Who is the Christian County Assessor?

Jeremy Burns (Republican) is the Assessor of Christian County, Missouri.

Who is the Christian County Auditor?

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

Who is the Christian County Circuit Clerk?

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

Who is the Christian County Collector of Revenue?

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

Who is the Christian County Coroner?

Amanda M. Armitage (Republican) is the Coroner of Christian County, Missouri.

Who is the Christian County County Clerk?

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

Who is the Christian County Prosecuting Attorney?

Kristen Tuohy Avila (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Christian County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Christian County Public Administrator?

Susan Pathkiller (Republican) is the Public Administrator of Christian County, Missouri.

Who is the Christian County Recorder of Deeds?

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

Who is the Christian County Sheriff?

Brad Cole is the Sheriff of Christian County, Missouri.

Who is the Christian County Treasurer?

Melissa Bilyeu (Republican) is the Treasurer of Christian County, Missouri.

Who are the Christian County commissioners?

Bradley A. Jackson (Associate Commissioner, Eastern District); Johnny Williams (Associate Commissioner, Western District); Lynn Morris (Presiding Commissioner).

What is the population of Christian County?

About 92,915 people, with a median age of 39.2; the median household income is $83,437 and 8.2% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Christian County?

2.9% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,407 people unemployed in a labor force of 48,532, against 3.0% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Christian County?

35 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 8 municipal, 7 school district and 19 special district governments.

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

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Christian County: 14 seats on 12 elected bodies. 7 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

County Commission

Christian County Commission

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Associate Commissioner, Eastern District	Bradley A. Jackson Republican source
Associate Commissioner, Western District	Johnny Williams Republican source
Presiding Commissioner	Lynn Morris Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

County officers

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Assessor	Jeremy Burns Republican source
Auditor	Amy Dent Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Circuit Clerk	Barb Stillings Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Collector of Revenue	Ted Nichols Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Coroner	Amanda M. Armitage Republican source
County Clerk	Paula Brumfield Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Prosecuting Attorney	Kristen Tuohy Avila Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Public Administrator	Susan Pathkiller Republican source
Recorder of Deeds	Kelly Hall Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Sheriff	Brad Cole source
Treasurer	Melissa Bilyeu Republican source

How many local governments Christian County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 35 local governments in Christian 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	8	0
School districts (school boards)	7	0
Special districts (elected boards)	19	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 Christian County

92,915people

39.2median ageU.S.: 38.9

$83,437 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

8.2%below the U.S.: 12.5%

32.7%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$274,900median home valueU.S.: $332,700

3.4%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

2.6%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

7.5%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

7.6%U.S.: 8.4%

40.6%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

18.6%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 3.8% · White 90.4% · Black 0.7% · Asian 0.8% · Other or more than one race 4.3% (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 Christian County

2.9%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 3.0%. Missouri: 3.3%.

1,407people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

47,125people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

48,532in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	2.9%	1,407	47,125	48,532
August 2026	3.5%	1,677	46,928	48,605
July 2026	3.5%	1,733	47,515	49,248
June 2026	3.3%	1,610	47,011	48,621
May 2026	3.0%	1,465	46,855	48,320
April 2026	3.0%	1,452	47,056	48,508
March 2026	3.7%	1,783	46,704	48,487
February 2026	3.9%	1,874	46,685	48,559
January 2026	3.9%	1,889	46,656	48,545
December 2025	2.7%	1,322	47,341	48,663
November 2025	2.8%	1,365	47,381	48,746
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	3.0%	1,446	46,627	48,073
August 2025	3.8%	1,832	46,116	47,948
July 2025	4.0%	1,943	46,573	48,516
June 2025	3.9%	1,862	46,489	48,351
May 2025	3.5%	1,698	46,320	48,018
April 2025	3.2%	1,557	46,635	48,192
March 2025	3.8%	1,813	46,166	47,979
February 2025	4.0%	1,916	46,166	48,082
January 2025	3.7%	1,786	46,218	48,004
December 2024	2.8%	1,315	46,334	47,649
November 2024	2.8%	1,364	46,508	47,872
October 2024	2.8%	1,354	46,540	47,894

