Missouri · Census place 2905068
Bethany, Missouri
Bethany is a city in Harrison County, Missouri with an estimated 2,912 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 188th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,912
- #188 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- +0.2%
- +5 people
- Land area
- 4.4 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 656 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Bethany population, 2020 to 2024
Bethany added 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by -10.
Bethany covers 4.44 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 656 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Bethany is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bethany is in
All of Bethany's residents live in Harrison County, which had 8,186 residents in 2024. Bethany holds 35.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bethany
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bethany by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64424. 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 Bethany is
The Census internal point of Bethany is at 40.268200, -94.029800. Jefferson City, the capital, is 153.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Trenton, MO (5,588 people), 26.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Independence, MO, 83.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.268200, -94.029800
- DMS
- 40°16'5.52"N 94°01'47.28"W
- UTM
- 15N 412440.7E 4458034.1N
- Geohash
- 9zjjh69e6
- Plus code
- 86G77X9C+73
Daylight in Bethany
At 40.27° N, Bethany 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 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bethany
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Albany, 16.1 miles away, with 1,710 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bethany, MO?
2,912 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5 (0.2%) from 2,907 in July 2020.
What county is Bethany in?
Harrison County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bethany?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64424.
How far is Bethany from Jefferson City?
153.1 miles (246.4 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Bethany.
What is the nearest larger city to Bethany?
Trenton, MO, with 5,588 residents, 26.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.