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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = St. Joseph, Missouri
| settlement_type    = City
| image_blank_emblem = City Logo of St. Joseph, MO.jpg
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
| blank_emblem_size  = 100px
| nicknames           = St. Joe; The City Worthwhile
| motto = {{force singular}} "Where the Pony Express started and Jesse James  ended."
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image
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| image1 = St Joseph Missouri King Hill.jpg
| caption1 = Downtown St. Joseph, the [[Missouri River]], and the [[Pony Express Bridge]] viewed from King Hill
| image2 = Robidoux-row.jpg
| caption2 = [[Robidoux Row]]
| image3 = Pony-express-joseph.jpg
| caption3 = [[Pony Express Museum]]
| image4 = Jesse-james-home1.jpg
| caption4 = [[Jesse James Home Museum]]
| image5 = Buchanan County Courthouse St Joseph Missouri.jpg
| caption5 = [[Buchanan County Courthouse (Missouri)|Buchanan County Courthouse]]
| image6 = Missouri Theater.jpg
| caption6 = [[Missouri Theater (St. Joseph, Missouri)|Missouri Theater]]
| image7 = Mwsu-grounds.jpg
| caption7 = [[Missouri Western State University]]
}}
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| map_caption        = Location of St. Joseph in [[Missouri]]|
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| pushpin_map        = USA Missouri#USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within [[Missouri]]##Location within the [[United States]]
| pushpin_label      = St. Joseph
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of Missouri counties|County]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_name1  = [[Missouri]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Buchanan County, Missouri|Buchanan]],
[[Andrew County, Missouri|Andrew]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = John Josendale
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| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 116.09
| area_land_km2      = 114.05
| area_water_km2     = 2.04
| area_total_sq_mi   = 44.82
| area_land_sq_mi    = 44.04
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.79
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| population_est     = 71098
| pop_est_as_of      = 2024
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| population_total   = 72473
| population_density_km2 = 635.43
| population_density_sq_mi = 1645.77
| population_demonym = St. Josephian
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code        = 64501-64508
| area_codes         = [[Area code 816|816]], [[Area code 975|975]]
| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset         = &minus;6
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| utc_offset_DST     = &minus;5
| coordinates        = {{coord|39|45|29|N|94|50|12|W|region:US-MO|display=inline,title}}
| website            = {{URL|https://www.stjosephmo.gov/}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
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| footnotes          = 
| pop_est_footnotes  = 
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
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| blank1_info        = 2396498<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2396498}}</ref>
| named_for          = [[Joseph Robidoux IV]] and [[Saint Joseph]]
| established_title  = Incorporated
| established_date   = {{Start date and age|1843}}
}}

'''St. Joseph''' is a city mostly in and [[county seat]] of [[Buchanan County, Missouri]], United States. A small portion of the city extends north into [[Andrew County, Missouri|Andrew County]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> Located on the [[Missouri River]], it is the principal city of the [[St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which includes [[Buchanan County, Missouri|Buchanan]], [[Andrew County, Missouri|Andrew]], and [[DeKalb County, Missouri|DeKalb]] counties in Missouri and [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan County]], [[Kansas]]. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], St. Joseph had a total population of 72,473, making it the [[List of cities in Missouri|8th most populous city]] in the state, and the 3rd most populous in Northwest Missouri.<ref name="census">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2007-04-29.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920061241/http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2007-04-29.xls |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2008 |title=Population Estimates: 2000-2007 |access-date=July 12, 2008 |publisher=US. Census Bureau |year=2007}}</ref> St. Joseph is located roughly thirty miles north of the [[Kansas City, Missouri]], city limits and approximately {{convert|125|mi|km}} south of [[Omaha, Nebraska]].

The city was named after the town's founder [[Joseph Robidoux IV|Joseph Robidoux]] and the biblical [[Saint Joseph]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_buchanan.html|title=Missouri Place Names|access-date=April 7, 2019|archive-date=April 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407203047/https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_buchanan.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the nineteenth century, it was the death place of American outlaw [[Jesse James]]. It was also the starting point of the [[Pony Express]] serving the West. Today, St. Joseph is home to [[Missouri Western State University]], which enrolls over 3,800 students.<ref>{{cite web |title=College Navigator - Missouri Western State University |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=missouri+western+state+university&s=all&id=178387#enrolmt |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:St Joseph Missouri Francis.jpg|thumb|right|The intersection of Francis and North 4th streets in downtown St. Joseph]]
[[File:St Joseph Missouri River.jpg|thumb|The [[Missouri River]] in St. Joseph]]
St. Joseph was founded on the Missouri River by [[Joseph Robidoux IV|Joseph Robidoux]], a local [[fur trader]] of French Canadian descent. It was officially incorporated in 1843.<ref name="travel">{{Cite web|url=http://north-america.traveltoworld.com/north-america-travel-guide/5317/saint-peters-missouri/|title=Saint Peters : Missouri|access-date=August 30, 2007|publisher=North America Travel Guide|author=North America Travel Guide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006123625/http://north-america.traveltoworld.com/north-america-travel-guide/5317/saint-peters-missouri/|archive-date=October 6, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> In its early days, it was a bustling outpost and rough frontier town, serving as a last supply point and jumping-off point for travelers on the Missouri River toward the [[American Old West|"Wild West"]]. It was the westernmost point in the United States accessible by rail until after the [[American Civil War]], which helped earn it the designation "Gateway to the West."<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Joseph Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=79274 |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>

The main east–west downtown streets were named for Robidoux's eight children: Faraon, Jules, Francois (Francis), Felix, Edmond, Charles, Sylvanie, and Messanie. The street between Sylvanie and Messanie was named for his second wife, Angelique.

