The Cape Girardeau–Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the

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, is an area consisting of two counties in southeastern

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and one in southern

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, anchored by the cities of

Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau ( , french: Cap-Girardeau ; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 39,540. The city is one of two principal citie ...

and

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. It was upgraded from a Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA) to a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) by the

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on November 20, 2008. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 96,275.

Counties

Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Cape Girardeau County is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri; its eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River. At the 2020 census, the population was 81,710. The county seat is Jackson, the first city in the US ...

Bollinger County, Missouri Bollinger County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 10,567. The county seat is Marble Hill. The county was officially organized in 1851. Bollinger Co ...

Alexander County, Illinois Alexander County is the southernmost and southwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,240. Its county seat is Cairo and its western boundary is formed by the Mississippi River. Alexander Co ...

Communities

Places with more than 30,000 inhabitants

Cape Girardeau, Missouri Cape Girardeau ( , french: Cap-Girardeau ; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 39,540. The city is one of two principal citie ...

(Principal city) Pop: 37,941

Places with 1,000 to 30,000 inhabitants

Jackson, Missouri Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is a principal city of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Jackson was 15,481 at the 2020 census ...

(Principal city) Pop: 13,758 *

Scott City, Missouri Scott City is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 4,346 at the 2020 census. The Scott County portion of Scott City (the majority) is part of the Sikeston Micropolitan Statistical Area, w ...

(partial) Pop: 4,565 *

Cairo, Illinois Cairo ( ) is the southernmost city in Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County. The city is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Fort Defiance, a Civil War camp, was built here in 1862 by Union General Ulysses ...

Pop: 2,831 *

Marble Hill, Missouri Marble Hill is a fourth-class city in central Bollinger County in Southeast Missouri, United States. Located at the intersection of State Highways 34 and 51, it is the largest city in Bollinger and serves as the county seat. The population was 1, ...

Pop: 1,477

Places with 250 to 1,000 inhabitants

* Tamms, Illinois Pop: 632 *

Delta, Missouri Delta is a city in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 376 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Name A post office called Delta was established in ...

Pop: 438 *

Thebes, Illinois Thebes is a village in and the former county seat of Alexander County, Illinois, United States. The population was 208 at the 2020 census, down from 436 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Stat ...

Pop: 436 *

McClure, Illinois McClure is a village in McClure Precinct, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. It was incorporated in 2004 and had a population of 256 at the 2020 census. McClure is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. ...

Pop: 402 *

Gordonville, Missouri Gordoville is a village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Cape Giradeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 625 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Cape Girardeau–Jackso ...

Pop: 391 *

East Cape Girardeau, Illinois East Cape Girardeau is a village in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. The population was 289 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office was establishe ...

Pop: 385

Places with fewer than 250 inhabitants

Oak Ridge, Missouri Oak Ridge is a village in the southern part of Apple Creek Township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 237 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Are ...

Pop: 243 * Sedgewickville, Missouri Pop: 173 *

Whitewater, Missouri Whitewater is a village in Hubble Township in southwestern Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 88 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Wh ...

Pop: 125 *

Zalma, Missouri Zalma, once known as "Bollinger's Mill", is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on the banks of the winding Castor River (Missouri), Castor River at a point where the river makes a meander, horseshoe bend in southern Boll ...

Pop: 122 *

Allenville, Missouri Allenville is a village in Hubble Township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 95 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. History and Industry A ...

Pop: 116 *

Pocahontas, Missouri Pocahontas is a village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 97 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Cape Girardeau–Jackso ...

Pop: 114 *

Dutchtown, Missouri Dutchtown is a census-designated place (CDP) and former village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States, located at the intersection of Routes 25 and 74. The population was 163 at the 2020 census. It was part of the Cape Girardeau&ndas ...

Pop: 94 *

Glen Allen, Missouri Glen Allen is a village in central Bollinger County in Southeast Missouri, United States, located near the intersection of State Highway 34 and Route ZZ just west of Marble Hill. The population was 57 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cap ...

Pop: 85 *

Old Appleton, Missouri Old Appleton is a village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 73 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Name The first settlement was made at Old ...

