Editing Missouri (section)

===Cities and towns===
{{See also|List of cities in Missouri|List of towns and villages in Missouri}}

Jefferson City is the capital city of Missouri, while the state's five largest cities are Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]], and Independence.<ref name=largest />

St. Louis is the principal city of the largest metropolitan area in Missouri, composed of 17 counties and the independent city of St. Louis; eight of its counties are in Illinois. As of 2022, St. Louis was the [[United States metropolitan area#Top|21st-largest metropolitan area]] in the nation with 2.80&nbsp;million people. If ranked using [[Combined Statistical Area]], it is also the [[Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas|21st-largest with 2.91 million people]] in 2022. Some of the major cities making up the St. Louis metro area in Missouri are [[O'Fallon, Missouri|O'Fallon]], [[St. Charles, Missouri|St. Charles]], [[St. Peters, Missouri|St. Peters]], [[Florissant, Missouri|Florissant]], [[Chesterfield, Missouri|Chesterfield]], [[Wentzville, Missouri|Wentzville]], [[Wildwood, Missouri|Wildwood]], [[University City, Missouri|University City]], [[Ballwin, Missouri|Ballwin]], and [[Kirkwood, Missouri|Kirkwood]].

Kansas City is Missouri's largest city and the principal city of the fourteen-county [[Kansas City Metropolitan Area|Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area]], including five counties in the state of Kansas. As of 2022, it was the 31st-largest metropolitan area in the U.S., with 2.21&nbsp;million people. In the [[Combined Statistical Area]] in 2022, it ranked 29th with 2.55&nbsp;million. Some of the other major cities comprising the Kansas City metro area in Missouri include [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]], [[Lee's Summit, Missouri|Lee's Summit]], [[Blue Springs, Missouri|Blue Springs]], [[Liberty, Missouri|Liberty]], [[Raytown, Missouri|Raytown]], [[Gladstone, Missouri|Gladstone]], [[Grandview, Missouri|Grandview]], and [[Belton, Missouri|Belton]].

Springfield is Missouri's third-largest city and the principal city of the [[Springfield-Branson, Missouri metropolitan area|Springfield-Branson Metropolitan Area]], which has a population of 549,423 and includes seven counties in southwestern Missouri. [[Branson, Missouri|Branson]] is a major tourist attraction in the [[The Ozarks|Ozarks]] in southwest Missouri. Some of the other major cities comprising the Springfield-Branson metro area include [[Nixa, Missouri|Nixa]], [[Ozark, Missouri|Ozark]], and [[Republic, Missouri|Republic]].

{{Largest cities
| country = Missouri
| stat_ref = Source:<ref name=largest>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020–2022 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928171234/https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| div_name =
| div_link = Counties of Missouri{{!}}County
| city_1 = Kansas City, Missouri{{!}}Kansas City
| div_1 = Kansas City, Missouri{{!}}Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass
| pop_1 = 509,297
| img_1 = Kansas City, Missouri, USA - panoramio.jpg
| city_2 = St. Louis, Missouri{{!}}St. Louis
| div_2 = St. Louis, Missouri{{!}}Independent city
| pop_2 = 286,578
| img_2 = St Louis night expblend.jpg
| city_3 = Springfield, Missouri{{!}}Springfield
| div_3 = Greene County, Missouri{{!}}Greene
| pop_3 = 170,067
| img_3 = ParkCentralSquarefountainbyCVBCS.jpg
| city_4 = Columbia, Missouri{{!}}Columbia
| div_4 = Boone County, Missouri{{!}}Boone
| pop_4 = 128,555
| img_4 = Mizzou Jesse Thumb.jpg
| city_5 = Independence, Missouri{{!}}Independence
| div_5 = Jackson County, Missouri{{!}}Jackson
| pop_5 = 121,202
| city_6 = Lee's Summit, Missouri{{!}}Lee's Summit
| div_6 = Jackson County, Missouri{{!}}Jackson and Cass
| pop_6 = 103,465
| city_7 = O'Fallon, Missouri{{!}}O'Fallon
| div_7 = Saint Charles County, Missouri{{!}}St. Charles
| pop_7 = 93,663
| city_8 = St. Charles, Missouri{{!}}St. Charles
| div_8 = Saint Charles County, Missouri{{!}}St. Charles
| pop_8 = 71,184
| city_9 = St. Joseph, Missouri{{!}}St. Joseph
| div_9 = Buchanan County, Missouri{{!}}Buchanan
| pop_9 = 70,656
| city_10 = Blue Springs, Missouri{{!}}Blue Springs
| div_10 = Jackson County, Missouri{{!}}Jackson
| pop_10 = 59,518
}}