St. Joseph, or "St. Joe", as it was called by many, was a "Jumping-Off Point" for those migrants headed to the [[Oregon Territory]] in the mid-1800s. Such cities, including [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]], and St. Joseph, were where pioneers would stay and purchase supplies before they headed out in wagon trains across the Great Plains. The town was a very lively place.

Between April 3, 1860, and late October 1861, St. Joseph was one of the two endpoints of the [[Pony Express]], which operated for a short period over the land then inaccessible by rail, to provide fast mail service. Today the [[Pony Express Museum]] hosts visitors in the former stables of the company. St. Joseph is identified by the slogan, "Where the Pony Express started and Jesse James ended."

The town's main hotel was [[Patee House]]. In the post-Civil War years, when the economy was down, the hotel was used for a time by the Patee Female College. It was occupied by the [[St. Joseph Female College]] up to 1880.<ref>[http://www.ci.st-joseph.mo.us/history/jameshome.cfm St. Joseph History - Jesse James Home] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426092645/http://www.ci.st-joseph.mo.us/history/jameshome.cfm |date=April 26, 2006}}.</ref>

In 1874 the State Lunatic Asylum #2<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tourist Attraction {{!}} St. Joseph Museums {{!}} United States |url=https://www.stjosephmuseum.org/glore-psychiatric-museum |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=St. Joseph Museums |language=en}}</ref> was opened just East of St. Joseph. The asylum, originally built for 250 patients, opened its doors with more than 300. The asylum was mostly self-sustaining with three large farms, power plant, fire department, metal shops, wood shops, dairy and more, all worked by the patients. Over the decades the asylum grew rapidly, reaching its peak of close to 3,000 patients by the 1940s. In 1968 occupational therapist George Glore, with the help of his patients, recreated several historic treatment devices for Mental Health Awareness Month. This was the start of the [https://www.stjosephmuseum.org/glore-psychiatric-museum Glore Psychiatric Museum]. Now the largest museum of its kind in the world, the museum shows the history mental health treatment and still houses the original exhibits created by George Glore and his patients.

Outlaw [[Jesse James]] lived here under the alias "Mr. Howard". The song, "[[Jesse James (folk song)|Jesse James]]", includes the lines, "...that dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard has laid poor Jesse in his grave."<ref name=william>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/jessejameswashis0000sett|url-access=registration|title=Jesse James Was His Name: Or, Fact and Fiction Concerning the Careers of the Notorious James Brothers of Missouri|first=William A.|last=Settle|date=November 25, 1977|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=9780803258600|access-date=November 25, 2017|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> On April 3, 1882, James was killed at his home, originally located at 1318 Lafayette. It has been relocated next to the Patee House and still has the visible bullet hole from the fatal shot. It is now operated as the [[Jesse James Home Museum]].

The Heaton-Bowman-Smith Funeral Home maintains a small museum about Jesse James. Their predecessors conducted his funeral.

St. Joseph was the second city in the US to install electric streetcars; regular service was initiated on July 4, 1888.<ref>St. Joseph News-Press, June 28, 1992, p. 58 by Gary Chilcote</ref> Among properties listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] are [[Robidoux Row]], buildings owned by the founder and used for his family trading and mercantile business; the Patee House, now serving as a museum displaying St. Joseph's history, and the [[Missouri Theater and Missouri Theater Building|Missouri Theatre]], an ornate movie palace. The [[Walnut Park Farm Historic District]] near St. Joseph was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1999.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

St. Joseph's population peaked in 1900, with a census population of 102,979. This population figure is questionable, as civic leaders were known to have tried to raise the numbers for that census.<ref name="bigcensus">{{cite web |last=Slater |first=Bob |title=Guest Column: Civic Pride Ran Amok With 1900 Census |url=https://www.newspressnow.com/news/guest-column-civic-pride-ran-amok-with-1900-census/article_76ae8aa7-293a-54ec-a865-7c79a409a3d3.html |website=News-Press Now |date=February 28, 2010 |publisher=NPG Newspapers |access-date=September 6, 2021}}</ref> At the time, Saint Joseph was home to one of the largest wholesale companies in the Midwest, the [[Nave & McCord Mercantile Company]], as well as the [[Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad]], and the C.D. Smith & Company. C.D. Smith later became C.D. Smith Healthcare.

Prior to 1954 and desegregation, Bartlett High School served St. Joseph's African American students. It became Horace Mann Elementary with desegregation. You can learn about the Bartlett School at the [https://www.stjosephmuseum.org/black-archives-museum Black Archives Museum of St. Joseph].<ref name="x798">{{cite web | last=Weston | first=Alonzo | title=Bartlett High's last reunion | website=News-Press NOW | date=2023-10-06 |  url=https://www.newspressnow.com/opinion/street_smarts/bartlett-highs-last-reunion/article_303002fb-bd37-5db7-90d3-061341cade1f.html | access-date=2024-07-18}}</ref> St. Joseph's African American community leaders and [[Nathaniel C. Bruce]] were involved in and supported the establishment of [[Bartlett Agricultural and Industrial School]] in [[Dalton, Missouri]]. It was modeled after [[Tuskegee Institute]] and [[Hampton Institute]].

