Missouri · Census place 2915670
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is a city in Boone County, Missouri with an estimated 130,900 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 4th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 130,900
- #4 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- +3.6%
- +4,586 people
- Land area
- 67.6 sq mi
- + 0.28 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,938 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Columbia population, 2020 to 2024
Columbia added 4,586 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,120. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 47th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Columbia is 10.7 times that size.
Columbia covers 67.56 square miles of land and 0.28 of water, for 1,938 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Columbia is denser than the typical town.
What county Columbia is in
All of Columbia's residents live in Boone County, which had 192,154 residents in 2024. Columbia holds 68.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Columbia
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Columbia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65201, 65202, 65203, 65215, 65216. 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 Columbia is
The Census internal point of Columbia is at 38.947300, -92.326400. Jefferson City, the capital, is 26.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Louis, MO (279,695 people), 114.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Independence, MO, 109.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 232 m (761 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.947300, -92.326400
- DMS
- 38°56'50.28"N 92°19'35.04"W
- UTM
- 15N 558371.7E 4311144.1N
- Geohash
- 9yyme41uq
- Plus code
- 86C9WMWF+WC
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Columbia
At 38.95° N, Columbia gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Columbia daylight page.
Places near Columbia
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Ashland, 10.4 miles away, with 5,164 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Columbia, MO?
130,900 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,586 (3.6%) from 126,314 in July 2020.
What county is Columbia in?
Boone County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Columbia?
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 65201, 65202, 65203, 65215, 65216.
How far is Columbia from Jefferson City?
26.8 miles (43.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Columbia.
What is the nearest larger city to Columbia?
St. Louis, MO, with 279,695 residents, 114.1 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.