Joplin, Missouri

Joplin population, 2020 to 2024

Joplin added 1,794 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +474. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 50th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Joplin is 4.4 times that size.

Joplin covers 38.08 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,408 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Joplin is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Joplin spans

Joplin crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 53,605 residents as follows; Jasper County holds 85.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Joplin

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Joplin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64801, 64804. 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 Joplin is

The Census internal point of Joplin is at 37.075200, -94.501300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 164.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bentonville, AR (61,791 people), 52.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 67.1 miles away.

Daylight in Joplin

At 37.08° N, Joplin gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Joplin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Duquesne, 2.5 miles away, with 2,332 people.