Missouri · Census place 2932248

Hillsboro, Missouri

Hillsboro is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri with an estimated 3,489 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 175th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,489
#175 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+0.0%
+0 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
Density
909 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Hillsboro. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Hillsboro population, 2020 to 2024

Hillsboro added 0 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

3,48920203,49320213,49620223,50220233,4892024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,474. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hillsboro covers 3.84 square miles of land, for 909 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Hillsboro is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hillsboro is in

All of Hillsboro's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 231,888 residents in 2024. Hillsboro holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hillsboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hillsboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63050. 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 Hillsboro is

The Census internal point of Hillsboro is at 38.233000, -90.567200. Jefferson City, the capital, is 90.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is De Soto, MO (6,503 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 32.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.233000, -90.567200
DMS
38°13'58.80"N 90°34'1.92"W
UTM
15N 712930.9E 4234465.9N
Geohash
9yz9e04gr
Plus code
86CF6CMM+64

Daylight in Hillsboro

At 38.23° N, Hillsboro gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hillsboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is De Soto, 6.4 miles away, with 6,503 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hillsboro, MO?

3,489 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 0 (0.0%) from 3,489 in July 2020.

What county is Hillsboro in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hillsboro?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63050.

How far is Hillsboro from Jefferson City?

90.2 miles (145.1 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Hillsboro.

What is the nearest larger city to Hillsboro?

De Soto, MO, with 6,503 residents, 6.3 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.