Missouri · Census place 2947270
Memphis, Missouri
Memphis is a city in Scotland County, Missouri with an estimated 1,727 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 265th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,727
- #265 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- -0.2%
- -4 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,107 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Memphis population, 2020 to 2024
Memphis lost 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Memphis covers 1.56 square miles of land, for 1,107 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Memphis is less dense than the typical town.
What county Memphis is in
All of Memphis's residents live in Scotland County, which had 4,698 residents in 2024. Memphis holds 36.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Memphis
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Memphis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63555. 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 Memphis is
The Census internal point of Memphis is at 40.460800, -92.169900. Jefferson City, the capital, is 130.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bloomfield, IA (2,773 people), 23.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 104.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.460800, -92.169900
- DMS
- 40°27'38.88"N 92°10'11.64"W
- UTM
- 15N 570378.9E 4479234.4N
- Geohash
- 9znqntevj
- Plus code
- 86G9FR6J+82
Daylight in Memphis
At 40.46° N, Memphis gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Memphis
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Edina, 20.2 miles away, with 1,012 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Memphis, MO?
1,727 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4 (0.2%) from 1,731 in July 2020.
What county is Memphis in?
Scotland County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Memphis?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63555.
How far is Memphis from Jefferson City?
130.0 miles (209.2 km) in a straight line, heading S from Memphis.
What is the nearest larger city to Memphis?
Bloomfield, IA, with 2,773 residents, 23.7 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.