St. Joseph, Missouri metropolitan area
# 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 $km^2).$ As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 121,467.

## 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: 76,780

### Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

* Cameron, Missouri (partial) Pop: 9,933
* Savannah, Missouri Pop: 5,057
* Country Club, Missouri Pop: 2,449
* Gower, Missouri (partial) Pop: 1,526
* Wathena, Kansas Pop: 1,364
* Elwood, Kansas Pop: 1,224
* Maysville, Missouri Pop: 1,114
* Highland, Kansas Pop: 1,012

### Places with fewer than 999 inhabitants

* Troy, Kansas Pop: 964
* Stewartsville, Missouri Pop: 750
* Agency, Missouri Pop: 684
* Dearborn, Missouri (partial) Pop: 496
* Union Star, Missouri Pop: 437
* Osborn, Missouri (partial) Pop: 423
* Amazonia, Missouri Pop: 312
* Rushville, Missouri Pop: 303
* Clarksdale, Missouri Pop: 271
* Easton, Missouri Pop: 234
* De Kalb, Missouri Pop: 220
* Bolckow, Missouri Pop: 187
* Fillmore, Missouri Pop: 184
* White Cloud, Kansas Pop: 176
* Denton, Kansas Pop: 148
* Rosendale, Missouri Pop: 143
* Lewis and Clark Village, Missouri Pop: 132
* Cosby, Missouri Pop: 124
* Weatherby, Missouri Pop: 107
* Severance, Kansas Pop: 94
* Amity, Missouri Pop: 54
* Rea, Missouri Pop: 50
* Leona, Kansas Pop: 48

### Unincorporated places

* Bendena, Kansas
* Doniphan, Kansas
* Fairport, Missouri
* Faucett, Missouri
* Helena, Missouri
* Wallace, 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.

