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. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 127,329.

Counties

 * Andrew County, Missouri
 * Buchanan County, Missouri
 * DeKalb County, Missouri
 * Doniphan County, Kansas

Places with more than 70,000 inhabitants

 * Saint Joseph, Missouri (Principal city)

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

 * Cameron, Missouri (partial)
 * Country Club, Missouri
 * Elwood, Kansas
 * Maysville, Missouri
 * Savannah, Missouri
 * Troy, Kansas
 * Wathena, Kansas

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

 * Agency, Missouri
 * Amazonia, Missouri
 * Amity, Missouri
 * Bolckow, Missouri
 * Clarksdale, Missouri
 * Cosby, Missouri
 * De Kalb, Missouri
 * Dearborn, Missouri (partial)
 * Denton, Kansas
 * Easton, Missouri
 * Fillmore, Missouri
 * Gower, Missouri (partial)
 * Highland, Kansas
 * Leona, Kansas
 * Lewis and Clark Village, Missouri
 * Osborn, Missouri (partial)
 * Rea, Missouri
 * Rosendale, Missouri
 * Rushville, Missouri
 * Severance, Kansas
 * Stewartsville, Missouri
 * Union Star, Missouri
 * Weatherby, Missouri
 * White Cloud, Kansas

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.