Moberly, MO Micro Area

The Moberly, MO micro area is one county in Missouri: Randolph County. About 24,513 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.8% fewer than in April 2020.

Randolph County, centralMoberly
Randolph County in Missouri
Population, July 2025
24,513 0.8% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
County
Randolph County
Land area
483 sq mi (1,250 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
33620

The county in the Moberly, MO micro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Randolph CountyCentral24,513

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

  1. Moberly13,526 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:

  1. Columbia, MO Metro Area219,062 people
  2. Jefferson City, MO Metro Area152,712 people
  3. Mexico, MO Micro Area24,528 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.

  1. Columbia, MO Metro Area33 mi south
  2. Mexico, MO Micro Area35 mi southeast

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