Missouri · Census place 2969302
Sparta, Missouri
Sparta is a city in Christian County, Missouri with an estimated 1,956 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 245th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,956
- #245 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- +4.1%
- +77 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,577 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Sparta population, 2020 to 2024
Sparta added 77 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.1%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Sparta covers 1.24 square miles of land, for 1,577 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Sparta is close to the typical town.
What county Sparta is in
All of Sparta's residents live in Christian County, which had 96,045 residents in 2024. Sparta holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sparta
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sparta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65753. 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 Sparta is
The Census internal point of Sparta is at 37.001800, -93.084600. Jefferson City, the capital, is 119.8 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ozark, MO (23,248 people), 7.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 17.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.001800, -93.084600
- DMS
- 37°00'6.48"N 93°05'4.56"W
- UTM
- 15N 492472.8E 4095075.4N
- Geohash
- 9ytf3zcz5
- Plus code
- 86982W28+P5
Daylight in Sparta
At 37.00° N, Sparta gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sparta
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Ozark, 7.7 miles away, with 23,248 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sparta, MO?
1,956 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 77 (4.1%) from 1,879 in July 2020.
What county is Sparta in?
Christian County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sparta?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65753.
How far is Sparta from Jefferson City?
119.8 miles (192.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Sparta.
What is the nearest larger city to Sparta?
Ozark, MO, with 23,248 residents, 7.7 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.