Missouri: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of Missouri's 518 recorded places, ranked by population — 4,130,847 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Kansas City is the largest place we record in Missouri, with 475,378 residents. The three largest together hold 22% of the 4,130,847 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 518 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Kansas City 475,378 2 St. Louis 279,695 3 Springfield 170,188 4 Columbia 129,330 5 Independence 117,255 6 Lee's Summit 95,094 7 O'Fallon 85,040 8 Saint Joseph 76,780 9 Saint Charles 65,794 10 Blue Springs 54,148 11 Saint Peters 52,575 12 Florissant 52,268 13 Joplin 51,818 14 Chesterfield 47,864 15 Jefferson City 42,595 16 Cape Girardeau 39,462 17 Oakville 36,143 18 Wildwood 35,899 19 Wentzville 35,603 20 University City 35,058 21 Ballwin 30,577 22 Liberty 30,450 23 Raytown 29,401 24 Mehlville 28,380 25 Kirkwood 27,750 26 Maryland Heights 27,389 27 Gladstone 26,861 28 Hazelwood 25,661 29 Grandview 25,256 30 Webster Groves 23,177 31 Sedalia 21,516 32 Arnold 21,357 33 Ferguson 21,059 34 Nixa 20,984 35 Raymore 20,374 36 Affton 20,307 37 Rolla 20,019 38 Warrensburg 19,927 39 Spanish Lake 19,650 40 Old Jamestown 19,184 41 Ozark 19,120 42 Creve Coeur 18,276 43 Manchester 18,229 44 Farmington 18,181 45 Hannibal 17,839 46 Kirksville 17,520 47 Poplar Bluff 17,266 48 Lemay 16,645 49 Sikeston 16,436 50 Concord 16,421 51 Republic 16,005 52 Overland 15,959 53 Clayton 15,884 54 Fort Leonard Wood 15,061 55 Jackson 14,869 56 Jennings 14,819 57 Lebanon 14,688 58 Lake Saint Louis 14,545 59 Carthage 14,319 60 Washington 14,050 61 Moberly 13,919 62 Grain Valley 13,379 63 Marshall 13,039 64 Saint Ann 13,020 65 Fulton 12,939 66 Dardenne Prairie 12,890 67 West Plains 12,285 68 Neosho 12,156 69 Festus 12,065 70 Crestwood 11,966 71 Maryville 11,879 72 Bridgeton 11,786 73 Mexico 11,660 74 Troy 11,542 75 Excelsior Springs 11,486 76 Branson 11,431 77 Webb City 11,165 78 Town and Country 11,106 79 Union 10,957 80 Bellefontaine Neighbors 10,798 81 Bolivar 10,714 82 Kennett 10,662 83 Eureka 10,602 84 Harrisonville 9,986 85 Cameron 9,836 86 Chillicothe 9,487 87 Kearney 9,423 88 Ellisville 9,284 89 Smithville 9,233 90 Berkeley 9,073 91 Monett 8,988 92 Clinton 8,899 93 Park Hills 8,692 94 Murphy 8,690 95 Ladue 8,597 96 Des Peres 8,572 97 Sunset Hills 8,539 98 Richmond Heights 8,481 99 Boonville 8,403 100 Perryville 8,398 101 Pleasant Hill 8,289 102 Nevada 8,253 103 Warrenton 8,106 104 Brentwood 8,057 105 Dexter 7,992 106 Maplewood 7,945 107 Oak Grove 7,937 108 Olivette 7,870 109 Carl Junction 7,729 110 Saint Johns 7,690 111 Sappington 7,580 112 Aurora 7,477 113 Pacific 7,161 114 Marshfield 7,138 115 Sullivan 7,135 116 Bonne Terre 7,133 117 Valley Park 6,974 118 Black Jack 6,947 119 Saint John 6,584 120 De Soto 6,495 121 Parkville 6,296 122 Shrewsbury 6,254 123 Battlefield 6,001 124 Caruthersville 5,930 125 Glendale 5,927 126 Trenton 5,896 127 Charleston 5,815 128 Barnhart 5,682 129 Pevely 5,652 130 Richmond 5,595 131 Weldon Spring 5,575 132 Greenwood 5,569 133 Willard 5,454 134 Macon 5,436 135 Glasgow Village 5,429 136 Bowling Green 5,388 137 Waynesville 5,374 138 Odessa 5,178 139 Flat River 5,157 140 Savannah 5,108 141 Dellwood 5,011 142 Salem 4,992 143 Normandy 4,978 144 Desloge 4,939 145 Peculiar 4,885 146 Crystal City 4,847 147 Platte City 4,833 148 Saint Clair 4,724 149 Cottleville 4,723 150 Breckenridge Hills 4,715 151 Imperial 4,709 152 Mountain Grove 4,685 153 Higginsville 4,662 154 Rock Hill 4,646 155 Eldon 4,632 156 Lexington 4,598 157 Mount Vernon 4,537 158 Scott City 4,526 159 Hollister 4,499 160 Osage Beach 4,433 161 Sainte Genevieve 4,410 162 California 4,396 163 Lamar 4,361 164 Brookfield 4,358 165 North Kansas City 4,354 166 Vandalia 4,348 167 Saint Robert 4,340 168 High Ridge 4,305 169 Saint James 4,216 170 Centralia 4,194 171 Northwoods 4,193 172 Malden 4,121 173 Butler 4,091 174 Fredericktown 4,076 175 Woodson Terrace 4,072 176 Fenton 4,052 177 Castle Point 3,962 178 Herculaneum 3,935 179 Camdenton 3,880 180 Ashland 3,865 181 Carrollton 3,638 182 Palmyra 3,616 183 Holts Summit 3,600 184 Frontenac 3,574 185 El Dorado Springs 3,564 186 Wright City 3,445 187 Pine Lawn 3,419 188 Tipton 3,377 189 Cuba 3,374 190 Rogersville 3,374 191 Sugar Creek 3,320 192 Pagedale 3,312 193 Cassville 3,306 194 Louisiana 3,296 195 East Prairie 3,155 196 Riverside 3,150 197 Bethany 3,149 198 Portageville 3,146 199 Licking 3,115 200 Hillsboro 3,076
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