Missouri Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Cities and towns== {{See also|List of cities in Missouri|List of towns and villages in Missouri}} {{Largest cities | country = Missouri | stat_ref = Source:<ref name=largest>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020β2022 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=January 4, 2024 }}</ref> | list_by_pop = | div_name = | div_link = Counties of Missouri{{!}}County | city_1 = Kansas City, Missouri{{!}}Kansas City | div_1 = Kansas City, Missouri{{!}}Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass | pop_1 = 509,297 | img_1 = Kansas City, Missouri, USA - panoramio.jpg | city_2 = St. Louis, Missouri{{!}}St. Louis | div_2 = St. Louis, Missouri{{!}}Independent city | pop_2 = 286,578 | img_2 = St Louis night expblend.jpg | city_3 = Springfield, Missouri{{!}}Springfield | div_3 = Greene County, Missouri{{!}}Greene | pop_3 = 170,067 | img_3 = ParkCentralSquarefountainbyCVBCS.jpg | city_4 = Columbia, Missouri{{!}}Columbia | div_4 = Boone County, Missouri{{!}}Boone | pop_4 = 128,555 | img_4 = Mizzou Jesse Thumb.jpg | city_5 = Independence, Missouri{{!}}Independence | div_5 = Jackson County, Missouri{{!}}Jackson | pop_5 = 121,202 | city_6 = Lee's Summit, Missouri{{!}}Lee's Summit | div_6 = Jackson County, Missouri{{!}}Jackson and Cass | pop_6 = 103,465 | city_7 = O'Fallon, Missouri{{!}}O'Fallon | div_7 = Saint Charles County, Missouri{{!}}St. Charles | pop_7 = 93,663 | city_8 = St. Charles, Missouri{{!}}St. Charles | div_8 = Saint Charles County, Missouri{{!}}St. Charles | pop_8 = 71,184 | city_9 = St. Joseph, Missouri{{!}}St. Joseph | div_9 = Buchanan County, Missouri{{!}}Buchanan | pop_9 = 70,656 | city_10 = Blue Springs, Missouri{{!}}Blue Springs | div_10 = Jackson County, Missouri{{!}}Jackson | pop_10 = 59,518 }} Jefferson City is the capital city of Missouri, while the state's five largest cities are Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]], and Independence.<ref name=largest /> St. Louis is the principal city of the largest metropolitan area in Missouri, composed of 17 counties and the independent city of St. Louis; eight of its counties are in Illinois. As of 2022, St. Louis was the [[United States metropolitan area#Top|21st-largest metropolitan area]] in the nation with 2.80 million people. If ranked using [[Combined Statistical Area]], it is also the [[Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas|21st-largest with 2.91 million people]] in 2022. Some of the major cities making up the St. Louis metro area in Missouri are [[O'Fallon, Missouri|O'Fallon]], [[St. Charles, Missouri|St. Charles]], [[St. Peters, Missouri|St. Peters]], [[Florissant, Missouri|Florissant]], [[Chesterfield, Missouri|Chesterfield]], [[Wentzville, Missouri|Wentzville]], [[Wildwood, Missouri|Wildwood]], [[University City, Missouri|University City]], [[Ballwin, Missouri|Ballwin]], and [[Kirkwood, Missouri|Kirkwood]]. Kansas City is Missouri's largest city and the principal city of the fourteen-county [[Kansas City Metropolitan Area|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. In the [[Combined Statistical Area]] in 2022, it ranked 29th with 2.55 million. Some of the other major cities comprising the Kansas City metro area in Missouri include [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]], [[Lee's Summit, Missouri|Lee's Summit]], [[Blue Springs, Missouri|Blue Springs]], [[Liberty, Missouri|Liberty]], [[Raytown, Missouri|Raytown]], [[Gladstone, Missouri|Gladstone]], [[Grandview, Missouri|Grandview]], and [[Belton, Missouri|Belton]]. Springfield is Missouri's third-largest city and the principal city of the [[Springfield-Branson, Missouri metropolitan area|Springfield-Branson Metropolitan Area]], which has a population of 549,423 and includes seven counties in southwestern Missouri. [[Branson, Missouri|Branson]] is a major tourist attraction in the [[The Ozarks|Ozarks]] in southwest Missouri. Some of the other major cities comprising the Springfield-Branson metro area include [[Nixa, Missouri|Nixa]], [[Ozark, Missouri|Ozark]], and [[Republic, Missouri|Republic]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page