Pop: 85

Unincorporated places

Arab, Missouri Arab is an unincorporated community in southern Bollinger County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately four miles south of Zalma and 16 miles north of Puxico, at the intersection of Missouri Route 51 with routes C and P. Dexte ...

Burfordville, Missouri Burfordville is an unincorporated community in western Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States, on the banks of the Whitewater River. It is located five miles west of Jackson on Route 34. Bufordville is part of the Cape Girardeau&ndas ...

Cache, Illinois Cache is an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Cache, sometimes called North Cairo, was laid out January 20, 1904 for B.M. Cyril, President of City Manufacturing Company. Cache is located near the Mississippi R ...

Daisy, Missouri Daisy is an unincorporated community in northwestern Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is located sixteen miles northwest of Cape Girardeau and is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area In ...

Elco, Illinois Elco is an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Elco is located along Illinois Route 127 north of Tamms, Illinois, Tamms. Elco once had a post office, which closed on January 24, 1998. ...

* Fayville, Illinois *

Friedheim, Missouri Friedheim is an unincorporated community in Apple Creek Township in northwestern Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. History A small village in the northwest part of Apple Creek Township; German settlers arrived in the Friedheim area ...

Fruitland, Missouri Fruitland is an unincorporated community in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 61, north of Jackson and just over one mile north of the intersection of U.S. 61 and Interstate 55 Interstate 55 (I-5 ...

Future City, Illinois Future City is an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Future City is located along U.S. Route 51 north of Cairo, and south of Urbandale. The town was founded as a suburb of Cairo in the early 1900s and was p ...

* Gale, Illinois * Gipsy, Missouri *

Grassy, Missouri Grassy is an unincorporated community in Filmore Township in western Bollinger County, Missouri, United States. Geography It is eight miles west of Marble Hill on Route 34. Grassy is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO- IL Metropolita ...

Klondike, Illinois Klondike is an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Klondike is located along Illinois Route 3 northwest of Cairo. Education It is in the Cairo School District Cairo Community Unit School District 1 is a un ...

Leopold, Missouri Leopold is an unincorporated community in eastern Bollinger County in Southeast Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Route N, approximately four miles southeast of Marble Hill. The community consists of roughly 65 residents and has ...

Miller City, Illinois Miller City is an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Miller City is located by the southwest corner of Horseshoe Lake. Education It is in the Cairo School District Cairo Community Unit School District 1 ...

Millersville, Missouri Millersville is an unincorporated community in western Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is located six miles (10 km) west of Jackson on Route 72. Millersville is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO- IL Metropolit ...

New Wells, Missouri New Wells is an unincorporated community in northern Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is located north of Cape Girardeau and is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Demographics Ety ...

Olive Branch, Illinois Olive Branch is an unincorporated census-designated place in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 62969. Its population was 650 at the 2020 census. Olive Branch is part of the Cape Girardeau–J ...

* Patton, Missouri *

Sturdivant, Missouri Sturdivant is an unincorporated community in the southern part of Wayne Township in extreme southern Bollinger County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately sixteen miles north of Dexter along State Highway V. The zip code is 63 ...

* Urbandale, Illinois

Townships

Cape Girardeau County

* Apple Creek *

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* Hubble * Kinder *

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* Randol *

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* Welch *

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Bollinger County

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* Fillmore *

* Lorance *

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* Wayne *

Precincts

Alexander County

* Cache No. 1 * Cache No. 2 *

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* Elco * McClure *

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* Sandusky * Santa Fe * Tamms * Thebes *

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 90,312 people, 35,364 households, and 23,880 families residing within the μSA. The racial makeup of the μSA was 89.79%

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, 7.75%

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, 0.40% Native American, 0.64%

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, 0.02%

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, 0.31% from

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, and 1.09% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.92% of the population. The median income for a household in the μSA was $30,987, and the median income for a family was $37,694. Males had a median income of $29,194 versus $19,129 for females. The

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for the μSA was $16,106.

Combined Statistical Area

The Cape Girardeau–

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–Jackson Combined Statistical Area is made up of three counties in southeastern Missouri and one county in southern Illinois. The statistical area includes one

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and micropolitan area. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 134,051 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 134,567). *Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs) **Cape Girardeau–Jackson (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Bollinger County, Missouri, and Alexander County, Illinois) **Sikeston (

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)

References

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