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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with its

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in both states. Its largest cities are the cities of Cape Girardeau and Jackson. 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 (commonly called Cape 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 J ...

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, largest and only city, is Marble Hill. The largely rural county is suppor ...

Alexander County, Illinois Alexander County is the southernmost 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 County is part of the ...

Communities

Places with more than 30,000 inhabitants

Cape Girardeau, Missouri Cape Girardeau ( , ; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Cape Girardeau and Scott County, Missouri, Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the ...

(Principal city) Pop: 39,540

Places with 1,000 to 30,000 inhabitants

* Jackson, Missouri (Principal city) Pop: 15,481 *

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: 4,346 *

Cairo, Illinois Cairo ( , sometimes ) is the southernmost city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County, Illinois, Alexander County. A river city, Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinoi ...

Pop: 1,733 *

Marble Hill, Missouri Marble Hill is a fourth-class city in central Bollinger County in Southeast Missouri, United States. Famous for its yearly cooking competition located at the park. Located at the intersection of State Highways 34 and 51, it is the largest city ...

Pop: 1,388

Places with 250 to 1,000 inhabitants

* Tamms, Illinois Pop: 430 * Delta, Missouri Pop: 376 * Thebes, Illinois Pop: 208 * McClure, Illinois Pop: 256 * Gordonville, Missouri Pop: 625 * East Cape Girardeau, Illinois Pop: 289

Places with fewer than 250 inhabitants

* Oak Ridge, Missouri Pop: 237 *

Sedgewickville, Missouri Sedgewickville is a village in northern Bollinger County in Southeast Missouri, United States. The population was 191 at the 2020 census. Sedgewickville is part of the Cape Girardeau– Jackson, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ety ...

Pop: 191 * Whitewater, Missouri Pop: 88 *

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: 73 * Allenville, Missouri Pop: 95 * Pocahontas, Missouri Pop: 97 *

Dutchtown, Missouri Dutchtown is a census-designated place (CDP) and former village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States, located at the intersection of Routes Missouri Route 25, 25 and Missouri Route 74, 74. The populatio ...

Pop: 163 * Glen Allen, Missouri Pop: 57 * Old Appleton, Missouri Pop: 73

Unincorporated places

* Arab, Missouri * Burfordville, Missouri * Cache, Illinois * Daisy, Missouri * Egypt Mills, Missouri * Elco, Illinois * Fayville, Illinois * Friedheim, Missouri * Fruitland, Missouri * Future City, Illinois * Gale, Illinois * Gipsy, Missouri * Grassy, Missouri * Klondike, Illinois *

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 ha ...

* Miller City, Illinois * Millersville, Missouri * New Wells, Missouri * Olive Branch, Illinois * Oriole, Missouri * Patton, Missouri * Sturdivant, Missouri * Urbandale, Illinois

Townships

Cape Girardeau County

* Apple Creek *

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* Cape Girardeau * Hubble * Kinder *

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* Welch *

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Bollinger County

* Crooked Creek * Fillmore *

* Lorance *

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* Union * Wayne *

Precincts

Alexander County

* Cache No. 1 * Cache No. 2 *

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* Elco * McClure *

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* Olive Branch * Sandusky * Santa Fe * Tamms * Thebes * Unity

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 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 (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Bollinger County, Missouri, and Alexander County, Illinois) **Sikeston (

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and

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)

References

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