Who is the Butler County Assessor?

Chris Rickman (Republican) is the Assessor of Butler County, Missouri.

Who is the Butler County Circuit Clerk?

Cindi Bowman (Republican) is the Circuit Clerk of Butler County, Missouri.

Who is the Butler County Collector of Revenue?

Emily Clark-Parks (Republican) is the Collector of Revenue of Butler County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Butler County Coroner?

Jim Akers (Republican) is the Coroner of Butler County, Missouri.

Who is the Butler County County Clerk?

Donna Hillis (Republican) is the County Clerk of Butler County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Butler County Prosecuting Attorney?

Kacey Proctor (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Butler County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Butler County Public Administrator?

Jeff Darnell (Republican) is the Public Administrator of Butler County, Missouri.

Who is the Butler County Recorder of Deeds?

Debby Lundstrom (Republican) is the Recorder of Deeds of Butler County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Butler County Sheriff?

Mark L. Dobbs (Republican) is the Sheriff of Butler County, Missouri.

Who is the Butler County Treasurer?

Tammy Marler (Republican) is the Treasurer of Butler County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who are the Butler County commissioners?

Don Anderson (Associate Commissioner, Eastern District); Dennis LeGrand (Associate Commissioner, Western District); Vince Lampe (Presiding Commissioner).

What is the population of Butler County?

About 42,020 people, with a median age of 39.5; the median household income is $49,089 and 20.5% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Butler County?

4.0% in September 2026 (preliminary): 679 people unemployed in a labor force of 17,150, against 4.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Butler County?

27 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 4 municipal, 4 school district and 18 special district governments.

Butler County, MO elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Butler County: 13 seats on 11 elected bodies. 6 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

County Commission

Butler County Commission

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Associate Commissioner, Eastern District	Don Anderson Republican source
Associate Commissioner, Western District	Dennis LeGrand Republican source
Presiding Commissioner	Vince Lampe Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

County officers

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Assessor	Chris Rickman Republican source
Circuit Clerk	Cindi Bowman Republican source
Collector of Revenue	Emily Clark-Parks Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Coroner	Jim Akers Republican source
County Clerk	Donna Hillis Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Prosecuting Attorney	Kacey Proctor Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Public Administrator	Jeff Darnell Republican source
Recorder of Deeds	Debby Lundstrom Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Sheriff	Mark L. Dobbs Republican source
Treasurer	Tammy Marler Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

How many local governments Butler County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 27 local governments in Butler County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	4	0
School districts (school boards)	4	0
Special districts (elected boards)	18	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Butler County

42,020people

39.5median ageU.S.: 38.9

$49,089 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

20.5%below the U.S.: 12.5%

15.8%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$145,100median home valueU.S.: $332,700

4.8%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

0.8%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

9.9%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

13%U.S.: 8.4%

50.3%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

32.6%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 2.5% · White 85.9% · Black 4.7% · Asian 0.4% · Other or more than one race 6.5% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Butler County

4.0%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.4%. Missouri: 3.3%.

679people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

16,471people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

17,150in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	4.0%	679	16,471	17,150
August 2026	5.3%	897	15,998	16,895
July 2026	5.1%	856	15,889	16,745
June 2026	4.9%	838	16,316	17,154
May 2026	4.3%	728	16,147	16,875
April 2026	4.4%	755	16,271	17,026
March 2026	5.5%	942	16,201	17,143
February 2026	5.4%	925	16,132	17,057
January 2026	5.5%	926	16,021	16,947
December 2025	4.1%	705	16,367	17,072
November 2025	4.1%	699	16,291	16,990
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	4.4%	759	16,321	17,080
August 2025	5.7%	962	15,870	16,832
July 2025	7.1%	1,203	15,807	17,010
June 2025	5.6%	983	16,483	17,466
May 2025	5.1%	879	16,418	17,297
April 2025	4.7%	821	16,596	17,417
March 2025	5.6%	981	16,629	17,610
February 2025	5.7%	1,000	16,588	17,588
January 2025	5.2%	909	16,415	17,324
December 2024	4.5%	780	16,392	17,172
November 2024	4.3%	729	16,324	17,053
October 2024	4.2%	716	16,367	17,083