==Geography and climate==
[[File:St Joseph Missouri downtown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Downtown St. Joseph in 2006]]
[[File:St Joseph Missouri skyline.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Another view of the downtown in 2006]]

Saint Joseph is located on the Missouri/[[Kansas]] border in northwestern Missouri, also close to Nebraska; [[Iowa]] is another {{convert|70|mi|km}} farther north. The nearest major metropolitan area to St. Joseph is the [[Kansas City Metropolitan Area]], which begins approximately {{convert|30|mi|km}} to the south. The nearest major airport is [[Kansas City International Airport]], which is approximately {{convert|35|mi|km}} to the south. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|44.77|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|43.99|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.78|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=July 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref>

Several water bodies and streams are located in St. Joseph besides the Missouri River. [[Roys Branch]] sources just northwest of [[Krug Park (St. Joseph, Missouri)|Krug Park]] and travels southwest and enters the Missouri River next to Remington Nature Center. Whitehead Creek headwaters southeast of St. Joseph and flows northwest into the Missouri River just southwest of downtown. Corby Pond, a public lake in Corby Park, is a popular fishing location. [[Lake Contrary]] is located just southwest of St. Joseph and has a beach.

Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], St. Joseph has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa'') bordering on a [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfa''), although under United States isotherms of {{convert|32|F|C}} the station is firmly continental. The monthly weather averages listed below are taken from National Weather Service 1981–2010 normals recorded at Rosecrans Airport. Because of the airport's location near the Missouri River and at a low elevation, official overnight lows during wintertime especially are often several degrees colder than at other places within the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/realtime/stJoseph.asp|title=St. Joseph Weather Station - St. Joseph, Missouri - AgEBB|website=agebb.missouri.edu|access-date=December 21, 2019}}</ref> Snowfall is not recorded at the St. Joseph weather station although surrounding reporting stations typically receive {{convert|12|in|mm}}-{{convert|20|in|mm}} of snowfall annually.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/ |title=National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)|website=www.ncei.noaa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/missouri/kansas_city|title=Kansas City, Missouri Climate|website=BestPlaces|access-date=December 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=eax|title=National Weather Service Climate|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|website=w2.weather.gov|language=EN-US|access-date=December 18, 2019}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = St Joseph, Missouri ([[Rosecrans Memorial Airport]]), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1908–present
|single line = Y
|collapsed = yes
| Jan record high F = 73
| Feb record high F = 83
| Mar record high F = 98
| Apr record high F = 96
| May record high F = 103
| Jun record high F = 105
| Jul record high F = 108
| Aug record high F = 110
| Sep record high F = 107
| Oct record high F = 97
| Nov record high F = 82
| Dec record high F = 73
| year record high F = 110
| Jan avg record high F = 61.7
| Feb avg record high F = 65.1
| Mar avg record high F = 79.7
| Apr avg record high F = 86.9
| May avg record high F = 91.9
| Jun avg record high F = 95.0
| Jul avg record high F = 97.4
| Aug avg record high F = 96.9
| Sep avg record high F = 92.7
| Oct avg record high F = 87.5
| Nov avg record high F = 74.0
| Dec avg record high F = 63.8
| year avg record high F = 99.0
| Jan high F = 37.4
| Feb high F = 42.8
| Mar high F = 55.1
| Apr high F = 65.9
| May high F = 75.8
| Jun high F = 84.7
| Jul high F = 88.1
| Aug high F = 86.2
| Sep high F = 79.7
| Oct high F = 67.8
| Nov high F = 53.4
| Dec high F = 41.1
| year high F = 64.8
| Jan mean F = 27.3
| Feb mean F = 32.0
| Mar mean F = 43.3
| Apr mean F = 53.8
| May mean F = 64.8
| Jun mean F = 74.2
| Jul mean F = 77.7
| Aug mean F = 75.3
| Sep mean F = 67.0
| Oct mean F = 55.3
| Nov mean F = 42.0
| Dec mean F = 31.1
| year mean F = 53.6
| Jan low F = 17.1
| Feb low F = 21.2
| Mar low F = 31.5
| Apr low F = 41.8
| May low F = 53.7
| Jun low F = 63.8
| Jul low F = 67.3
| Aug low F = 64.5
| Sep low F = 54.4
| Oct low F = 42.8
| Nov low F = 30.6
| Dec low F = 21.1
| year low F = 42.5
| Jan avg record low F = -4.3
| Feb avg record low F = 2.5
| Mar avg record low F = 12.4
| Apr avg record low F = 25.0
| May avg record low F = 38.0
| Jun avg record low F = 51.0
| Jul avg record low F = 55.8
| Aug avg record low F = 52.3
| Sep avg record low F = 39.1
| Oct avg record low F = 25.2
| Nov avg record low F = 14.4
| Dec avg record low F = 1.1
| year avg record low F = -8.7
| Jan record low F = -25
| Feb record low F = -23
| Mar record low F = -13
| Apr record low F = 2
| May record low F = 29
| Jun record low F = 41
| Jul record low F = 41
| Aug record low F = 41
| Sep record low F = 30
| Oct record low F = 11
| Nov record low F = -5
| Dec record low F = -24
| year record low F = -25
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 0.71
| Feb precipitation inch = 0.95
| Mar precipitation inch = 2.06
| Apr precipitation inch = 3.71
| May precipitation inch = 4.87
| Jun precipitation inch = 4.75
| Jul precipitation inch = 4.73
| Aug precipitation inch = 3.84
| Sep precipitation inch = 3.18
| Oct precipitation inch = 2.84
| Nov precipitation inch = 1.87
| Dec precipitation inch = 1.25
| year precipitation inch = 34.76
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 4.7
| Feb precipitation days = 5.6
| Mar precipitation days = 7.7
| Apr precipitation days = 10.6
| May precipitation days = 12.3
| Jun precipitation days = 11.8
| Jul precipitation days = 9.3
| Aug precipitation days = 9.4
| Sep precipitation days = 8.4
| Oct precipitation days = 8.3
| Nov precipitation days = 5.6
| Dec precipitation days = 5.6
| year precipitation days = 99.3
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name = NOAA >
{{cite web
| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=eax
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = August 2, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00013993&format=pdf
| title = Station: St Joseph Rosecrans AP, MO
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = August 2, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1860 = 8932
| 1870 = 19565
| 1880 = 32431
| 1890 = 52324
| 1900 = 102979
| 1910 = 77403
| 1920 = 77939
| 1930 = 80935
| 1940 = 75711
| 1950 = 78588
| 1960 = 79035
| 1970 = 72748
| 1980 = 76691
| 1990 = 71852
| 2000 = 73990
| 2010 = 76780
| 2020 = 72473
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 71098
| footnote = US decennial census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|website=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="USCensusEst2024"/>
}}

