Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Cape Girardeau, Missouri | |
|---|---|
Downtown Cape Girardeau | |
| Nicknames: Cape, The City of Roses, River City | |
Location of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau & Scott Counties, Missouri. | |
| Coordinates: 37°18′39″N 89°33′35″W / 37.31083°N 89.55972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| Counties | Cape Girardeau, Scott |
| Founded | 1793 |
| Incorporated | 1793 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Stacy Kinder |
| Area | |
| 29.31 sq mi (75.91 km2) | |
| • Land | 29.25 sq mi (75.76 km2) |
| • Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2) |
| Elevation | 371 ft (113 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 39,540 | |
• Estimate (2024) | 40,818 |
| • Density | 1,351.75/sq mi (521.91/km2) |
| • Metro | 97,699 (US: 362nd |
| Demonym | Cape Girardean |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 63701–63703, 63705 |
| Area code | 573 |
| FIPS code | 29-11242 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2393737 |
| Website | cityofcapegirardeau.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. The city is one of two principal cities of the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses Cape Giradeau and Bollinger Counties in Missouri and Alexander County in Illinois, 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 southeastern 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.