Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Poplar Bluff population, 2020 to 2024

Poplar Bluff lost 106 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -26. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 95th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Poplar Bluff is 1.3 times that size.

Poplar Bluff covers 13.50 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,198 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Poplar Bluff is less dense than the typical town.

What county Poplar Bluff is in

All of Poplar Bluff's residents live in Butler County, which had 41,814 residents in 2024. Poplar Bluff holds 38.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Poplar Bluff

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Poplar Bluff by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63901. 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 Poplar Bluff is

The Census internal point of Poplar Bluff is at 36.763300, -90.414000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 158.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Paragould, AR (30,680 people), 49.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 116.9 miles away.

Daylight in Poplar Bluff

At 36.76° N, Poplar Bluff gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Poplar Bluff

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Doniphan, 24.6 miles away, with 1,782 people.