Mexico, MO Micro Area
The Mexico, MO micro area is one county in Missouri: Audrain County. About 24,528 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.7% fewer than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 24,528 1.7% fewer than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- County
- Audrain County
- Land area
- 692 sq mi (1,793 km²)
- Time zone
- Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
- State
- Missouri
- Combined statistical area
- Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO
- CBSA code
- 33020
The county in the Mexico, MO micro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Audrain County | Central | 24,528 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Mexico11,477 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 3 areas in this one, largest first:
- Columbia, MO Metro Area219,062 people
- Jefferson City, MO Metro Area152,712 people
- Moberly, MO Micro Area24,513 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Columbia, MO Metro Area29 mi southwest
- Moberly, MO Micro Area35 mi northwest
- Jefferson City, MO Metro Area44 mi south
- Hannibal, MO Micro Area46 mi northeast
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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.
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