Missouri · Census place 2913690

Chillicothe, Missouri

Chillicothe is a city in Livingston County, Missouri with an estimated 9,103 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 86th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,103
#86 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+6.4%
+548 people
Land area
7.1 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,277 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Chillicothe. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Chillicothe population, 2020 to 2024

Chillicothe added 548 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +34. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 30th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Chillicothe is 74% of it.

8,55520208,66720218,90920229,06920239,1032024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,130. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Chillicothe covers 7.13 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,277 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Chillicothe is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chillicothe is in

All of Chillicothe's residents live in Livingston County, which had 14,658 residents in 2024. Chillicothe holds 62.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chillicothe

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chillicothe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64601. 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 Chillicothe is

The Census internal point of Chillicothe is at 39.796100, -93.550000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 111.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Excelsior Springs, MO (10,727 people), 48.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Independence, MO, 65.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.796100, -93.550000
DMS
39°47'45.96"N 93°33'0.00"W
UTM
15N 452912.7E 4405271.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86F8QCWX+CX

Daylight in Chillicothe

At 39.80° N, Chillicothe gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chillicothe

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Trenton, 19.9 miles away, with 5,588 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Chillicothe, MO?

9,103 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 548 (6.4%) from 8,555 in July 2020.

What county is Chillicothe in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Chillicothe?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64601.

How far is Chillicothe from Jefferson City?

111.8 miles (180.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Chillicothe.

What is the nearest larger city to Chillicothe?

Excelsior Springs, MO, with 10,727 residents, 48.5 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.