Jefferson City, Missouri

Jefferson City population, 2020 to 2024

Jefferson City added 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -9. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 85th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Jefferson City is 3.5 times that size.

Jefferson City covers 36.06 square miles of land and 1.60 of water, for 1,180 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Jefferson City is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Jefferson City spans

Jefferson City crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 42,564 residents as follows; Cole County holds 100.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jefferson City

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Jefferson City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65101, 65109. 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 Jefferson City is

The Census internal point of Jefferson City is at 38.567500, -92.175300. That is next to the Jefferson City capitol point. The nearest larger place is Columbia, MO (130,900 people), 27.5 miles away.

Daylight in Jefferson City

At 38.57° N, Jefferson City gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jefferson City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Wardsville, 5.2 miles away, with 1,661 people.