Missouri · Census place 2959186

Portageville, Missouri

Portageville is a city in New Madrid County, Missouri with an estimated 2,723 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 199th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,723
#199 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-6.9%
-201 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
1,335 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Portageville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Portageville population, 2020 to 2024

Portageville lost 201 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.9%. In the latest year it moved by -37.

2,92420202,87920212,81720222,76020232,7232024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,942. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Portageville covers 2.04 square miles of land, for 1,335 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Portageville is close to the typical town.

What county Portageville is in

All of Portageville's residents live in New Madrid County, which had 15,212 residents in 2024. Portageville holds 17.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Portageville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Portageville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63873. 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 Portageville is

The Census internal point of Portageville is at 36.429500, -89.699300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 201.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tiptonville, TN (3,425 people), 13.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 92.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.429500, -89.699300
DMS
36°25'46.20"N 89°41'57.48"W
UTM
16N 258017.9E 4034974.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
868GC8H2+Q7

Daylight in Portageville

At 36.43° N, Portageville gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Portageville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is New Madrid, 13.6 miles away, with 2,597 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Portageville, MO?

2,723 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 201 (6.9%) from 2,924 in July 2020.

What county is Portageville in?

New Madrid County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Portageville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63873.

How far is Portageville from Jefferson City?

201.1 miles (323.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Portageville.

What is the nearest larger city to Portageville?

Tiptonville, TN, with 3,425 residents, 13.0 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.