Fulton, Missouri

Fulton population, 2020 to 2024

Fulton lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +74. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 90th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Fulton is 1.0 times that size.

Fulton covers 12.33 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,020 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Fulton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fulton is in

All of Fulton's residents live in Callaway County, which had 45,126 residents in 2024. Fulton holds 27.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fulton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fulton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65251. 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 Fulton is

The Census internal point of Fulton is at 38.855100, -91.950800. Jefferson City, the capital, is 22.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbia, MO (130,900 people), 21.2 miles away.

Daylight in Fulton

At 38.86° N, Fulton gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fulton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Auxvasse, 11.6 miles away, with 1,023 people.