Missouri · Census place 2945326

Macon, Missouri

Macon is a city in Macon County, Missouri with an estimated 5,509 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 126th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,509
#126 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+55 people
Land area
6.1 sq mi
+ 0.30 sq mi water
Density
909 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Macon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Macon population, 2020 to 2024

Macon added 55 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +7. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 69th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Macon is 45% of it.

5,45420205,45420215,46920225,50220235,5092024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,457. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Macon covers 6.06 square miles of land and 0.30 of water, for 909 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Macon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Macon is in

All of Macon's residents live in Macon County, which had 15,177 residents in 2024. Macon holds 36.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Macon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Macon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63552. 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 Macon is

The Census internal point of Macon is at 39.742200, -92.470600. Jefferson City, the capital, is 81.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Moberly, MO (13,337 people), 22.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 55.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.742200, -92.470600
DMS
39°44'31.92"N 92°28'14.16"W
UTM
15N 545359.0E 4399278.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86F9PGRH+VQ

Daylight in Macon

At 39.74° N, Macon gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Macon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is La Plata, 19.5 miles away, with 1,244 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Macon, MO?

5,509 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 55 (1.0%) from 5,454 in July 2020.

What county is Macon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Macon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63552.

How far is Macon from Jefferson City?

81.9 miles (131.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Macon.

What is the nearest larger city to Macon?

Moberly, MO, with 13,337 residents, 22.5 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.