List of cities in Missouri

Missouri is a state located in the Midwestern United States. In Missouri, cities are classified into three types: 3rd Class, 4th Class, and those under constitutional charters. A few older cities are incorporated under legislative charters (Carrollton, Chillicothe, LaGrange, Liberty, Miami, Missouri City, and Pleasant Hill) which are no longer allowed. (Carthage is also a Charter City and Charter Cities are by constitution not legislation and are still allowed to this day). The level at which they incorporate is determined by their population when they incorporate. They do not change if they gain or lose in population, unless a vote is held by the people.

A municipality incorporates as a 4th Class city if the population is between 500 and 2,999 (under 500, it may incorporate as a village^[1] – see list of villages in Missouri). It may incorporate as a 3rd Class city if the population is between 3,000 and 29,999.^[2] There is more flexibility in government for 3rd Class cities than 4th Class.

Cities under constitutional charters may operate under any form of municipal government if it is enacted in the city's charter.

Largest cities

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

List of municipalities

Population data based on 2023 estimates.^[3]

† County seat
†† State capital and county seat

Rank	City	2023 Estimate	2020 Census	Change	County
1	Kansas City †	510,704	508,090	+0.51%	Jackson Clay Platte Cass
2	St. Louis	281,754	301,578	−6.57%	none (independent city)
3	Springfield †	170,188	169,176	+0.60%	Greene Christian
4	Columbia †	129,330	126,254	+2.44%	Boone
5	Independence †	120,922	123,011	−1.70%	Jackson
6	Lee's Summit	104,184	101,108	+3.04%	Jackson Cass
7	O'Fallon	94,074	91,316	+3.02%	St. Charles
8	St. Charles †	71,800	70,493	+1.85%	St. Charles
9	St. Joseph †	70,634	72,473	−2.54%	Buchanan
10	Blue Springs	60,539	58,603	+3.30%	Jackson
11	St. Peters	59,413	57,732	+2.91%	St. Charles
12	Joplin	53,095	51,762	+2.58%	Jasper Newton
13	Florissant	51,128	52,533	−2.67%	St. Louis
14	Chesterfield	49,166	49,999	−1.67%	St. Louis
15	Wentzville	47,497	44,372	+7.04%	St. Charles
16	Jefferson City ††	42,552	43,228	−1.56%	Cole Callaway
17	Cape Girardeau	40,508	39,540	+2.45%	Cape Girardeau Scott
18	Wildwood	34,851	35,417	−1.60%	St. Louis
19	University City	34,096	35,065	−2.76%	St. Louis
20	Liberty †	30,794	30,167	+2.08%	Clay
21	Ballwin	30,410	31,103	−2.23%	St. Louis
22	Kirkwood	29,174	29,461	−0.97%	St. Louis
23	Raytown	29,097	30,012	−3.05%	Jackson
24	Maryland Heights	27,575	28,284	−2.51%	St. Louis
25	Gladstone	27,329	27,063	+0.98%	Clay
26	Belton	25,534	23,953	+6.60%	Cass
27	Grandview	25,436	26,209	−2.95%	Jackson
28	Nixa	25,405	23,257	+9.24%	Christian
29	Raymore	25,306	22,941	+10.31%	Cass
30	Hazelwood	24,863	25,548	−2.68%	St. Louis
31	Webster Groves	23,449	24,010	−2.34%	St. Louis
32	Ozark †	22,907	21,284	+7.63%	Christian
33	Sedalia †	22,086	21,725	+1.66%	Pettis
34	Arnold	21,059	20,858	+0.96%	Jefferson
35	Rolla †	20,423	19,943	+2.41%	Phelps
36	Republic	20,144	18,750	+7.43%	Greene Christian
37	Warrensburg †	19,673	20,313	−3.15%	Johnson
38	Lake St. Louis	18,661	16,707	+11.70%	St. Charles
39	Creve Coeur	18,457	18,834	−2.00%	St. Louis
40	Farmington †	18,362	18,217	+0.80%	St. Francois
41	Manchester	18,012	18,333	−1.75%	St. Louis
42	Ferguson	17,996	18,527	−2.87%	St. Louis
