Missouri · Census place 2971440

Sullivan, Missouri

Sullivan is a city in 2 counties of Missouri with an estimated 6,925 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 106th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,925
#106 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+17 people
Land area
8.2 sq mi
Density
850 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Sullivan. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Sullivan population, 2020 to 2024

Sullivan added 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +105. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 83rd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Sullivan is 57% of it.

6,90820206,86620216,84420226,82020236,9252024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,901. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sullivan covers 8.15 square miles of land, for 850 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Sullivan is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Sullivan spans

Sullivan crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 6,925 residents as follows; Franklin County holds 78.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Franklin County5,423
  2. 02Crawford County1,502
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Sullivan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sullivan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63080. 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 Sullivan is

The Census internal point of Sullivan is at 38.212800, -91.163600. Jefferson City, the capital, is 60.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Union, MO (13,198 people), 18.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 57.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.212800, -91.163600
DMS
38°12'46.08"N 91°09'48.96"W
UTM
15N 660770.5E 4231020.1N
Geohash
9yz1ms2tw
Plus code
86CC6R7P+4H

Daylight in Sullivan

At 38.21° N, Sullivan gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sullivan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Bourbon, 6.3 miles away, with 1,533 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sullivan, MO?

6,925 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 17 (0.2%) from 6,908 in July 2020.

What county is Sullivan in?

It spans 2 counties: Franklin County (5,423 residents), Crawford County (1,502 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Sullivan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63080.

How far is Sullivan from Jefferson City?

60.2 miles (96.9 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Sullivan.

What is the nearest larger city to Sullivan?

Union, MO, with 13,198 residents, 18.0 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.