Missouri · Census place 2900514

Albany, Missouri

Albany is a city in Gentry County, Missouri with an estimated 1,710 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 266th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,710
#266 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+2.2%
+36 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
701 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Albany. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Albany population, 2020 to 2024

Albany added 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

1,67420201,68820211,71120221,71720231,7102024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,682. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Albany covers 2.44 square miles of land, for 701 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Albany is less dense than the typical town.

What county Albany is in

All of Albany's residents live in Gentry County, which had 6,298 residents in 2024. Albany holds 27.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Albany

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Albany by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64402. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Albany is

The Census internal point of Albany is at 40.247900, -94.333500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 163.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bethany, MO (2,912 people), 16.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kansas City, MO, 78.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.247900, -94.333500
DMS
40°14'52.44"N 94°20'0.60"W
UTM
15N 386583.8E 4456125.1N
Geohash
9zhuvqumn
Plus code
86G76MX8+5H

Daylight in Albany

At 40.25° N, Albany gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Albany

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Stanberry, 11.0 miles away, with 1,154 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Albany, MO?

1,710 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 36 (2.2%) from 1,674 in July 2020.

What county is Albany in?

Gentry County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Albany?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64402.

How far is Albany from Jefferson City?

163.1 miles (262.4 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Albany.

What is the nearest larger city to Albany?

Bethany, MO, with 2,912 residents, 16.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.