43	Kirksville †	17,483	17,530	−0.27%	Adair
44	Clayton †	17,461	17,355	+0.61%	St. Louis
45	Hannibal	16,838	17,108	−1.58%	Marion Ralls
46	Grain Valley	16,609	15,627	+6.28%	Jackson
47	Poplar Bluff †	16,132	16,225	−0.57%	Butler
48	Sikeston	16,085	16,291	−1.26%	Scott New Madrid
49	Jackson †	15,742	15,481	+1.69%	Cape Girardeau
50	Carthage †	15,556	15,522	+0.22%	Jasper
51	Overland	15,496	15,955	−2.88%	St. Louis
52	Washington	15,450	14,500	+6.55%	Franklin
53	Lebanon †	15,429	15,013	+2.77%	Laclede
54	Troy †	14,591	12,686	+15.02%	Lincoln
55	Dardenne Prairie	13,803	12,743	+8.32%	St. Charles
56	Marshall †	13,642	13,806	−1.19%	Saline
57	Festus	13,443	12,706	+5.80%	Jefferson
58	Neosho †	13,328	12,590	+5.86%	Newton
59	Webb City	13,325	13,031	+2.26%	Jasper
60	Moberly	13,296	13,783	−3.53%	Randolph
61	Eureka	13,092	11,646	+12.42%	St. Louis Jefferson
62	Union †	13,000	12,348	+5.28%	Franklin
63	Branson	12,897	12,638	+2.05%	Taney Stone
64	Jennings	12,836	12,895	−0.46%	St. Louis
65	St. Ann	12,658	13,019	−2.77%	St. Louis
66	West Plains †	12,598	12,184	+3.40%	Howell
67	Fulton †	12,473	12,600	−1.01%	Callaway
68	Crestwood	12,175	12,404	−1.85%	St. Louis
69	Town and Country	11,553	11,640	−0.75%	St. Louis
70	Mexico †	11,507	11,469	+0.33%	Audrain
71	Bolivar †	11,338	10,679	+6.17%	Polk
72	Bridgeton	11,261	11,445	−1.61%	St. Louis
73	Kearney	11,060	10,404	+6.31%	Clay
74	Smithville	10,785	10,406	+3.64%	Clay Platte
75	Excelsior Springs	10,612	10,553	+0.56%	Clay Ray
76	Bellefontaine Neighbors	10,370	10,740	−3.45%	St. Louis
77	Maryville †	10,309	10,633	−3.05%	Nodaway
78	Kennett †	10,117	10,515	−3.79%	Dunklin
79	Monett	10,000	9,576	+4.43%	Barry Lawrence
80	Harrisonville †	9,852	10,121	−2.66%	Cass
81	Ellisville	9,801	9,985	−1.84%	St. Louis
82	Clinton †	9,416	9,174	+2.64%	Henry
83	Warrenton †	9,298	8,429	+10.31%	Warren
84	Des Peres	8,850	9,193	−3.73%	St. Louis
85	Richmond Heights	9,058	9,286	−2.46%	St. Louis
86	Chillicothe †	9,044	9,107	−0.69%	Livingston
87	Sunset Hills	9,041	9,198	−1.71%	St. Louis
88	Oak Grove	8,907	8,157	+9.19%	Jackson Lafayette
89	Ladue	8,880	8,989	−1.21%	St. Louis
90	Parkville	8,859	7,117	+24.48%	Platte
91	Olivette	8,843	8,504	+3.99%	St. Louis
92	Park Hills	8,759	8,587	+2.00%	St. Francois
93	Pleasant Hill	8,679	8,777	−1.12%	Cass Jackson
94	Perryville †	8,506	8,555	−0.57%	Perry
95	Carl Junction	8,379	8,143	+2.90%	Jasper
96	Nevada †	8,262	8,212	+0.61%	Vernon
97	Brentwood	8,070	8,233	−1.98%	St. Louis
98	Maplewood	8,041	8,269	−2.76%	St. Louis
99	Berkeley	8,031	8,228	−2.39%	St. Louis
100	Dexter	7,878	7,927	−0.62%	Stoddard
101	Marshfield †	7,845	7,458	+5.19%	Webster
102	Boonville †	7,782	7,964	−2.29%	Cooper
103	Pacific	7,554	7,414	+1.89%	Franklin St. Louis
104	Aurora	7,512	7,219	+4.06%	Lawrence
105	Cameron	7,324	8,513	−13.97%	Clinton DeKalb Caldwell
106	Sullivan	6,829	6,906	−1.11%	Franklin Crawford
107	Valley Park	6,725	6,885	−2.32%	St. Louis
108	Black Jack	6,538	6,634	−1.45%	St. Louis
109	Bonne Terre	6,522	6,903	−5.52%	St. Francois
110	Willard	6,521	6,344	+2.79%	Greene
111	De Soto	6,493	6,449	+0.68%	Jefferson
112	St. John	6,460	6,643	−2.75%	St. Louis
113	Shrewsbury	6,243	6,406	−2.54%	St. Louis
114	Battlefield	6,217	5,990	+3.79%	Greene
115	Greenwood	6,123	6,021	+1.69%	Jackson Cass
116	Peculiar	6,101	5,621	+8.54%	Cass
117	Pevely	6,064	6,026	+0.63%	Jefferson
118	Glendale	6,051	6,176	−2.02%	St. Louis
119	Cottleville	6,043	5,611	+7.70%	St. Charles
