Missouri · Census place 2913366
Charleston, Missouri
Charleston is a city in Mississippi County, Missouri with an estimated 4,447 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 154th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,447
- #154 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- -3.5%
- -162 people
- Land area
- 4.8 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 926 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Charleston population, 2020 to 2024
Charleston lost 162 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by -43.
Charleston covers 4.80 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 926 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Charleston is less dense than the typical town.
What county Charleston is in
All of Charleston's residents live in Mississippi County, which had 11,750 residents in 2024. Charleston holds 37.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Charleston
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Charleston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63834. 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 Charleston is
The Census internal point of Charleston is at 36.916900, -89.333900. Jefferson City, the capital, is 193.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sikeston, MO (16,062 people), 14.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 112.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.916900, -89.333900
- DMS
- 36°55'0.84"N 89°20'2.04"W
- UTM
- 16N 292096.8E 4088198.1N
- Geohash
- dn86p0t09
- Plus code
- 868GWM88+QC
Daylight in Charleston
At 36.92° N, Charleston gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Charleston
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is East Prairie, 9.9 miles away, with 2,859 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Charleston, MO?
4,447 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 162 (3.5%) from 4,609 in July 2020.
What county is Charleston in?
Mississippi County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Charleston?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63834.
How far is Charleston from Jefferson City?
193.0 miles (310.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Charleston.
What is the nearest larger city to Charleston?
Sikeston, MO, with 16,062 residents, 14.2 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.