Missouri · Census place 2966440
Sedalia, Missouri
Sedalia is a city in Pettis County, Missouri with an estimated 22,310 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 33rd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 22,310
- #33 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- +2.6%
- +568 people
- Land area
- 15.0 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,484 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Sedalia population, 2020 to 2024
Sedalia added 568 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +195. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 56th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Sedalia is 1.8 times that size.
Sedalia covers 15.03 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,484 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Sedalia is close to the typical town.
What county Sedalia is in
All of Sedalia's residents live in Pettis County, which had 43,791 residents in 2024. Sedalia holds 50.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sedalia
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sedalia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65301. 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 Sedalia is
The Census internal point of Sedalia is at 38.705200, -93.235800. Jefferson City, the capital, is 58.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbia, MO (130,900 people), 51.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.705200, -93.235800
- DMS
- 38°42'18.72"N 93°14'8.88"W
- UTM
- 15N 479497.2E 4284089.5N
- Geohash
- 9yvsnq5f0
- Plus code
- 86C8PQ47+3M
Daylight in Sedalia
At 38.71° N, Sedalia gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sedalia
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is La Monte, 11.1 miles away, with 1,009 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sedalia, MO?
22,310 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 568 (2.6%) from 21,742 in July 2020.
What county is Sedalia in?
Pettis County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sedalia?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65301.
How far is Sedalia from Jefferson City?
58.0 miles (93.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Sedalia.
What is the nearest larger city to Sedalia?
Columbia, MO, with 130,900 residents, 51.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.