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Largest cities. Kansas City, largest city in Missouri. St. Louis, second-largest city. Springfield, third-largest city. Columbia, fourth-largest city. Independence, a satellite city of Kansas City and the fifth-largest city. St. Joseph. Joplin. Jefferson City, state capital and sixteenth-largest city.
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Kansas City is Missouri's largest city and the principal city of the fourteen-county Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, including five counties in the state of Kansas. As of 2022, it was the 31st-largest metropolitan area in the U.S., with 2.21 million people.
According to that census estimate, the population of Missouri is 6,196,156, an increase of 0.7% from 2020. The average population of Missouri's counties is 53,880; St. Louis County is the most populous (987,059), and Worth County is the least (1,907). The average land area is 599 sq mi (1,550 km 2).
Geography of Missouri. Missouri, a state near the geographical center of the United States, has three distinct physiographic divisions : the Missouri portion of the Ozark Plateau (areas 14a and 14b) which lies between the Mississippi Alluvial Plain and the Central lowland. The boundary between the northern plains and the Ozark region follows ...
The location of the State of Missouri in the United States of America An enlargeable map of the State of Missouri An enlargeable map of the 114 counties and 1 independent city of the State of Missouri. Indigenous peoples. Mississippian culture; French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1764 Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
Contents. Columbia, Missouri. Columbia / kəˈlʌmbiə / is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the county seat of Boone County and home to the University of Missouri. [ 8 ] Founded in 1821, it is the principal city of the three-county Columbia metropolitan area. It is Missouri's fourth most populous with an estimated 128,555 residents ...
In Missouri, villages are municipalities which incorporated with a population under 500. If the population is larger than 500, it may incorporate as a city [ 1 ] (see List of cities in Missouri ). If the population increases beyond 500 after incorporation, a vote may be held to change to a city government, but it is not automatic.