | 74 | 59 | 116 | 5.7% |
| Perry County | 67 | 49 | 4 | 11.8% |
| Mercer County | 64 | 48 | 1 | 49.2% |
| Polk County | 59 | 54 | 23 | 5.6% |
| Schuyler County | 59 | 47 | 7 | 25.7% |
| Stone County | 59 | 47 | 22 | 13.8% |
| Putnam County | 53 | 42 | no data | 36.8% |
| Daviess County | 52 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Chariton County | 51 | 45 | 7 | 25.7% |
| Holt County | 50 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Caldwell County | 47 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Maries County | 44 | 38 | 6 | 31.4% |
| Ralls County | 43 | 28 | 18 | 20% |
| Shelby County | 42 | 34 | 6 | 41.5% |
| Moniteau County | 40 | 28 | no data | 5.3% |
| Morgan County | 40 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Wayne County | 40 | 30 | 6 | 11.4% |
| Knox County | 35 | 21 | 6 | 45.7% |
| Bollinger County | 34 | 22 | 2 | 8.6% |
| Shannon County | 33 | 21 | 7 | 13.3% |
| Gasconade County | 32 | 27 | 9 | 7.7% |
| Dallas County | 31 | 28 | no data | 4% |
| Hickory County | 29 | 25 | no data | 10.4% |
| Osage County | 26 | 15 | 25 | 5.6% |
| Iron County | 23 | 15 | no data | 5% |
| Barry County | 21 | 19 | 24 | 2.5% |
| Carter County | 21 | 16 | 11 | 8.7% |
| Monroe County | 20 | 13 | no data | 5.4% |
| Gentry County | 19 | 13 | no data | 7.8% |
| Lewis County | 17 | 11 | no data | 3.3% |
| Worth County | 11 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Sullivan County | 9 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Dade County | 4 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Reynolds County | 3 | 0 | no data | no data |
The wait is the time households who were admitted spent waiting. Everyone still on a list is absent from HUD's file entirely, so the real wait is longer than any figure here. Need is from HUD CHAS (2017-2021 ACS); supply is from the HUD Picture file (2025). See the methodology.
Generated 2026-07-13 02:52 UTC
Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households (2025 snapshot, 2009-2025 trend) joined to HUD CHAS 2017-2021 ACS for the eligible-household denominator