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Saint Joseph, Missouri

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The 2000 Census showed that Saint Joseph had a population of 73,990 people ^<1>. This represents 1.32% of the total population of Missouri, making it the state's 6th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	76,197	+2.98%	+0.12% since 2007
2007	76,107	+2.86%	+0.24% since 2006
2006	75,924	+2.61%	+0.23% since 2005
2005	75,748	+2.38%	+0.55% since 2004
2004	75,336	+1.82%	+0.62% since 2003
2003	74,870	+1.19%
2002	74,807	+1.1%	+0.49% since 2001
2001	74,439	+0.61%	+0.61% since 2000
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2000	73,990	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
3	Springfield	SE	195 mi [313.8 km]	156,206	3.05% increase
4	Independence	SE	52 mi [83.7 km]	110,440	2.51% decrease
5	Columbia	E	144 mi [231.7 km]	100,733	19.17% increase
-6-	Saint Joseph			76,197	2.98% increase
7	Lee's Summit	SE	62 mi [99.8 km]	84,208	19.11% increase
8	Saint Charles	E	239 mi [384.6 km]	64,386	6.74% increase
9	Saint Peters	E	235 mi [378.2 km]	55,500	8.02% increase

Saint Joseph had 31,752 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Saint Joseph has an area ^<4> of 43.84 square miles [113.5 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Saint Joseph had a 2000 population density of 1,687 people per square mile [651 people/km²], making it the state's 117th most densely populated area.

Buchanan County

The city of Saint Joseph is located in Buchanan County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 86,094 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 73,990 people, Saint Joseph contained 85.9% of the Buchanan County total.

In addition, where the community of Saint Joseph has a population density of 1,687 people per square mile [651 people/km²], Buchanan County averages 210.1 people per square mile [81.1 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Buchanan County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Saint Joseph and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Saint Joseph. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	3	79,767	3.62% increase
10 mi [16 km]	8	82,389	3.5% increase
15 mi [24 km]	14	90,796	3.52% increase
20 mi [32 km]	21	93,578	3.39% increase
25 mi [40 km]	38	114,028	2.81% increase
30 mi [48 km]	50	165,348	3.85% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Saint Joseph. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Saint Joseph, it also contains a comparison between Saint Joseph and the state of Missouri.

Click here for the Saint Joseph QuickFact (QF-2964550).

A Census Quickfact is available for Buchanan County (QF-29021).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Buchanan County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Andrew	QF-29003	N	16,923	2.38% increase
DeKalb	QF-29063	NE	12,275	6.37% decrease
Clinton	QF-29049	E	21,094	10.84% increase
Platte	QF-29165	S	85,896	15.69% increase
Atchison (KS)	QF-20005	SW	16,481	1.69% decrease
Doniphan (KS)	QF-20043	W	7,753	5.85% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Saint Joseph:

	State Code:	29 (Missouri)
	County Code:	021 (Buchanan County)
	Place Code:	64550 (Saint Joseph)

	State & County Code:	29021 (Missouri/Buchanan County)

	State & Place Code:	2964550 (Missouri/Saint Joseph)

Saint Joseph is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Saint Joseph.

The Commemorative
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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Saint Joseph. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Saint Joseph? Please visit the Map Page for Saint Joseph.

Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Saint Joseph and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Saint Joseph. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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