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	3.5%	1,685	46,548	48,233
2024	3.2%	1,540	46,224	47,764
2023	2.7%	1,280	45,465	46,745
2022	2.3%	1,028	44,604	45,632
2021	3.2%	1,419	43,243	44,662
2020	5.2%	2,236	41,088	43,324
2019	2.8%	1,205	41,991	43,196
2018	2.7%	1,143	40,927	42,070
2017	3.2%	1,339	39,952	41,291
2016	4.1%	1,689	39,789	41,478

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 Christian County

1,035.6 per 100,0002020. Missouri: 542.7.

4,900.7 per 100,0002020. Missouri: 2,531.0.

24murders2020, 2,856 violent crimes in all.

2020 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2020	2,856	1,035.6	13,515	4,900.7
2019	2,761	1,007.8	14,410	5,259.7
2018	2,397	883.0	13,109	4,829.2
2017	2,433	899.5	16,562	6,123.2
2016	2,437	906.9	15,797	5,878.6

By police agency (8)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Springfield Police Department	2025	2,075	6,537	170,958
Christian County Sheriff's Office	2025	71	143	39,482
Nixa Police Department	2025	7	187	27,133
Ozark Police Department	2025	15	185	23,732
Republic Police Department	2025	23	136	22,067
Clever Police Department	2024	4	11	3,041
Sparta Police Department	2025	6	12	1,976
Billings Police Department	2025	0	22	1,208

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

1.85 per 1,000 residents2019, 9 agencies serving 273,970 people.

506sworn officers2019, full-time, as of October 31.

123civilian staff2019, full-time.

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

Agencies counted (9), 2019

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Springfield Police Department	347	74	169,235
Christian County Sheriff's Office	58	35	38,405
Nixa Police Department	35	6	22,235
Ozark Police Department	32	3	20,490
Republic Police Department	21	4	16,715
Clever Police Department	5	1	2,787
Sparta Police Department	4	0	1,937
Billings Police Department	3	0	1,114
HIGHLANDVILLE	1	0	1,052

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2019	506	1.85	123	9
2018	525	1.93	128	9

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 Christian County Assessor?: Jeremy Burns (Republican) is the Assessor of Christian County, Missouri.
Who is the Christian County Auditor?: Amy Dent (Republican) is the Auditor of Christian County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Christian County Circuit Clerk?: Barb Stillings (Republican) is the Circuit Clerk of Christian County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Christian County Collector of Revenue?: Ted Nichols (Republican) is the Collector of Revenue of Christian County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Christian County Coroner?: Amanda M. Armitage (Republican) is the Coroner of Christian County, Missouri.
Who is the Christian County County Clerk?: Paula Brumfield (Republican) is the County Clerk of Christian County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Christian County Prosecuting Attorney?: Kristen Tuohy Avila (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Christian County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Christian County Public Administrator?: Susan Pathkiller (Republican) is the Public Administrator of Christian County, Missouri.
Who is the Christian County Recorder of Deeds?: Kelly Hall (Republican) is the Recorder of Deeds of Christian County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Christian County Sheriff?: Brad Cole is the Sheriff of Christian County, Missouri.
Who is the Christian County Treasurer?: Melissa Bilyeu (Republican) is the Treasurer of Christian County, Missouri.
Who are the Christian County commissioners?: Bradley A. Jackson (Associate Commissioner, Eastern District); Johnny Williams (Associate Commissioner, Western District); Lynn Morris (Presiding Commissioner).
What is the population of Christian County?: About 92,915 people, with a median age of 39.2; the median household income is $83,437 and 8.2% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Christian County?: 2.9% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,407 people unemployed in a labor force of 48,532, against 3.0% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Christian County?: 35 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 8 municipal, 7 school district and 19 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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