Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Cape Girardeau, Missouri
City
Downtown Cape Girardeau
Nicknames:  Cape, The City of Roses, River City
Location of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau & Scott Counties, Missouri.
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Coordinates: 37°18′39″N 89°33′35″W / 37.31083°N 89.55972°W / 37.31083; -89.55972
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Counties	Cape Girardeau, Scott
Founded	1793
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• Mayor	Stacy Kinder
Area [1]
• City	29.31 sq mi (75.91 km2)
• Land	29.25 sq mi (75.76 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2)
Elevation [2]	371 ft (113 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	39,540
• Density	1,351.75/sq mi (521.91/km2)
• Metro	97,699 (US: 362nd
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	63701–63703, 63705
Area code	573
FIPS code	29-11242[3]
GNIS feature ID	2393737[2]
Website	cityofcapegirardeau.org

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.^[4] The city is one of two principal cities of the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses Alexander County, Illinois, Bollinger County, Missouri and Cape Girardeau County, Missouri 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 Southeast 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.