Missouri · Census place 2939980

Lake Lotawana, Missouri

Lake Lotawana is a city in Jackson County, Missouri with an estimated 2,648 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 205th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,648
#205 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+14.6%
+337 people
Land area
10.3 sq mi
+ 0.98 sq mi water
Density
256 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Lake Lotawana. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Lake Lotawana population, 2020 to 2024

Lake Lotawana added 337 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +14.6%. In the latest year it moved by +134.

2,31120202,33020212,41120222,51420232,6482024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,305. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake Lotawana covers 10.33 square miles of land and 0.98 of water, for 256 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Lake Lotawana is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lake Lotawana is in

All of Lake Lotawana's residents live in Jackson County, which had 727,362 residents in 2024. Lake Lotawana holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake Lotawana

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lake Lotawana by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64034, 64086. 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 Lake Lotawana is

The Census internal point of Lake Lotawana is at 38.903800, -94.258400. Jefferson City, the capital, is 114.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenwood, MO (6,235 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lee's Summit, MO, 6.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.903800, -94.258400
DMS
38°54'13.68"N 94°15'30.24"W
UTM
15N 390883.7E 4306853.9N
Geohash
9yuvr45ph
Plus code
86C7WP3R+GJ

Daylight in Lake Lotawana

At 38.90° N, Lake Lotawana gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake Lotawana

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Lone Jack, 4.5 miles away, with 1,820 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake Lotawana, MO?

2,648 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 337 (14.6%) from 2,311 in July 2020.

What county is Lake Lotawana in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lake Lotawana?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 64034, 64086.

How far is Lake Lotawana from Jefferson City?

114.6 miles (184.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Lake Lotawana.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake Lotawana?

Greenwood, MO, with 6,235 residents, 5.9 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.