Missouri · Census place 2911242
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Cape Girardeau is a city in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri with an estimated 40,818 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 17th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 40,818
- #17 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- +2.6%
- +1,032 people
- Land area
- 29.3 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,395 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Cape Girardeau population, 2020 to 2024
Cape Girardeau added 1,032 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +239. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 58th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Cape Girardeau is 3.3 times that size.
Cape Girardeau covers 29.26 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,395 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Cape Girardeau is close to the typical town.
What county Cape Girardeau is in
All of Cape Girardeau's residents live in Cape Girardeau County, which had 83,658 residents in 2024. Cape Girardeau holds 48.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cape Girardeau
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cape Girardeau by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63701, 63703. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Cape Girardeau is
The Census internal point of Cape Girardeau is at 37.309400, -89.558400. Jefferson City, the capital, is 167.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Louis, MO (279,695 people), 99.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.309400, -89.558400
- DMS
- 37°18'33.84"N 89°33'30.24"W
- UTM
- 16N 273269.1E 4132265.4N
- Geohash
- dn8k4pcx4
- Plus code
- 869G8C5R+QJ
Daylight in Cape Girardeau
At 37.31° N, Cape Girardeau gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cape Girardeau
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Scott City, 6.0 miles away, with 4,432 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cape Girardeau, MO?
40,818 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,032 (2.6%) from 39,786 in July 2020.
What county is Cape Girardeau in?
Cape Girardeau County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cape Girardeau?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 63701, 63703.
How far is Cape Girardeau from Jefferson City?
167.3 miles (269.2 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Cape Girardeau.
What is the nearest larger city to Cape Girardeau?
St. Louis, MO, with 279,695 residents, 99.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.