Missouri · Census place 2955910

Pacific, Missouri

Pacific is a city in 2 counties of Missouri with an estimated 7,842 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 103rd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,842
#103 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+6.7%
+491 people
Land area
6.9 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,140 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Pacific. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Pacific population, 2020 to 2024

Pacific added 491 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.7%. In the latest year it moved by +222. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Pacific is 64% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,484. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pacific covers 6.88 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,140 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Pacific is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Pacific spans

Pacific crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 7,842 residents as follows; Franklin County holds 86.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Franklin County6,770
  2. 02St. Louis County1,072
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Pacific

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pacific by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63069. 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 Pacific is

The Census internal point of Pacific is at 38.479700, -90.749500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 77.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eureka, MO (13,277 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 29.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.479700, -90.749500
DMS
38°28'46.92"N 90°44'58.20"W
UTM
15N 696305.4E 4261440.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CFF7H2+V5

Daylight in Pacific

At 38.48° N, Pacific 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 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pacific

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Eureka, 5.8 miles away, with 13,277 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pacific, MO?

7,842 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 491 (6.7%) from 7,351 in July 2020.

What county is Pacific in?

It spans 2 counties: Franklin County (6,770 residents), St. Louis County (1,072 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Pacific?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63069.

How far is Pacific from Jefferson City?

77.2 miles (124.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from Pacific.

What is the nearest larger city to Pacific?

Eureka, MO, with 13,277 residents, 5.8 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.