[[File:Map of Racial Distribution in St. Joseph.png|thumb|Map of racial distribution in St. Joseph, 2020 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: Red = White, blue = Black, green = Asian, orange = Hispanic, and yellow = other.]]

===2020 census===
The [[2020 United States census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov| access-date=2023-12-18 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> counted 72,473 people, 29,008 households, and 16,841 families in St. Joseph. The population density was 1,645.6 per square mile (635.4/km{{sup|2}}). There were 33,760 housing units at an average density of 766.6 per square mile (296.0/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup was 80.76% (58,529) [[White (U.S. Census)|white]], 6.03% (4,367) [[African American (U.S. Census)|black or African-American]], 0.57% (414) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]], 1.43% (1,039) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.6% (437) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.63% (1,905) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 7.98% (5,782) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 7.1% (5,367) of the population.

Of the 29,008 households, 25.4% had children under the age of 18; 40.1% were married couples living together; 31.1% had a female householder with no husband present. Of all households, 34.8% consisted of individuals and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.5 and the average family size was 3.2.

23.1% of the population was under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.6 years. For every 100 females, the population had 101.1 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 100.3 males.

The 2016–2020 5-year [[American Community Survey]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov|access-date=2023-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> estimates show that the median household income was $48,716 (with a margin of error of +/- $2,421) and the median family income was $60,272 (+/- $2,679). Males had a median income of $34,486 (+/- $1,611) versus $25,623 (+/- $1,474) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $30,229 (+/- $1,494). Approximately, 12.0% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.9% of those under the age of 18 and 7.9% of those ages 65 or over.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010,<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref> there were 76,780 people, 29,727 households, and 18,492 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1745.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 33,189 housing units at an average density of {{convert|754.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 87.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.0% Black, 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.0% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 5.7% of the population.

There were 29,727 households, of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.8% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18; 11.7% between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.1% from 25 to 44; 24.9% from 45 to 64; and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age in the city was 35.6 years. The gender makeup of the city was 49.8% male and 50.2% female.

===2000 census===
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 73,990 people, 29,026 households, and 18,460 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,687.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 31,752 housing units at an average density of {{convert|724.2|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.9% White, 5.0% Black, 0.5% Native American, 0.5% Asian, <0.1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.7% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.6% of the population.

There were 29,026 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were single-family households. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.1% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,663, and the median income for a family was $40,995. Males had a median income of $31,300 versus $21,592 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,445. About 9.1% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.5% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Business==
St. Joseph has a vibrant and diversified industrial economy making it the third largest exporter in Missouri.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uncommoncharacter.com/work/economic-overview-news/#:~:text=Our+city+is+the+third,in+exports+from+local+companies|title=St. Joseph, MO: Named one of the “Best Cities for Job Growth”|date=July 29, 2017|website=Uncommon Character - St. Joseph, MO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ustr.gov/map/state-benefits/mo#:~:text=In+2022+(latest+data+available),+the+following+metropolitan+areas,Jefferson+City+($280.9+million)|title=Missouri|website=United States Trade Representative}}</ref> The industry includes major food processing, research, development, and production facilities of animal health products.  Production of a wide range of heavy equipment, bio-fuels, meat and grains processing, candies, food processing equipment, metal can production, along with two major general contractors.

