Dexter, Missouri

Dexter population, 2020 to 2024

Dexter lost 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +24. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 94th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Dexter is 64% of it.

Dexter covers 7.21 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,094 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Dexter is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dexter is in

All of Dexter's residents live in Stoddard County, which had 28,438 residents in 2024. Dexter holds 27.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dexter

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dexter by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63841. 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 Dexter is

The Census internal point of Dexter is at 36.792800, -89.963000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 172.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sikeston, MO (16,062 people), 21.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 116.3 miles away.

Daylight in Dexter

At 36.79° N, Dexter gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dexter

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Bloomfield, 6.8 miles away, with 1,742 people.