Missouri · Census place 2965234

Salem, Missouri

Salem is a city in Dent County, Missouri with an estimated 4,726 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 142nd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,726
#142 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+1.8%
+85 people
Land area
3.5 sq mi
Density
1,358 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Salem. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Salem population, 2020 to 2024

Salem added 85 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

4,64120204,65820214,65320224,71220234,7262024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,651. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Salem covers 3.48 square miles of land, for 1,358 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Salem is close to the typical town.

What county Salem is in

All of Salem's residents live in Dent County, which had 14,721 residents in 2024. Salem holds 32.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Salem

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Salem by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65560. 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 Salem is

The Census internal point of Salem is at 37.639600, -91.534900. Jefferson City, the capital, is 73.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rolla, MO (20,660 people), 24.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 98.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.639600, -91.534900
DMS
37°38'22.56"N 91°32'5.64"W
UTM
15N 629262.4E 4166838.5N
Geohash
9ywyjh46d
Plus code
869CJFQ8+R2

Daylight in Salem

At 37.64° N, Salem gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Salem

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Licking, 20.3 miles away, with 2,969 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Salem, MO?

4,726 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 85 (1.8%) from 4,641 in July 2020.

What county is Salem in?

Dent County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Salem?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65560.

How far is Salem from Jefferson City?

73.6 miles (118.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Salem.

What is the nearest larger city to Salem?

Rolla, MO, with 20,660 residents, 24.5 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.