Missouri · Census place 2912898

Centralia, Missouri

Centralia is a city in Boone County, Missouri with an estimated 4,807 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 139th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,807
#139 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+5.3%
+244 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
Density
1,652 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Centralia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Centralia population, 2020 to 2024

Centralia added 244 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.3%. In the latest year it moved by +60.

4,56320204,63620214,68120224,74720234,8072024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,549. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Centralia covers 2.91 square miles of land, for 1,652 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Centralia is denser than the typical town.

What county Centralia is in

All of Centralia's residents live in Boone County, which had 192,154 residents in 2024. Centralia holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Centralia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Centralia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65240. 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 Centralia is

The Census internal point of Centralia is at 39.210800, -92.134300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 43.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mexico, MO (11,482 people), 14.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 20.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.210800, -92.134300
DMS
39°12'38.88"N 92°08'3.48"W
UTM
15N 574740.1E 4340526.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86F96V68+87

Daylight in Centralia

At 39.21° N, Centralia gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Centralia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Hallsville, 8.0 miles away, with 1,766 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Centralia, MO?

4,807 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 244 (5.3%) from 4,563 in July 2020.

What county is Centralia in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Centralia?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65240.

How far is Centralia from Jefferson City?

43.7 miles (70.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Centralia.

What is the nearest larger city to Centralia?

Mexico, MO, with 11,482 residents, 14.4 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.