Richmond, Missouri

Richmond population, 2020 to 2024

Richmond lost 71 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -18. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 103rd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Richmond is 49% of it.

Richmond covers 6.15 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 966 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Richmond is less dense than the typical town.

What county Richmond is in

All of Richmond's residents live in Ray County, which had 23,199 residents in 2024. Richmond holds 25.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Richmond

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Richmond by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64085. 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 Richmond is

The Census internal point of Richmond is at 39.275500, -93.972600. Jefferson City, the capital, is 108.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Excelsior Springs, MO (10,727 people), 15.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Independence, MO, 24.2 miles away.

Daylight in Richmond

At 39.28° N, Richmond gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Richmond

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Lexington, 8.6 miles away, with 4,595 people.