Missouri · Census place 2919792

Doniphan, Missouri

Doniphan is a city in Ripley County, Missouri with an estimated 1,782 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 257th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,782
#257 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+1 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,291 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Doniphan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Doniphan population, 2020 to 2024

Doniphan added 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -20.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,782. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Doniphan covers 1.38 square miles of land, for 1,291 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Doniphan is less dense than the typical town.

What county Doniphan is in

All of Doniphan's residents live in Ripley County, which had 10,715 residents in 2024. Doniphan holds 16.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Doniphan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Doniphan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63935. 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 Doniphan is

The Census internal point of Doniphan is at 36.623400, -90.821900. Jefferson City, the capital, is 154.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Corning, AR (3,086 people), 19.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 115.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.623400, -90.821900
DMS
36°37'24.24"N 90°49'18.84"W
UTM
15N 694764.0E 4055305.3N
Geohash
9yx2m71db
Plus code
868FJ5FH+96

Daylight in Doniphan

At 36.62° N, Doniphan gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Doniphan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Poplar Bluff, 24.6 miles away, with 16,177 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Doniphan, MO?

1,782 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1 (0.1%) from 1,781 in July 2020.

What county is Doniphan in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Doniphan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63935.

How far is Doniphan from Jefferson City?

154.0 miles (247.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Doniphan.

What is the nearest larger city to Doniphan?

Corning, AR, with 3,086 residents, 19.6 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)

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