Nevada, Missouri

Nevada population, 2020 to 2024

Nevada added 82 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +17. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 70th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Nevada is 68% of it.

Nevada covers 9.08 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 913 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Nevada is less dense than the typical town.

What county Nevada is in

All of Nevada's residents live in Vernon County, which had 19,787 residents in 2024. Nevada holds 41.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Nevada

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Nevada by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64772. 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 Nevada is

The Census internal point of Nevada is at 37.844900, -94.350300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 128.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pittsburg, KS (20,547 people), 35.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 73.4 miles away.

Daylight in Nevada

At 37.84° N, Nevada gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Nevada

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Rich Hill, 17.4 miles away, with 1,257 people.