Missouri · Census place 2914986

Clinton, Missouri

Clinton is a city in Henry County, Missouri with an estimated 9,449 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 82nd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,449
#82 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+2.6%
+240 people
Land area
9.1 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
1,037 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Clinton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Clinton population, 2020 to 2024

Clinton added 240 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +46. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Clinton is 77% of it.

9,20920209,30120219,38520229,40320239,4492024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,196. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clinton covers 9.11 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,037 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Clinton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clinton is in

All of Clinton's residents live in Henry County, which had 22,575 residents in 2024. Clinton holds 41.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clinton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clinton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64735. 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 Clinton is

The Census internal point of Clinton is at 38.371200, -93.768100. Jefferson City, the capital, is 87.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Warrensburg, MO (19,998 people), 27.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lee's Summit, MO, 50.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.371200, -93.768100
DMS
38°22'16.32"N 93°46'5.16"W
UTM
15N 432903.7E 4247280.9N
Geohash
9yv66320k
Plus code
86C896CJ+FQ

Daylight in Clinton

At 38.37° N, Clinton 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 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clinton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Windsor, 17.3 miles away, with 2,854 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clinton, MO?

9,449 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 240 (2.6%) from 9,209 in July 2020.

What county is Clinton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Clinton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64735.

How far is Clinton from Jefferson City?

87.5 miles (140.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Clinton.

What is the nearest larger city to Clinton?

Warrensburg, MO, with 19,998 residents, 27.2 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.

  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.