Missouri · Census place 2901972

Arnold, Missouri

Arnold is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri with an estimated 21,036 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 35th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
21,036
#35 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+128 people
Land area
11.5 sq mi
Density
1,824 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Arnold. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Arnold population, 2020 to 2024

Arnold added 128 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -66. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 78th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Arnold is 1.7 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 20,898. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Arnold covers 11.53 square miles of land, for 1,824 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Arnold is denser than the typical town.

What county Arnold is in

All of Arnold's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 231,888 residents in 2024. Arnold holds 9.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Arnold

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Arnold by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63010. 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 Arnold is

The Census internal point of Arnold is at 38.426000, -90.369300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 98.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kirkwood, MO (29,348 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 16.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.426000, -90.369300
DMS
38°25'33.60"N 90°22'9.48"W
UTM
15N 729644.5E 4256360.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CFCJGJ+97

Daylight in Arnold

At 38.43° N, Arnold gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Arnold

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Green Park, 6.9 miles away, with 2,682 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Arnold, MO?

21,036 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 128 (0.6%) from 20,908 in July 2020.

What county is Arnold in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Arnold?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63010.

How far is Arnold from Jefferson City?

98.1 miles (157.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Arnold.

What is the nearest larger city to Arnold?

Kirkwood, MO, with 29,348 residents, 10.9 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.