120	Richmond	5,958	6,013	−0.91%	Ray
121	Odessa	5,638	5,593	+0.80%	Lafayette
122	Trenton †	5,622	5,609	+0.23%	Grundy
123	North Kansas City	5,534	4,467	+23.89%	Clay
124	Macon †	5,495	5,457	+0.70%	Macon
125	St. Robert	5,457	5,192	+5.10%	Pulaski
126	Waynesville †	5,455	5,406	+0.91%	Pulaski
127	Wright City	5,354	4,881	+9.69%	Warren
128	Weldon Spring	5,263	5,326	−1.18%	St. Charles
129	Herculaneum	5,245	4,672	+12.26%	Jefferson
130	Caruthersville †	5,228	5,562	−6.01%	Pemiscot
131	Rogersville	5,087	3,897	+30.54%	Greene Webster
132	Savannah †	5,072	5,069	+0.06%	Andrew
133	Ste. Genevieve	5,037	4,999	+0.76%	Ste. Genevieve
134	Ashland	4,995	4,747	+5.22%	Boone
135	Desloge	4,869	4,823	+0.95%	St. Francois
136	Osage Beach	4,856	4,637	+4.72%	Camden Miller
137	Platte City †	4,828	4,824	+0.08%	Platte
138	Dellwood	4,811	4,914	−2.10%	St. Louis
139	Higginsville	4,757	4,817	−1.25%	Lafayette
140	Centralia	4,728	4,541	+4.12%	Boone Audrain
141	Crystal City	4,717	4,740	−0.49%	Jefferson
142	St. Clair	4,716	4,791	−1.57%	Franklin
143	Salem †	4,713	5,005	−5.83%	Dent
144	Holts Summit	4,677	4,458	+4.91%	Callaway
145	Hollister	4,661	4,583	+1.70%	Taney
146	Rock Hill	4,649	4,750	−2.13%	St. Louis
147	Mountain Grove	4,645	4,313	+7.70%	Wright Texas
148	Eldon	4,602	4,416	+4.21%	Miller
149	Lexington	4,585	4,652	−1.44%	Lafayette
150	Mount Vernon	4,571	4,526	+0.99%	Lawrence
151	California	4,520	4,498	+0.49%	Moniteau
152	Fredericktown	4,518	4,429	+2.01%	Madison
153	Charleston	4,483	5,056	−11.33%	Mississippi
154	Riverside	4,417	4,013	+10.07%	Platte
155	Breckenridge Hills	4,348	4,458	−2.47%	St. Louis
156	Scott City	4,348	4,346	+0.05%	Scott Cape Girardeau
157	Bowling Green	4,341	4,195	+3.48%	Pike
158	Lamar	4,302	4,266	+0.84%	Barton
159	Butler	4,257	4,220	+0.88%	Bates
160	Normandy	4,213	4,287	−1.73%	St. Louis
161	Brookfield	4,072	4,111	−0.95%	Linn
162	Camdenton	4,058	3,960	+2.47%	Camden
163	Fenton	4,048	3,989	+1.48%	St. Louis
164	Moscow Mills	4,017	3,317	+21.10%	Lincoln
165	St. James	3,903	3,935	−0.81%	Phelps

Alphabetical listing

A-C

A

B

C

D-F

D

E

F

G-K

G

H

I

J

K

L-N

L

M

N

O-R

O

P

Q

R

S-W

S

T

U

V

W

References

^ "2017-2018 Official Manual State of Missouri, Chapter 8 - Cities and Counties" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
^ "Classification of Municipalities" (PDF). The Missouri Roster, Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020–2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

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.
"Missouri Revised Statutes — Chapter 77: Third Class Cities". Missouri General Assembly. August 28, 2011.
"Missouri Revised Statutes — Chapter 79: Fourth Class Cities". Missouri General Assembly. August 28, 2011.
"Missouri Revised Statutes — Chapter 80: Towns and Villages". Missouri General Assembly. August 28, 2011.
"Missouri Revised Statutes — Chapter 81: Special Charter Cities and Towns". Missouri General Assembly. August 28, 2011.
"Missouri Revised Statutes — Chapter 82: Constitutional Charter Cities". Missouri General Assembly. August 28, 2011.

External links

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

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

[3] "City and Town Population Totals: 2020–2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

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