At the center of the so-called 'Kansas City Animal Health Corridor', which extends from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, St. Joseph is home to major animal health, pharmaceutical, nutrition research facilities.  Including Boehringer Ingelheim <ref>{{Cite web |title=Boehringer Ingelheim unveils groundbreaking Research and Development space in St. Joseph, Mo. |url=https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/us/animal-health/boehringer-ingelheim-unveils-groundbreaking-research-and-development-space-st-joseph-mo |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.boehringer-ingelheim.com}}</ref> and Nestle Purina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.saintjoseph.com/Research-Development/Nestle-Purina-PTC-995|title=Nestle Purina PTC|website=members.saintjoseph.com}}</ref>

Other agricultural products including herbicides for crop production and retail are produced in St. Joseph.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://choosesaintjoseph.com/business-clusters/bioscience/ |title=Bioscience, Agricultural Sciences and St. Joseph |website=St. Joseph Economic Development Partnership |date=July 30, 2013 |language=en-US |access-date=December 21, 2019}}</ref>

Herzog is based in St. Joseph.  [[TransitAmerica Services]], a subsidiary of Herzog, provides conductors and other railway technical positions for transit rail systems nationwide. Herzog Contracting, parent company to Transit America, is based in the city and provides construction services, rail equipment, rail testing, and signaling services to freight and transit systems throughout North America and the Caribbean.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caltrain Board Approves TransitAmerica to Run Train System |url=http://www.caltrain.com/about/News_Archive/Caltrain_Board_Approves_TransitAmerica_to_Run_Train_System.html |website=Caltrain News Archive |access-date=July 21, 2015 |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908075149/http://www.caltrain.com/about/News_Archive/Caltrain_Board_Approves_TransitAmerica_to_Run_Train_System.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TransitAmerica combines Herzog, Stagecoach's expertise |url=https://www.metro-magazine.com/management-operations/article/210371/transitamerica-combines-herzog-stagecoachs-expertise |website=Metro Magazine |access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

St. Joseph has the third-largest manufacturing economy in Missouri, after St. Louis and Kansas City.

In June 2019, total employment in the St. Joseph Metropolitan Area was 65,099 persons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://choosesaintjoseph.com/eye-opening-facts-might-not-know-st-joseph/|title=Eye-Opening Facts |date=September 12, 2018 |website=St. Joseph Economic Development Partnership |language=en-US|access-date=December 18, 2019}}</ref>

Below is a partial list of largest employers in St. Joseph. Some privately held manufacturing companies are also top employers but they do not publicly disclose employment numbers.<ref name="Choose">{{cite web |title=Largest Employers |url=https://choosesaintjoseph.com/largest-employers/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=May 21, 2024 |website=St. Joseph Economic Development Partnership}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Largest known employers in St. Joseph<ref name="Choose" />
|-
!scope="col"| Employer
!scope="col"| Product or service
!scope="col"| Number employed
|-
!scope="row"| [[Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph - Medical Center|Mosaic Life Care]]
| Health care
|style="text-align:right;"| 3,067
|-
!scope="row"| Triumph Foods
| Food processing
|style="text-align:right;"| 2,400
|-
!scope="row"| St. Joseph School District
| Education
|style="text-align:right;"| 1,744
|-
!scope="row"| [[139th Airlift Wing|139th Airlift Wing, MO Air National Guard]]
| Government
|style="text-align:right;"| 1,113
|-
!scope="row"| [[Boehringer Ingelheim|Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.]]
| Animal pharmaceuticals
|style="text-align:right;"| 1,070
|-
! scope="row" | [[Walmart]]
| Retail
|style="text-align:right;"| 740
|-
! scope="row" | City of St. Joseph
| Government
|style="text-align:right;"| 673
|-
! scope="row" | [[Tyson Foods]]
| Food processing
|style="text-align:right;"| 670
|-
! scope="row" | [[American Family Insurance]]
| Insurance
|style="text-align:right;"| 664
|-
!scope="row"| Western Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center
| Government
|style="text-align:right;"| 583
|}

===Retail===
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St. Joseph is home to several retail areas, many of which are grouped along Belt Highway on the city's east side. [[East Hills Mall]] is located at North Belt Highway and Frederick Boulevard. Developed in 2005, the Shoppes at North Village is concentrated along North Belt Highway between approximately Cook and County Line roads. Other shopping districts include Belt Center, Hy-Vee Shopping Center, Hillcrest Plaza, East Ridge Village, and Woodlawn Shopping Center.

==Education==

===Public schools===
The vast majority of the city limits is in the [[St. Joseph School District]].<ref name=CensusSDMap>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29021_buchanan/DC20SD_C29021.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Buchanan County, MO|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|date=January 12, 2021|access-date=2025-06-02}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29021_buchanan/DC20SD_C29021_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> The St. Joseph School District operates three public high schools, four public middle schools and 16 public elementary schools in St. Joseph. There are three private grade schools, a private high school and a private [[K-12 education|K–12]] Christian school. Two new elementary schools (Oak Grove and Carden Park) have been constructed, and both opened by the 2014–15 academic year. In addition, there is an active home education community that serves the city and surrounding areas. In [[higher education]], St. Joseph is the home of a regional [[public university]] as well as a public university outreach center, a public [[technical school]] and a private technical school.

