The St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the

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, is an area consisting of four counties - three in northwest

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

(

Andrew Andrew is the English form of the given name, common in many countries. The word is derived from the , ''Andreas'', itself related to ''aner/andros'', "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "c ...

, Buchanan, and DeKalb) and one in northeast

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( Doniphan) - anchored by the city of St. Joseph, comprising a total area of . As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 121,467.

Counties

Andrew County, Missouri Andrew County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 18,135. Its county seat is Savannah. The county was organized January 29, 1841, and named for Andre ...

* Buchanan County, Missouri *

DeKalb County, Missouri DeKalb County is a county located in the northwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,029. Its county seat is Maysville. The county was organized February 25, 1845 and named for General Johann ...

Doniphan County, Kansas Doniphan County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Troy, and its most populous city is Wathena. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 7,510. The county was named after Alexander Donip ...

Communities

Places with more than 70,000 inhabitants

St. Joseph, Missouri St. Joseph is a city in and county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri, Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. A small portion of the city extends north into Andrew County, Missouri, Andrew County. Located on the Missouri River, it is the princ ...

(Principal city) Pop: 72,473

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

Cameron, Missouri Cameron is a city in Clinton, DeKalb and Caldwell counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 8,513 at the 2020 census. The Clinton and Caldwell counties portion of Cameron are part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, while ...

(partial) Pop: 8,513 * Savannah, Missouri Pop: 5,069 * Country Club, Missouri Pop: 2,487 * Gower, Missouri (partial) Pop: 1,533 *

Wathena, Kansas Wathena is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States, located about west of St. Joseph, Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,246. History Wathena was founded in 1856. The city is named in honor of Chief ...

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

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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%

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, 4.10%

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, 0.49% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.02%

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, 0.53% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races.

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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

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for the MSA was $16,198.

References

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