Who is the Camden County Assessor?

James M. McGuire (Republican) is the Assessor of Camden County, Missouri.

Who is the Camden County Auditor?

Jimmy Laughlin (Republican) is the Auditor of Camden County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Camden County Circuit Clerk?

Kayla Henry (Republican) is the Circuit Clerk of Camden County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Camden County Collector of Revenue?

Teresa Murray (Republican) is the Collector of Revenue of Camden County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Camden County County Clerk?

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

Who is the Camden County Prosecuting Attorney?

Richelle Grosvenor (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Camden County, Missouri.

Who is the Camden County Public Administrator?

Tom Gorsline (Republican) is the Public Administrator of Camden County, Missouri.

Who is the Camden County Recorder of Deeds?

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

Who is the Camden County Sheriff?

Tony Helms (Republican) is the Sheriff of Camden County, Missouri.

Who is the Camden County Treasurer?

Kendra Hicks (Republican) is the Treasurer of Camden County, Missouri.

Who are the Camden County commissioners?

James Gohagan (Associate Commissioner, District 1); Don Williams (Associate Commissioner, District 2); Ike Skelton (Presiding Commissioner).

What is the population of Camden County?

About 43,667 people, with a median age of 53.2; the median household income is $66,387 and 12.6% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Camden County?

3.4% in September 2026 (preliminary): 706 people unemployed in a labor force of 20,931, against 3.7% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Camden County?

39 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 7 municipal, 4 school district and 27 special district governments.

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

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Camden 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

Camden County Commission

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Associate Commissioner, District 1	James Gohagan Republican source
Associate Commissioner, District 2	Don Williams Republican source
Presiding Commissioner	Ike Skelton Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

County officers

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Assessor	James M. McGuire Republican source
Auditor	Jimmy Laughlin Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Circuit Clerk	Kayla Henry Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Collector of Revenue	Teresa Murray Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Clerk	Rowland Todd Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Prosecuting Attorney	Richelle Grosvenor Republican source
Public Administrator	Tom Gorsline Republican source
Recorder of Deeds	Donnie Snelling Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Sheriff	Tony Helms Republican source
Treasurer	Kendra Hicks Republican source

How many local governments Camden County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 39 local governments in Camden 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	7	0
School districts (school boards)	4	0
Special districts (elected boards)	27	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 Camden County

43,667people

53.2median ageU.S.: 38.9

$66,387 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

12.6%below the U.S.: 12.5%

26.2%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$305,400median home valueU.S.: $332,700

4.3%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

2.2%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

9.4%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

10.4%U.S.: 8.4%

39.8%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

31.7%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 3.5% · White 92.1% · Black 0.9% · Asian 0.6% · Other or more than one race 2.9% (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 Camden County

3.4%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 3.7%. Missouri: 3.3%.

706people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

20,225people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

20,931in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	3.4%	706	20,225	20,931
August 2026	3.4%	741	20,832	21,573
July 2026	3.4%	736	21,047	21,783
June 2026	3.4%	745	21,151	21,896
May 2026	3.5%	739	20,303	21,042
April 2026	3.9%	795	19,371	20,166
March 2026	5.3%	1,049	18,696	19,745
February 2026	6.4%	1,240	18,048	19,288
January 2026	6.4%	1,208	17,664	18,872
December 2025	4.5%	862	18,190	19,052
November 2025	4.2%	813	18,488	19,301
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	3.7%	766	19,752	20,518
August 2025	4.0%	861	20,507	21,368
July 2025	4.0%	856	20,506	21,362
June 2025	4.1%	893	20,843	21,736
May 2025	4.1%	871	20,287	21,158
April 2025	4.3%	865	19,162	20,027
March 2025	5.3%	1,034	18,465	19,499
February 2025	6.6%	1,266	17,898	19,164
January 2025	6.1%	1,162	17,745	18,907
December 2024	4.9%	927	17,944	18,871
November 2024	4.2%	789	18,181	18,970
October 2024	3.7%	731	19,073	19,804

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	4.6%	932	19,258	20,190
2024	4.3%	861	19,093	19,954
2023	3.6%	726	19,203	19,929
2022	3.2%	604	18,570	19,174
2021	4.6%	868	18,202	19,070
2020	6.9%	1,287	17,371	18,658
2019	4.3%	806	17,970	18,776
2018	4.2%	772	17,828	18,600
2017	4.7%	888	18,069	18,957
2016	5.7%	1,072	17,722	18,794

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 Camden County

164.3 per 100,0002025. Missouri: 417.8.

761.5 per 100,0002025. Missouri: 1,644.1.

0murders2025, 82 violent crimes in all.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2025	82	164.3	380	761.5
2024	113	225.7	500	998.5
2023	133	268.2	578	1,165.5
2022	119	242.0	621	1,262.7
2019	148	292.4	1,052	2,078.5
2017	177	356.7	1,096	2,208.6
2016	133	270.3	1,068	2,170.2

By police agency (8)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Camden County Sheriff's Office	2025	52	116	34,767
Osage Beach Police Department	2025	5	109	5,236
Camdenton Police Department	2025	8	85	4,052
Lake Ozark Police Department	2025	6	15	2,244
Richland Police Department	2025	5	35	1,728
Laurie Police Department	2025	3	6	1,110
Sunrise Beach Police Department	2025	3	14	542
Linn Creek Police Department	2025	0	0	221

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

2.31 per 1,000 residents2019, 8 agencies serving 50,613 people.

117sworn officers2019, full-time, as of October 31.

52civilian staff2019, full-time.

2019 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (8), 2019

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Camden County Sheriff's Office	54	39	36,589
Osage Beach Police Department	20	4	4,598
Camdenton Police Department	17	3	4,138
Lake Ozark Police Department	10	6	1,832
Laurie Police Department	6	0	947
Richland Police Department	4	0	1,757
Linn Creek Police Department	3	0	252
Sunrise Beach Police Department	3	0	500

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2019	117	2.31	52	8
2018	135	2.68	64	8
2017	131	2.67	66	7

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 Camden County Assessor?: James M. McGuire (Republican) is the Assessor of Camden County, Missouri.
Who is the Camden County Auditor?: Jimmy Laughlin (Republican) is the Auditor of Camden County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Camden County Circuit Clerk?: Kayla Henry (Republican) is the Circuit Clerk of Camden County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Camden County Collector of Revenue?: Teresa Murray (Republican) is the Collector of Revenue of Camden County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Camden County County Clerk?: Rowland Todd (Republican) is the County Clerk of Camden County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Camden County Prosecuting Attorney?: Richelle Grosvenor (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Camden County, Missouri.
Who is the Camden County Public Administrator?: Tom Gorsline (Republican) is the Public Administrator of Camden County, Missouri.
Who is the Camden County Recorder of Deeds?: Donnie Snelling (Republican) is the Recorder of Deeds of Camden County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Camden County Sheriff?: Tony Helms (Republican) is the Sheriff of Camden County, Missouri.
Who is the Camden County Treasurer?: Kendra Hicks (Republican) is the Treasurer of Camden County, Missouri.
Who are the Camden County commissioners?: James Gohagan (Associate Commissioner, District 1); Don Williams (Associate Commissioner, District 2); Ike Skelton (Presiding Commissioner).
What is the population of Camden County?: About 43,667 people, with a median age of 53.2; the median household income is $66,387 and 12.6% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Camden County?: 3.4% in September 2026 (preliminary): 706 people unemployed in a labor force of 20,931, against 3.7% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Camden County?: 39 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 7 municipal, 4 school district and 27 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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