Cape Girardeau, Missouri

"Cape Girardeau" redirects here. For the Cape Girardeau meteorite of 1846, see Meteorite fall. For ships named Cape Girardeau, see SS Cape Girardeau.

Cape Girardeau, Missouri
City
Downtown Cape Girardeau
Downtown Cape Girardeau
Nicknames: 
Cape, The City of Roses, River City
Location of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau & Scott Counties, Missouri.
Location of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau & Scott Counties, Missouri.
Cape Girardeau is located in Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau is located in the United States
Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau
Coordinates: 37°18′39″N 89°33′35″W / 37.31083°N 89.55972°W / 37.31083; -89.55972
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountiesCape Girardeau, Scott
Founded1793
Government
 • TypeCouncil-Manager
 • MayorStacy Kinder
Area
[1]
 • City
29.31 sq mi (75.91 km2)
 • Land29.25 sq mi (75.76 km2)
 • Water0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2)
Elevation
[2]
371 ft (113 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • City
39,540
 • Estimate 
(2023)
40,508
 • Density1,351.75/sq mi (521.91/km2)
 • Metro
97,699 (US: 362nd
DemonymCape Girardean
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes
63701–63703, 63705
Area code573
FIPS code29-11242[3]
GNIS feature ID2393737[2]
Websitecityofcapegirardeau.org
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Cape Girardeau (/dʒɪˈrɑːrdoʊ/ jirr-AR-doh, French: Cap-Girardeau [kap ʒiʁaʁdo] ⓘ; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 39,540, making it the 17th-largest in the state.[4] The city is one of two principal cities of the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses Alexander County, Illinois, Bollinger County, Missouri and Cape Girardeau County, Missouri and has a population of 97,517. The sliver of the city located in Scott County is part of the Sikeston Micropolitan Statistical Area, and the entire city forms the core of the Cape Girardeau-Sikeston Combined Statistical Area.

The city is the economic center of Southeast Missouri and also the home of Southeast Missouri State University. It is located approximately 100 miles (161 km) southeast of St. Louis and 150 miles (241 km) north of Memphis.

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cape Girardeau, Missouri
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 30, 2022.