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	5.2%	900	16,344	17,244
2024	4.9%	841	16,404	17,245
2023	4.6%	788	16,370	17,158
2022	3.2%	554	16,675	17,229
2021	4.7%	804	16,444	17,248
2020	6.6%	1,153	16,333	17,486
2019	4.8%	833	16,456	17,289
2018	4.8%	844	16,643	17,487
2017	4.7%	849	17,063	17,912
2016	6.0%	1,083	17,088	18,171

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Missouri's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.6% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Butler County

524.4 per 100,0002025. Missouri: 417.8.

2,557.5 per 100,0002025. Missouri: 1,644.1.

0murders2025, 219 violent crimes in all.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2025	219	524.4	1,068	2,557.5
2024	226	536.3	1,310	3,108.8
2023	215	508.6	1,279	3,025.4
2022	226	536.0	1,294	3,069.0
2021	287	681.5	1,442	3,424.0
2020	158	372.4	1,730	4,077.9
2019	269	631.8	1,718	4,035.2
2018	239	560.8	1,863	4,371.8
2017	163	381.3	1,608	3,761.1
2016	218	507.9	1,575	3,669.7

By police agency (3)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Butler County Sheriff's Office	2025	70	335	25,140
Poplar Bluff Police Department	2025	149	733	16,151
Qulin Police Department	2025	0	0	468

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Missouri · the U.S.

Police staffing

1.70 per 1,000 residents2020, 3 agencies serving 42,424 people.

72sworn officers2020, full-time, as of October 31.

30civilian staff2020, full-time.

2020 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (3), 2020

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Poplar Bluff Police Department	42	12	16,927
Butler County Sheriff's Office	29	18	25,041
Qulin Police Department	1	0	456

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2020	72	1.70	30	3
2019	75	1.76	26	3
2018	76	1.78	28	3
2017	75	1.75	30	3
2016	69	1.61	38	3

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Butler County Assessor?: Chris Rickman (Republican) is the Assessor of Butler County, Missouri.
Who is the Butler County Circuit Clerk?: Cindi Bowman (Republican) is the Circuit Clerk of Butler County, Missouri.
Who is the Butler County Collector of Revenue?: Emily Clark-Parks (Republican) is the Collector of Revenue of Butler County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Butler County Coroner?: Jim Akers (Republican) is the Coroner of Butler County, Missouri.
Who is the Butler County County Clerk?: Donna Hillis (Republican) is the County Clerk of Butler County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Butler County Prosecuting Attorney?: Kacey Proctor (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Butler County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Butler County Public Administrator?: Jeff Darnell (Republican) is the Public Administrator of Butler County, Missouri.
Who is the Butler County Recorder of Deeds?: Debby Lundstrom (Republican) is the Recorder of Deeds of Butler County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Butler County Sheriff?: Mark L. Dobbs (Republican) is the Sheriff of Butler County, Missouri.
Who is the Butler County Treasurer?: Tammy Marler (Republican) is the Treasurer of Butler County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who are the Butler County commissioners?: Don Anderson (Associate Commissioner, Eastern District); Dennis LeGrand (Associate Commissioner, Western District); Vince Lampe (Presiding Commissioner).
What is the population of Butler County?: About 42,020 people, with a median age of 39.5; the median household income is $49,089 and 20.5% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Butler County?: 4.0% in September 2026 (preliminary): 679 people unemployed in a labor force of 17,150, against 4.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Butler County?: 27 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 4 municipal, 4 school district and 18 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Missouri Secretary of State's Official Manual (Blue Book) 2025–2026; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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