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 mi2. 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

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: 1,364
 * Elwood, Kansas Pop: 1,224
 * Maysville, Missouri Pop: 1,095
 * Highland, Kansas Pop: 1,012

Places with fewer than 999 inhabitants

 * Troy, Kansas Pop: 964
 * Stewartsville, Missouri Pop: 733
 * 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.