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 citi ...

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 U ...

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 C ...

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 C ...

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 citi ...

(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 censu ...

(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, ...

(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 Ulysse ...

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 ...

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 Sta ...

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 Giradeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 625 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau– Jackson, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Etymology Gordonville was named after Sam ...

Pop: 391 * East Cape Girardeau, Illinois Pop: 385

Places with fewer than 250 inhabitants

* Oak Ridge, Missouri Pop: 243 * Sedgewickville, Missouri Pop: 173 * Whitewater, Missouri 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 at a point where the river makes a horseshoe bend in southern Bollinger County in southeast Miss ...

Pop: 122 * Allenville, Missouri Pop: 116 * Pocahontas, Missouri Pop: 114 * Dutchtown, Missouri 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 Cape ...

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 O ...

Pop: 85

Unincorporated places

* Arab, Missouri * Burfordville, Missouri * Cache, Illinois * Daisy, Missouri * Elco, Illinois *

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* Friedheim, Missouri * Fruitland, Missouri *

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 po ...

Gale, Illinois Gale is an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Gale is located along the Mississippi River north of Thebes. The community is served by Illinois Route 3 Illinois Route 3 (IL 3) is a major north–south ...

Gipsy, Missouri Gipsy is an unincorporated community in the northwestern part of Wayne Township in the western part of Bollinger County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route E, fourteen miles southwest of Marble Hill on Lick L ...

Grassy, Missouri Grassy is an unincorporated community in Filmore Township in western Bollinger County 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. Th ...

Klondike, Illinois Klondike is an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Klondike is located along Illinois Route 3 northwest of Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest cit ...

* Leopold, Missouri *

Miller City, Illinois Miller City is an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area ...

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 Metropolita ...

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 ...

* Olive Branch, Illinois *

Patton, Missouri Patton is an unincorporated community in the southeastern part of Union Township in northern Bollinger County in Southeast Missouri, United States. It is located on State Highway 51, approximately one mile south of the intersection with Route ...

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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* Randol *

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* Welch *

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Bollinger County

* Crooked Creek * 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% Asian, 0.02%

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, 0.31% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races.

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