Lawson, Missouri

Lawson population, 2020 to 2024

Lawson lost 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

Lawson covers 2.96 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 852 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Lawson is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Lawson spans

Lawson crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,523 residents as follows; Ray County holds 93.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lawson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lawson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64062. 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 Lawson is

The Census internal point of Lawson is at 39.433000, -94.220300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 124.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Excelsior Springs, MO (10,727 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Independence, MO, 25.0 miles away.

Daylight in Lawson

At 39.43° N, Lawson gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lawson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Excelsior Springs, 6.5 miles away, with 10,727 people.