List of cities in Missouri

Missouri is a state located in the Midwestern United States. In Missouri, cities are put into three groups: 3rd Class, 4th Class, and those under constitutional grants. A few older cities are put in under legislative papers (Carrollton, Chillicothe, LaGrange, Liberty, Miami, Missouri City, and Pleasant Hill) which is not allowed anymore. (Carthage is also a Charter City and Charter Cities not made by legislation and are still allowed to this day). The level at which they are put in is determined by their people when they incorporate. They do not change if they gain or lose in people, unless a vote is held by the people.

A municipality gets put in as a 4th Class city if the number of people is between 500 and 2,999 (under 500, it may be put in as a village^[1] – see list of villages in Missouri). It may be put in as a 3rd Class city if the number of people is between 3,000 and 29,999.^[2] There is more things cities are allowed to do in government for 3rd Class cities than 4th Class.

Largest cities

Kansas City, biggest city in Missouri
St. Louis, second-biggest city
Springfield, third-biggest city
Columbia, fourth-biggest city
Independence, a satellite city of Kansas City and the fifth-biggest city
St. Joseph
Joplin
Jefferson City, state capital and sixteenth-biggest city

† County seat
†† State capital and county seat

2020 Rank	City	2020 Census^[3]	2010 Census^[4]	Change	County
1	Kansas City †	508,090	459,787	+10.51%	Jackson, Platte, Cass, Clay
2	St. Louis	301,578	319,294	−5.55%	none (independent city)
3	Springfield †	169,176	159,498	+6.07%	Greene
4	Columbia †	126,254	108,500	+16.36%	Boone
5	Independence †	123,011	116,830	+5.29%	Jackson
6	Lee's Summit	101,108	91,364	+10.67%	Jackson
7	O'Fallon	91,316	79,329	+15.11%	St. Charles
8	St. Joseph †	72,473	76,780	−5.61%	Buchanan
9	St. Charles †	70,493	65,794	+7.14%	St. Charles
10	Blue Springs	58,603	52,575	+11.47%	Jackson
11	St. Peters	57,732	52,575	+9.81%	St. Charles
12	Florissant	52,533	52,158	+0.72%	St. Louis
13	Joplin	51,762	50,150	+3.21%	Jasper, Newton
14	Chesterfield	49,999	47,484	+5.30%	St. Louis
15	Wentzville	44,372	29,070	+52.64%	St. Charles
16	Jefferson City ††	43,228	43,079	+0.35%	Cole
17	Cape Girardeau	39,540	37,941	+4.21%	Cape Girardeau
18	Wildwood	35,417	35,517	−0.28%	St. Louis
19	University City	35,065	35,371	−0.87%	St. Louis
21	Ballwin	31,103	30,404	+2.30%	St. Louis
20	Liberty †	30,167	29,149	+3.49%	Clay
22	Raytown	30,012	29,526	+1.65%	Jackson
23	Kirkwood	29,461	27,540	+6.98%	St. Louis
25	Maryland Heights	28,284	27,472	+2.96%	St. Louis
24	Gladstone	27,063	25,410	+6.51%	Clay
26	Grandview	26,209	24,475	+7.08%	Jackson
27	Hazelwood	25,548	25,703	−0.60%	St. Louis
28	Webster Groves	24,010	22,995	+4.41%	St. Louis
29	Belton	23,953	23,116	+3.62%	Cass
30	Nixa	23,257	19,022	+22.26%	Christian
31	Raymore	22,941	19,206	+19.45%	Cass
32	Sedalia †	21,725	21,387	+1.58%	Pettis
33	Ozark †	21,284	17,820	+19.44%	Christian
34	Arnold	20,858	20,808	+0.24%	Jefferson
35	Warrensburg †	20,313	18,838	+7.83%	Johnson
36	Rolla †	19,943	19,559	+1.96%	Phelps
37	Creve Coeur	18,834	17,833	+5.61%	St. Louis
38	Republic	18,750	14,751	+27.11%	Greene
39	Ferguson	18,527	21,203	−12.62%	St. Louis
40	Manchester	18,333	18,094	+1.32%	St. Louis
41	Farmington †	18,217	16,240	+12.17%	St. Francois
42	Kirksville †	17,530	17,505	+0.14%	Adair
43	Clayton †	17,355	15,939	+8.88%	St. Louis
44	Hannibal	17,108	17,916	−4.51%	Marion
45	Lake St. Louis	16,707	14,545	+14.86%	St. Charles
46	Sikeston	16,291	16,318	−0.17%	Scott
47	Poplar Bluff †	16,225	17,023	−4.69%	Butler
48	Overland	15,955	16,062	−0.67%	St. Louis
49	Grain Valley	15,627	12,854	+21.57%	Jackson
50	Carthage †	15,522	14,378	+7.96%	Jasper
51	Jackson †	15,481	13,758	+12.52%	Cape Girardeau
52	Lebanon †	15,013	14,474	+3.72%	Laclede
53	Washington	14,500	13,982	+3.70%	Franklin
54	Marshall †	13,806	13,065	+5.67%	Saline
55	Moberly	13,783	13,974	−1.37%	Randolph
56	Webb City	13,031	10,996	+18.51%	Jasper
57	St. Ann	13,019	13,020	−0.01%	St. Louis
58	Jennings	12,895	14,712	−12.35%	St. Louis
59	Dardenne Prairie	12,743	11,494	+10.87%	St. Charles
60	Festus	12,706	11,602	+9.52%	Jefferson
61	Troy †	12,686	10,540	+20.36%	Lincoln
62	Branson	12,638	10,520	+20.13%	Taney
63	Fulton †	12,600	12,790	−1.49%	Callaway
64	Neosho †	12,590	11,835	+6.38%	Newton
65	Crestwood	12,404	11,912	+4.13%	St. Louis
66	Union †	12,348	10,204	+21.01%	Franklin
67	West Plains †	12,184	11,986	+1.65%	Howell
68	Eureka	11,646	10,189	+14.30%	St. Louis
69	Town and Country	11,640	10,815	+7.63%	St. Louis
70	Mexico †	11,469	11,543	−0.64%	Audrain
71	Bridgeton	11,445	11,550	−0.91%	St. Louis
72	Bellefontaine Neighbors	10,740	10,860	−1.10%	St. Louis
73	Bolivar †	10,679	10,325	+3.43%	Polk
74	Maryville †	10,633	11,972	−11.18%	Nodaway
75	Excelsior Springs	10,553	11,084	−4.79%	Clay
76	Kennett †	10,515	10,932	−3.81%	Dunklin
77	Smithville	10,406	8,425	+23.51%	Clay
78	Kearney	10,404	8,381	+24.14%	Clay
79	Harrisonville †	10,121	10,019	+1.02%	Cass
80	Ellisville	9,985	9,133	+9.33%	St. Louis
81	Monett	9,576	8,873	+7.92%	Barry, Lawrence
82	Richmond Heights	9,286	8,603	+7.94%	St. Louis
83	Sunset Hills	9,198	8,496	+8.26%	St. Louis
84	Des Peres	9,193	8,373	+9.79%	St. Louis
85	Clinton †	9,174	9,008	+1.84%	Henry
86	Chillicothe †	9,107	9,515	−4.29%	Livingston
87	Ladue	8,989	8,521	+5.49%	St. Louis
88	Pleasant Hill	8,777	8,113	+8.18%	Cass
89	Park Hills	8,587	8,759	−1.96%	St. Francois
90	Perryville †	8,555	8,225	+4.01%	Perry
91	Cameron	8,513	9,933	−14.30%	Clinton
92	Olivette	8,504	7,737	+9.91%	St. Louis
93	Warrenton †	8,429	7,880	+6.97%	Warren
94	Maplewood	8,269	8,046	+2.77%	St. Louis
95	Brentwood	8,233	8,055	+2.21%	St. Louis
96	Berkeley	8,228	8,978	−8.35%	St. Louis
97	Nevada †	8,212	8,386	−2.07%	Vernon
98	Oak Grove	8,157	7,795	+4.64%	Jackson
99	Carl Junction	8,143	7,445	+9.38%	Jasper
100	Boonville †	7,964	8,319	−4.27%	Cooper

