38 cities
| City | Rank | 2025 Pop. ↓ | 2020 Pop. | Change | Density | Area (mi²) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant township | 1 | 5,069 | 4,990 | 0.34% | 142 | 35.62 | Township |
| Butler | 2 | 4,279 | 4,223 | 0.26% | 1,052 | 4.07 | City |
| Deer Creek township | 3 | 2,437 | 2,379 | 0.54% | 78 | 31.39 | Township |
| Rich Hill township | 4 | 1,820 | 1,066 | 6.43% | 50 | 36.41 | Township |
| Adrian | 5 | 1,770 | 1,734 | 0.4% | 1,057 | 1.67 | City |
| Osage township | 6 | 1,645 | 1,620 | 0.3% | 39 | 42.37 | Township |
| Rich Hill | 7 | 1,256 | 1,233 | 0.4% | 919 | 1.37 | City |
| Drexel | 8 | 928 | 965 | -0.75% | 340 | 2.73 | City |
| Mound township | 9 | 774 | 754 | 0.65% | 22 | 35.99 | Township |
| West Boone township | 10 | 751 | 726 | 0.81% | 25 | 29.91 | Township |
| East Boone township | 11 | 573 | 558 | 0.53% | 18 | 31.74 | Township |
| Howard township | 12 | 522 | 514 | 0.38% | 14 | 36.28 | Township |
| West Point township | 13 | 446 | 436 | 0.45% | 14 | 32.76 | Township |
| Homer township | 14 | 374 | 365 | 0.54% | 11 | 34.30 | Township |
| Walnut township | 15 | 332 | 326 | 0.3% | 7 | 44.56 | Township |
| Charlotte township | 16 | 311 | 304 | 0.32% | 9 | 35.66 | Township |
| Spruce township | 17 | 305 | 300 | 0.33% | 8 | 36.06 | Township |
| Lone Oak township | 18 | 301 | 293 | 0.33% | 9 | 34.40 | Township |
| Grand River township | 19 | 292 | 294 | -0.34% | 12 | 24.85 | Township |
| Shawnee township | 20 | 291 | 283 | 0.69% | 8 | 35.63 | Township |
| Elkhart township | 21 | 289 | 281 | 0.7% | 8 | 35.39 | Township |
| Hume | 22 | 283 | 282 | 0% | 427 | 0.66 | Town |
| Summit township | 23 | 242 | 237 | 0.41% | 7 | 35.73 | Township |
| Mingo township | 24 | 238 | 227 | 1.28% | 9 | 25.75 | Township |
| Amsterdam | 25 | 223 | 218 | 0.45% | 391 | 0.57 | City |
| Pleasant Gap township | 26 | 205 | 200 | 0.49% | 5 | 45.44 | Township |
| New Home township | 27 | 198 | 193 | 0.51% | 5 | 43.58 | Township |
| Rockville township | 28 | 196 | 189 | 1.03% | 8 | 24.14 | Township |
| Hudson township | 29 | 184 | 182 | 0% | 4 | 45.42 | Township |
| Prairie township | 30 | 157 | 153 | 0.64% | 7 | 23.93 | Township |
| Rockville | 31 | 141 | 138 | 0.71% | 429 | 0.33 | City |
| Amoret | 32 | 135 | 132 | 0.75% | 631 | 0.21 | City |
| Butler township | 33 | 103 | 102 | 0% | 3 | 30.08 | Township |
| Foster | 34 | 79 | 78 | 0% | 166 | 0.47 | Village |
| Merwin | 35 | 72 | 67 | 1.41% | 490 | 0.15 | Village |
| Hartwell | 36 | 62 | 99 | 6.9% | 131 | 0.47 | CDP |
| Passaic | 37 | 26 | 26 | 0% | 366 | 0.07 | Town |
| Stotesbury | 38 | 13 | 13 | 0% | 118 | 0.11 | Town |
Mount Pleasant township is the largest city in Bates County, with a population of 5,069.
Stotesbury is the smallest city in Bates County.
There are 38 cities in Bates County, Missouri.