Missouri · Census place 2972304

Taos, Missouri

Taos is a city in Cole County, Missouri with an estimated 1,175 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 318th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,175; #318 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020: +2.7%; +31 people
Land area: 6.4 sq mi; + 0.05 sq mi water
Density: 183 / sq mi; State median 1,448

Orange pin: Taos. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Taos population, 2020 to 2024

Taos added 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,142. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Taos covers 6.43 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 183 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Taos is less dense than the typical town.

What county Taos is in

All of Taos's residents live in Cole County, which had 77,625 residents in 2024. Taos holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Taos

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Taos by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65101. 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 Taos is

The Census internal point of Taos is at 38.500100, -92.092100. Jefferson City, the capital, is 7.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wardsville, MO (1,661 people), 4.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 33.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.500100, -92.092100
DMS: 38°30'0.36"N 92°05'31.56"W
UTM: 15N 579167.6E 4261695.0N
Geohash: 9yye02sx6
Plus code: 86C9GW25+25

Daylight in Taos

At 38.50° N, Taos gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Taos

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Wardsville, 4.9 miles away, with 1,661 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Taos, MO?

1,175 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 31 (2.7%) from 1,144 in July 2020.

What county is Taos in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Taos?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65101.

How far is Taos from Jefferson City?

7.0 miles (11.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Taos.

What is the nearest larger city to Taos?

Wardsville, MO, with 1,661 residents, 4.9 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.