The Branson Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the

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, is an area in southwestern

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, anchored by the city of Branson, that is coterminous with Taney County. For the 2000 and 2010 censuses, the area was defined to also include Stone County, but the county was removed in the OMB statistical definitions released in 2023. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 56,066.

County

* Taney

Communities

Places with more than 10,000 inhabitants

* Branson (principal city) Pop: 12,638

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

* Hollister Pop: 4,583 * Forsyth Pop: 2,730 * Merriam Woods Pop: 2,006 * Kissee Mills (

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) Pop: 1,023

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

* Rockaway Beach Pop: 829 * Bull Creek Pop: 426 * Saddlebrooke (partial) Pop: 309 * Taneyville Pop: 274 * Kirbyville Pop: 195

Unincorporated places

* Bradleyville * Brownbranch * Cedar Creek *

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* Dickens * Eastview * Garber *

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* Hilda * McClurg * Mildred * Mincy * Ozark Beach * Point Lookout * Powersite * Protem * Ridgedale *

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* Table Rock * Walnut Shade

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 68,361 people, 27,980 households, and 19,894 families residing within the area. The racial makeup was 96.82%

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, 0.23%

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, 0.76% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.05%

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, 0.54% from other races, and 1.33% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.84% of the population. The median income for a household in the area was $31,768, and the median income for a family was $36,801. Males had a median income of $25,828 versus $19,423 for females. The

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for the area was $17,652.

References

{{Missouri Taney County, Missouri Stone County, Missouri Micropolitan areas of Missouri