HOLT COUNTY, Mo. – One Missouri village is so small that recent data suggests it may have no one left to call home.

The U.S. Census Bureau released new figures Wednesday that include population estimates for hundreds of municipalities in Missouri.

In Holt County, a rural county in the state’s northwest corner, sits the village of Corning. The newest Census data report marks Corning’s population with a dash (“-“) for every year since 2020, indicating that its population may be inconclusive or too low to report.

However, according to World Population Review and CensusReporter.org, which both rely on U.S. Census data, the village of Corning had an estimated population of “0” as of 2023.

Corning is a tiny municipality with a total square mileage of less than one mile.

Google Maps shows roughly 10 streets within the village’s boundaries, along with Missouri Route 111. Among the few notable establishments, per Google Maps, are a church and a hardware store.

FarmerPublishing.com reports that the village of Corning became unincorporated in February 2023, though once reportedly had a population of 350 people in the late 1800s.

Census figures suggest Corning may have had a population of 15 as recently as 2010.