Missouri · Census place 2970828
Stockton, Missouri
Stockton is a city in Cedar County, Missouri with an estimated 1,841 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 252nd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,841
- #252 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- +8.9%
- +151 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 868 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Stockton population, 2020 to 2024
Stockton added 151 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.9%. In the latest year it moved by +44.
Stockton covers 2.12 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 868 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Stockton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Stockton is in
All of Stockton's residents live in Cedar County, which had 15,023 residents in 2024. Stockton holds 12.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Stockton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stockton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65785. 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 Stockton is
The Census internal point of Stockton is at 37.696900, -93.795900. Jefferson City, the capital, is 107.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is El Dorado Springs, MO (3,674 people), 17.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 44.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.696900, -93.795900
- DMS
- 37°41'48.84"N 93°47'45.24"W
- UTM
- 15N 429834.9E 4172484.3N
- Geohash
- 9ytq3webm
- Plus code
- 8698M6W3+QJ
Daylight in Stockton
At 37.70° N, Stockton gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 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 Stockton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is El Dorado Springs, 17.1 miles away, with 3,674 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Stockton, MO?
1,841 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 151 (8.9%) from 1,690 in July 2020.
What county is Stockton in?
Cedar County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Stockton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65785.
How far is Stockton from Jefferson City?
107.2 miles (172.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Stockton.
What is the nearest larger city to Stockton?
El Dorado Springs, MO, with 3,674 residents, 17.1 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.