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Insurance agencies in Mississippi County, MO
How Mississippi County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 8 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,262 of 2,272 scored counties
#84 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 11
- 3 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.5M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,457 a household
- Spending per listing
- $593K
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.5
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,003
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Mississippi County scores 8 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #2,262 of 2,272 scored counties and #84 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Mississippi County spend about $6.5M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,457 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $593K per agency, 53% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Mississippi County has 11 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 27%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 24.5 per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Mississippi County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 640 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Mississippi County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Mississippi County compares
The same measures for Missouri and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle insurance by the insurance agencies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Mississippi County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.5 | 20.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $593K | $810K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 640 | 753 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,457 | $1,625 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $48,160 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 8 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $927K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Mississippi County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Mississippi County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,003−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,482
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 412 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $48,160+36.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,429
- Median home value
- $109,000
- Jobs located here
- 2,876
- Daytime population
- 10,139Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, MO | 66 | 7 | 7.8 | $2.2M | +1.6% | #584 of 2,272 |
| 2Lincoln County, MO | 62 | 30 | 13.1 | $1.5M | +11.4% | #736 of 2,272 |
| 3McDonald County, MO | 60 | 10 | 11.7 | $1.5M | +3.1% | #786 of 2,272 |
| 4Andrew County, MO | 59 | 7 | 10.0 | $1.9M | +0.7% | #802 of 2,272 |
| 5Dallas County, MO | 57 | 8 | 11.8 | $1.6M | +5.2% | #881 of 2,272 |
| 6Crawford County, MO | 56 | 10 | 10.4 | $1.7M | −0.4% | #909 of 2,272 |
| 7Newton County, MO | 55 | 27 | 12.2 | $1.5M | +6.1% | #961 of 2,272 |
| 8Pulaski County, MO | 53 | 19 | 11.3 | $1.5M | +0.8% | #1,019 of 2,272 |
| 9Ray County, MO | 53 | 14 | 15.4 | $1.2M | +1.1% | #1,029 of 2,272 |
| 10Ste. Genevieve County, MO | 52 | 10 | 14.0 | $1.5M | +1.1% | #1,044 of 2,272 |
| 84Mississippi County, MO | 8 | 11 | 24.5 | $593K | −1.1% | #2,262 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Mississippi County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Mississippi County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 insurance agencies in Mississippi County. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Mississippi County, MO spend on vehicle insurance?
About $6.5M a year, or $1,457 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $593K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,482 households in Mississippi County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mississippi County, MO compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Mississippi County has 24.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $593K, 53% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Mississippi County would have about 5, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 640 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Mississippi County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Mississippi County at 12,003 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,482 households. Median household income in Mississippi County is $48,160, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.2%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Mississippi County scores 8 for insurance agencies (very low), #2,262 of 2,272 scored counties.
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