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break|width=50%}}
;Public elementary schools
*Carden Park Elementary School (K–06)
*Coleman Elementary School (K–06)
*Edison Elementary School (PK–06)
*Ellison Elementary School (K–06)
*Eugene Field Elementary School (K–06)
*Hosea Elementary School (PK–06)
*Hyde Elementary School (K–06)
*Lindbergh Elementary School (PK–06)
*Oak Grove Elementary School (K–06)
*Parkway Elementary School (PK–06)
*Pershing Elementary School (K–06)
*Pickett Elementary School (PK–06)
*Skaith Elementary School (PK–06)

{{Col-break|width=50%}}
;Public middle schools
*Bode Middle School (07–08)
*Robidoux Middle School (07–08)
*Spring Garden Middle School (07–08)
*Truman Middle School (07–08)

;Public high schools
*[[Benton High School (Missouri)|Benton High School]] (09–12)
*[[Central High School (St. Joseph, Missouri)|Central High School]] (09–12)
*[[Lafayette High School (St. Joseph)|Lafayette High School]] (09–12)
{{Col-end}}

A small piece of the city is in the [[Mid-Buchanan County R-V School District]].<!--UNI 11940--><ref name=CensusSDMap/>

===Private schools===
*[[Bishop LeBlond High School]] (9–12)
*Cathedral Grade School (preschool-8)
*Prescott Seventh-Day Adventist School (K-8)
*St. Francis Xavier Grade School (preschool–8)
*St. James Grade School (preschool-8)
*[[St. Joseph Christian School]] (preschool-12)
*St. Paul Lutheran School (preschool–8)

===Colleges and universities===
*[[Missouri Western State University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.missouriwestern.edu/|title=Missouri Western State University|access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref>

===Special focus institutions===
* [[American Business and Technology University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abtilearning.com/ |title=MyCAA Funding & Military Spouse Scholarships – Train For A New Career For Military Spouses – Up To $4000 Scholorship |website=American Business & Technology Institute |access-date=March 30, 2023}}</ref>
* Hillyard Technical Center
* Webster Learning Center

===Library===
St. Joseph has a four-branch public library system.<ref>{{Cite web|title=St. Joseph Public Library {{!}} Library in St. Joseph, MO|url=https://sjpl.lib.mo.us/|access-date=November 8, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=St. Joseph Public Library|url=https://saintjosephmococ.wliinc21.com/external/wcpages/wcdirectory/results/listing.aspx?listingid=1840|access-date=November 8, 2020|website=saintjosephmococ.wliinc21.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The system is overseen by the Library Board, which consists of nine members appointed by the mayor, with city council approval, for three-year terms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Library Board {{!}} St. Joseph, MO - Official Website|url=https://www.stjoemo.info/352/Library-Board|access-date=November 8, 2020|website=www.stjoemo.info}}</ref> The [[St. Joseph Public Library|Downtown Library]], located in downtown St. Joseph, houses the administrative offices for the library system.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saint Joseph Public Library &ndash; Saint Joseph Public Library|url=https://librarytechnology.org/library/8533|access-date=November 8, 2020 |website=librarytechnology.org}}</ref> [[St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch|Carnegie Library]] and Washington Park Library are neighborhood branches that serve communities in the North and South ends of the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saint Joseph Carnegie Library &ndash; Saint Joseph Public Library|url=https://librarytechnology.org/library/8535|access-date=November 8, 2020|website=librarytechnology.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Washington Park Library &ndash; Saint Joseph Public Library|url=https://librarytechnology.org/library/8534|access-date=November 8, 2020|website=librarytechnology.org}}</ref> East Hills Library is the largest branch, located off [[Interstate 29]], which serves the greater St. Joseph area.<ref>{{Cite web|title=East Hills Branch Library &ndash; Saint Joseph Public Library|url=https://librarytechnology.org/library/8536 |access-date=November 8, 2020|website=librarytechnology.org}}</ref> Downtown Library and Carnegie Library were listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1982 and 1990 respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Search|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP|access-date=November 8, 2020|website=npgallery.nps.gov}}</ref>

St. Joseph also has a branch of the Rolling Hills Consolidated Library. This library was founded in 1961 with its headquarters in the basement of the Washington Park Library. The library currently occupies over 23,000 square feet of space off of the Belt Highway. The space is used for the library itself, its administration offices, a used book store, and "The Upper Story", a large rentable meeting room.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=August 14, 2009 |title=The Mystery Of Marshall Mathers |url=https://www.newspressnow.com/news/article_22121d2c-16df-5874-aeae-c891bafa1449.html |access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:BN Passenger Trains in 1970 and 1971 - 5 Roger Puta Photos (27393894566).jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|A Burlington Northern passenger train at St. Joseph in 1970]]
The [[St. Joseph Transit]] is publicly owned and provides bus service. [[Rosecrans Memorial Airport]] is a joint municipal/military owned airport for general aviation. It is the home of the [[139th Airlift Wing]] of the [[Missouri Air National Guard]], and does not have commercial service. The nearest commercial airport is [[Kansas City International Airport]], which is approximately {{convert|35|mi|km}} to the south. Intercity bus service to the city is provided by [[Jefferson Lines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jeffersonlines.com/bus-stops/missouri/|title=Missouri Bus Stops|access-date=July 21, 2023}}</ref>

