East Prairie, Missouri

East Prairie population, 2020 to 2024

East Prairie lost 79 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -19.

East Prairie covers 1.25 square miles of land, for 2,287 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so East Prairie is denser than the typical town.

What county East Prairie is in

All of East Prairie's residents live in Mississippi County, which had 11,750 residents in 2024. East Prairie holds 24.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Prairie

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps East Prairie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63845. 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 East Prairie is

The Census internal point of East Prairie is at 36.778900, -89.384100. Jefferson City, the capital, is 196.8 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charleston, MO (4,447 people), 9.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 114.0 miles away.

Daylight in East Prairie

At 36.78° N, East Prairie 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 East Prairie

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Charleston, 9.9 miles away, with 4,447 people.