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Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area Demographics

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area is the 408th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 97,517 residents across 1,432 square miles. That is about 68 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 97,517
Land area 1,432 sq mi
Density 68 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
County Cape Girardeau 81,710 578.5 141
Bollinger County 10,567 617.9 17
Alexander County, IL 5,240 235.4 22

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