Missouri · Census place 2966674

Seneca, Missouri

Seneca is a city in Newton County, Missouri with an estimated 2,316 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 220th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,316
#220 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+3.4%
+77 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
905 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Seneca. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Seneca population, 2020 to 2024

Seneca added 77 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.4%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

2,23920202,27220212,29120222,30220232,3162024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,236. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Seneca covers 2.56 square miles of land, for 905 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Seneca is less dense than the typical town.

What county Seneca is in

All of Seneca's residents live in Newton County, which had 61,519 residents in 2024. Seneca holds 3.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Seneca

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Seneca by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64865. 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 Seneca is

The Census internal point of Seneca is at 36.844500, -94.609200. Jefferson City, the capital, is 179.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Neosho, MO (13,782 people), 12.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 58.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.844500, -94.609200
DMS
36°50'40.20"N 94°36'33.12"W
UTM
15N 356523.3E 4078830.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
8687R9VR+R8

Daylight in Seneca

At 36.84° N, Seneca gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Seneca

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Loma Linda, 10.0 miles away, with 1,005 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Seneca, MO?

2,316 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 77 (3.4%) from 2,239 in July 2020.

What county is Seneca in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Seneca?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64865.

How far is Seneca from Jefferson City?

179.1 miles (288.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Seneca.

What is the nearest larger city to Seneca?

Neosho, MO, with 13,782 residents, 12.9 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.