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References

↑ "2017-2018 Official Manual State of Missouri, Chapter 8 - Cities and Counties" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
↑ "Classification of Municipalities" (PDF). The Missouri Roster, Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
↑ "QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
↑ "2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File". American FactFinder2. U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

Official Manual State of Missouri 2005-2006. Issued by the Secretary of State. Jefferson City, Missouri.
"Missouri Revised Statutes – Chapter 72: Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages". Missouri General Assembly. August 28, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
"Missouri Revised Statutes – Chapter 77: Third Class Cities". Missouri General Assembly. August 28, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
"Missouri Revised Statutes – Chapter 79: Fourth Class Cities". Missouri General Assembly. August 28, 2011. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
"Missouri Revised Statutes – Chapter 80: Towns and Villages". Missouri General Assembly. August 28, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
"Missouri Revised Statutes – Chapter 81: Special Charter Cities and Towns". Missouri General Assembly. August 28, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
"Missouri Revised Statutes – Chapter 82: Constitutional Charter Cities". Missouri General Assembly. August 28, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2023.

Other websites

Cities and Municipalities in Missouri Archived 2016-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
Missouri Municipal League

[1] "2017-2018 Official Manual State of Missouri, Chapter 8 - Cities and Counties" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved 2018-12-11.

[2] "Classification of Municipalities" (PDF). The Missouri Roster, Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved 2020-09-30.

[3] "QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 3, 2024.

[4] "2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File". American FactFinder2. U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

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