Mexico, Missouri

Mexico population, 2020 to 2024

Mexico added 44 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -7. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 82nd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Mexico is 94% of it.

Mexico covers 12.17 square miles of land and 0.37 of water, for 943 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Mexico is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mexico is in

All of Mexico's residents live in Audrain County, which had 24,304 residents in 2024. Mexico holds 47.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mexico

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mexico by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65265. 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 Mexico is

The Census internal point of Mexico is at 39.162200, -91.872800. Jefferson City, the capital, is 43.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fulton, MO (12,573 people), 21.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 28.5 miles away.

Daylight in Mexico

At 39.16° N, Mexico 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 Mexico

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Auxvasse, 10.1 miles away, with 1,023 people.