[[File:I229.jpg|thumb|right|Looking south at the I-229 viaduct and the Missouri River from Wyeth Hill]]
The city is served by two Interstate highways, one proposed interstate, and four US Routes:
*{{jct|state=MO|I|29}}, which runs south to [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] and north to [[Council Bluffs, Iowa]]
*{{jct|state=MO|I|229}}, a western bypass of St. Joseph, which the portion through downtown will be demolished and be replaced with a surface boulevard.
*{{jct|state=MO|US|36}}, the Pony Express Highway, running east to [[Cameron, Missouri|Cameron]] and west to [[Hiawatha, Kansas]]
*{{jct|state=MO|US|59}}, which runs south to [[Atchison, Kansas]], and north into western [[Iowa]]
*{{jct|state=MO|US|71}}, which runs south concurrent with I-29 to Kansas City, and north to [[Maryville, Missouri|Maryville]]
*{{jct|state=MO|US|169}}, which runs south to Kansas City, and north to [[Winterset, Iowa]]

In addition, four state routes serve the city:
*{{jct|state=MO|Route|6}}
*{{jct|state=MO|Route|371}}
*{{jct|state=MO|Route|752}}
*{{jct|state=MO|Route|759}}

==Cityscape==
Numerous parks, golf courses, sports complexes, skate parks, a water park, a [[Pedestrian zone|riverwalk]] along the Missouri River, and a small conservation area can be found throughout St. Joseph proper. The city is also nationally known for its {{convert|26|mi|km|adj=on}} [[St. Joseph Parkway|parkway system]], which is accompanied by an urban trail system.<ref name="stjomo.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.stjomo.com/see-do/sports-recreation/the-st-joseph-parkway/ |title=The St. Joseph Parkway |access-date=June 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205244/http://www.stjomo.com/see-do/sports-recreation/the-st-joseph-parkway/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> Two of the city's largest parks are [[Krug Park (St. Joseph, Missouri)|Krug Park]] and Hyde Park; these respectively anchor the parkway and urban trail on the north and south. A [[dog park]] has been added to the parkway system near Corby Pond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/article_11608623-057d-527b-91e0-7e2fc138b8f7.html|title=Council gives nod to new dog park|first=Kim |last=Norvell |website=St. Joseph News-Press|date=December 11, 2013 |access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref> There are many buildings that were built early on in the city's history, one of which being the [[Missouri Theater (St. Joseph, Missouri)|Missouri Theater]].

==Media==
St. Joseph currently ranks 201st largest [[designated market area]] out of 210 [[list of television stations in North America by media market|media markets]] in the United States (as ranked by [[Nielsen Media Research]]); the market covers six counties in northwestern Missouri ([[Holt County, Missouri|Holt]], [[Worth County, Missouri|Worth]], [[Nodaway County, Missouri|Nodaway]], [[Andrew County, Missouri|Andrew]], [[DeKalb County, Missouri|DeKalb]] and [[Buchanan County, Missouri|Buchanan]]) and [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan County]] in northeastern Kansas. The St. Joseph area has three low-power and two full-power television stations, and ten radio stations. News-Press & Gazette, a media corporation, is headquartered in Saint Joseph. They have interests in numerous television, radio, and newspaper markets throughout the midwestern and western United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.npgco.com/about-npg/|title=News-Press & Gazette Co – About NPG|language=en-US|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218124316/http://npgco.com/about-npg|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Television===
Due to its proximity to Kansas City, stations from that market serve as default affiliate of MyNetworkTV ([[KSMO-TV]]/Kansas City) and default member station of PBS ([[KCPT]]/Kansas City) due to the lack of stations of either network licensed to the market. [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[KQTV]] had long been the only major commercial station in St. Joseph, but in June 2012, the locally based [[News-Press & Gazette Company]] signed on [[KNPN-LD]] as a [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate, KBJO-LD as a [[The CW Plus|CW+]] affiliate, and KNPG-LD as a [[Telemundo]] affiliate. This in turn was followed by the conversions of KBJO-LD to [[NBC]] affiliate [[KNPG-LD]] in November 2016 (retaining the CW+ as a LD2 subchannel),<ref name="newspress-knpgnbc">{{cite news|title=NBC affiliate coming to St. Joe|url=http://www.newspressnow.com/news/business/nbc-affiliate-coming-to-st-joe/article_48ed5f08-6859-5134-ba6b-fde5c295eb26.html|newspaper=[[St. Joseph News-Press]]|publisher=[[News-Press & Gazette Company]]|date=August 18, 2016}}</ref> and the original KNPG-LD (which assumed the KBJO-LD call letters) to [[CBS]] affiliate [[KCJO-LD]] in June 2017,<ref name="cbsstjoe">{{Cite web |date=2017-02-24 |title=NPG to add local CBS affiliate in June |url=https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/npg-to-add-local-cbs-affiliate-in-june/article_37d188b5-17d1-5cc6-9ec2-7cc7f9bbe86e.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225155130/http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/npg-to-add-local-cbs-affiliate-in-june/article_37d188b5-17d1-5cc6-9ec2-7cc7f9bbe86e.html |archive-date=2017-02-25 |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=News-Press NOW |language=en}}</ref> ending out-of-market reliance for major network programming.

