Missouri · Census place 2941870
Lexington, Missouri
Lexington is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri with an estimated 4,595 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 150th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,595
- #150 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- -1.3%
- -61 people
- Land area
- 5.2 sq mi
- + 0.23 sq mi water
- Density
- 879 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Lexington population, 2020 to 2024
Lexington lost 61 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +6.
Lexington covers 5.23 square miles of land and 0.23 of water, for 879 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Lexington is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lexington is in
All of Lexington's residents live in Lafayette County, which had 33,511 residents in 2024. Lexington holds 13.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lexington
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lexington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64067. 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 Lexington is
The Census internal point of Lexington is at 39.180300, -93.869100. Jefferson City, the capital, is 100.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Richmond, MO (5,939 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Independence, MO, 26.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.180300, -93.869100
- DMS
- 39°10'49.08"N 93°52'8.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 424933.9E 4337144.7N
- Geohash
- 9yvnzuw9g
- Plus code
- 86F854JJ+49
Daylight in Lexington
At 39.18° N, Lexington gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lexington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Richmond, 8.6 miles away, with 5,939 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lexington, MO?
4,595 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 61 (1.3%) from 4,656 in July 2020.
What county is Lexington in?
Lafayette County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lexington?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64067.
How far is Lexington from Jefferson City?
100.2 miles (161.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Lexington.
What is the nearest larger city to Lexington?
Richmond, MO, with 5,939 residents, 8.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.