St. Joseph metropolitan area
metropolitan statistical area in Missouri and Kansas, United States
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. It is part of the wider Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS CSA.
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 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.
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