Missouri · Census place 2942608

Lincoln, Missouri

Lincoln is a city in Benton County, Missouri with an estimated 1,203 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 314th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,203
#314 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+5.2%
+59 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,266 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Lincoln. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Lincoln population, 2020 to 2024

Lincoln added 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,142. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lincoln covers 0.95 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,266 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Lincoln is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lincoln is in

All of Lincoln's residents live in Benton County, which had 20,614 residents in 2024. Lincoln holds 5.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lincoln

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lincoln by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65338. 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 Lincoln is

The Census internal point of Lincoln is at 38.394100, -93.330700. Jefferson City, the capital, is 63.9 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Warsaw, MO (2,337 people), 10.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 66.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.394100, -93.330700
DMS
38°23'38.76"N 93°19'50.52"W
UTM
15N 471121.5E 4249594.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86C89MV9+JP

Daylight in Lincoln

At 38.39° N, Lincoln gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lincoln

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Cole Camp, 8.3 miles away, with 1,172 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lincoln, MO?

1,203 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 59 (5.2%) from 1,144 in July 2020.

What county is Lincoln in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lincoln?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65338.

How far is Lincoln from Jefferson City?

63.9 miles (102.8 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Lincoln.

What is the nearest larger city to Lincoln?

Warsaw, MO, with 2,337 residents, 10.2 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.