====Local broadcast stations====
{{unreferenced section|date=August 2025}}
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
|+ St. Joseph broadcast television stations
!scope="col"| Channel
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Callsign
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Network
!scope="col" colspan="2"| Subchannels
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Owner
|-
!scope="col"| ([[Virtual channel|Virtual]]/RF)
!scope="col"| Channel
!scope="col"| Programming
|-
!scope="row"| 2.1 (7)
| [[KQTV]] || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}} || [[Heartland Media]] 
|-
!scope="row"| 16.1 (21)
| [[KTAJ-TV]] || [[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]] || 16.2<br />16.3<br />16.4<br />16.5 || [[The Church Channel]]<br />[[JCTV]]<br />[[TBN Enlace USA]]<br />[[Smile of a Child Network]] || [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]] 
|-
!scope="row"| 21.1 (9)
| [[KNPG-LD]] || [[NBC]] || 21.2<br />21.3<br />21.4<br />21.5 || [[The CW Plus|CW+]]<br />[[Telemundo]]<br />[[Bounce TV]]<br />[[Grit (TV network)|Grit]] || [[News-Press & Gazette Company]] 
|-
!scope="row"| 26.1 (15)
| [[KNPN-LD]] || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] || [[KCJO-LD|26.2]]<br />26.3<br />26.4<br />26.5 || [[CBS]]<br />[[News-Press 3 NOW]]<br />[[Escape (TV network)|Escape]]<br />[[Laff (TV network)|Laff]] || News-Press & Gazette Company 
|-
!scope="row"| 30.1 (28)
| [[KCJO-LD]] || [[CBS]] || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}} || News-Press & Gazette Company 
|}

====Local independent cable channels====
* [[News-Press 3 NOW]], Suddenlink channel 3/KNPN-LD virtual channel 26.3 (local news)

===Radio===
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{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
|+ St. Joseph broadcast radio stations
!scope="col"| Band
!scope="col"| Frequency
!scope="col"| [[Callsign]]
!scope="col"| Nickname
!scope="col"| Format
!scope="col"| Owner
|-
|scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3"| AM stations
!scope="row"| 680
| [[KFEQ]] || 680 KFEQ || [[Talk radio|News/talk]]/[[Sports talk|sports]] || Eagle Communications 
|-
!scope="row"| 1270
| [[KYSJ]] || KY 102 || [[Classic rock]] || Eagle Communications, Inc. 
|-
!scope="row"| 1550
| [[KESJ]] || Joe Town 107.5 || Classic hits || Eagle Communications 
|-
|scope="rowgroup" rowspan="12"| FM stations
!scope="row"| 89.7
| [[KJCV-FM|KJCV]] || Bott Radio Network || Religious || Community Broadcasting, Inc. 
|-
!scope="row"| 91.1
| [[KSJI]] || Life 88.5 ([[KJNW]]) || Contemporary Christian || [[Northwestern Media]] 
|-
!scope="row"| 91.9
| [[KSRD]] || [[Air1]] || Contemporary Christian || [[Educational Media Foundation]] 
|-
!scope="row"| 92.7
| [[KSJQ]] || Q-Country 92.7 || Country music || Eagle Communications 
|-
!scope="row"| 95.3
| K237HF || 680 KFEQ (KFEQ) || [[Talk radio|News/talk]]/[[Sports talk|sports]] || Eagle Communications 
|-
!scope="row"| 96.1
| [[WRJE-LP]]|| Radio Joe || Educational/Adult hits || Radio Joe, Inc. 
|-
!scope="row"| 98.5
| K253BG || [[K-Love]] ([[KLRX]]) || Contemporary Christian || [[Educational Media Foundation]] 
|-
!scope="row"| 99.3
| [[KFOH-LP]] || SJMF Radio || All genres || [[St. Joseph Music Foundation]] 
|-
!scope="row"| 102.5
| K273BF || KY 102 (KYSJ) || Classic rock || Eagle Communications 
|-
!scope="row"| 105.5
| [[KKJO]] || K-JO 105-5 ||[[Hot adult contemporary]] || Eagle Communications 
|-
!scope="row"| 106.7
| K294BE || Catholic Radio Network ([[KEXS-FM|KEXS]]) || Catholic religious || Catholic Radio Network 
|-
!scope="row"| 107.5
| K298DA|| Joe Town 107.5 (KESJ)|| Classic hits|| Eagle Communications
|}

===Newspapers===
* ''The Regular Joe''
* ''[[St. Joseph News-Press]]''
* ''The Saint Joseph Telegraph''

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from St. Joseph, Missouri}}
{{See also|Missouri Western State University#Notable alumni|l1=List of Missouri Western State University notable people}} <!-- Please put college students in this list instead of the city article -->

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{wikivoyage inline}}
* {{Official website}}
* [https://www.downtowndifferent.com/saintjoseph/missouri Downtown Different | Saint Joseph, MO]
* Historic maps of St. Joseph in the [http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/sanborn.htm Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723065708/http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/sanborn.htm |date=July 23, 2013}} at the [[University of Missouri]]

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