St. Joseph, Missouri metropolitan area

The St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties - three in northwest Missouri (Andrew, Buchanan, and DeKalb) and one in northeast Kansas (Doniphan) - anchored by the city of St. Joseph, comprising a total area of 1,673.93 square miles (4,335.5 km²). As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 121,467.

St. Joseph metropolitan area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
St. Joseph, MO–KS MSA
View of downtown St. Joseph
Interactive Map of the St. Joseph, MO–KS MSA   St. Joseph, Missouri   St. Joseph, MO–KS MSA   Other Counties in the Kansas City, MO–KS CSA
Coordinates: 39°50′03″N 94°47′02″W
Country	United States
State	Missouri Kansas
Largest city	St. Joseph, Missouri
Area
• Total	8,472 sq mi (21,940 km2)
Highest elevation	1,1601 ft (353.51 m)
Lowest elevation	6901 ft (210.31 m)
Population
• Total	2,192,035
• Rank	30th MSA (2,192,035), 24th CSA (2,528,644) in the U.S.
• Density	260.0/sq mi (100.4/km2)
GDP [1]
• MSA	$169.5 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−06:00 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−05:00 (CDT)

Counties

• Andrew County, Missouri
• Buchanan County, Missouri
• DeKalb County, Missouri
• Doniphan County, Kansas

Communities

Places with more than 70,000 inhabitants

• St. Joseph, Missouri (Principal city) Pop: 72,473

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

• Cameron, Missouri (partial) Pop: 8,513
• Savannah, Missouri Pop: 5,069
• Country Club, Missouri Pop: 2,487
• Gower, Missouri (partial) Pop: 1,533
• Wathena, Kansas Pop: 1,246
• Elwood, Kansas Pop: 1,125
• Maysville, Missouri Pop: 1,095

Places with fewer than 999 inhabitants

• Troy, Kansas Pop: 964
• Highland, Kansas Pop: 903
• Stewartsville, Missouri Pop: 733
• Agency, Missouri Pop: 671
• Dearborn, Missouri (partial) Pop: 496
• Osborn, Missouri (partial) Pop: 423
• Union Star, Missouri Pop: 380
• Clarksdale, Missouri Pop: 245
• Amazonia, Missouri Pop: 238
• De Kalb, Missouri Pop: 233
• Easton, Missouri Pop: 227
• Rushville, Missouri Pop: 225
• Fillmore, Missouri Pop: 173
• Bolckow, Missouri Pop: 163
• Denton, Kansas Pop: 130
• Rosendale, Missouri Pop: 119
• White Cloud, Kansas Pop: 115
• Cosby, Missouri Pop: 114
• Lewis and Clark Village, Missouri Pop: 96
• Weatherby, Missouri Pop: 80
• Severance, Kansas Pop: 76
• Rea, Missouri Pop: 46
• Leona, Kansas Pop: 41
• Amity, Missouri Pop: 26

Unincorporated places

• Faucett, Missouri Pop: 248
• Bendena, Kansas Pop: 117
• Doniphan, Kansas
• Fairport, Missouri
• Helena, Missouri
• Nodaway, Missouri
• Rochester, Missouri
• Wallace, Missouri
• Whitesville, Missouri
• Willow Brook, Missouri

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 122,336 people, 46,531 households, and 31,203 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 93.29% White, 4.10% African American, 0.49% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.53% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.00% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $34,896, and the median income for a family was $41,290. Males had a median income of $30,296 versus $21,085 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $16,198.

See also

• Missouri census statistical areas
• Kansas census statistical areas
• List of municipalities in Missouri
• List of cities in Kansas