Missouri · Census place 2923752

Farmington, Missouri

Farmington is a city in St. Francois County, Missouri with an estimated 19,165 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,165
#38 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+8.0%
+1,420 people
Land area
9.5 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
2,019 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Farmington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Farmington population, 2020 to 2024

Farmington added 1,420 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.0%. In the latest year it moved by +789. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Farmington is 1.6 times that size.

17.7k202018.0k202118.1k202218.4k202319.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 18,219. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Farmington covers 9.49 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,019 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Farmington is denser than the typical town.

What county Farmington is in

All of Farmington's residents live in St. Francois County, which had 67,503 residents in 2024. Farmington holds 28.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Farmington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Farmington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63640. 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 Farmington is

The Census internal point of Farmington is at 37.782500, -90.427300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 109.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Arnold, MO (21,036 people), 44.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 59.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.782500, -90.427300
DMS
37°46'57.00"N 90°25'38.28"W
UTM
15N 726560.8E 4184800.9N
Geohash
9yxwyq0g5
Plus code
869FQHMF+23

Daylight in Farmington

At 37.78° N, Farmington gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Farmington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Park Hills, 4.6 miles away, with 8,705 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Farmington, MO?

19,165 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,420 (8.0%) from 17,745 in July 2020.

What county is Farmington in?

St. Francois County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Farmington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63640.

How far is Farmington from Jefferson City?

109.6 miles (176.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Farmington.

What is the nearest larger city to Farmington?

Arnold, MO, with 21,036 residents, 44.6 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.