Missouri, United States

Missouri, United States

Country USA
Capital city Jefferson City
Area 180,533 km²
Population 6,160,281 people (2020)
34,123 people/km²
Governor Eric Greitens
Time zone UTC -6/ -5
ZIP code MO
ISO 3166-2 US-MO
Official site mo.gov
Missouri

Missouri is a state located in the Midwest of the United States. It ranks 21st by total area at 180,534 km² in the United States and 18th by population at 6,063,589 (2014) of the 50 states. Missouri has 178,399 km ² of land and 2,135 km ² . The largest urbanized areas are the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, Greater St. Louis, Springfield Metropolitan Area, and Columbia; the capital of the state is Jefferson City, located approximately in the central part of the Missouri River.

Geography

Missouri’s geography is diverse. The northern part of the state is dissected into plains. The southern part is located in the Ozark Mountains (split plateau), with the Missouri River separating its two parts. The state is located between the intersection of the three largest rivers in North America. These are the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, a river near St. Louis, and the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi north of Boothill. Missouri is the starting point for the historic 19th century transportation companies of the Pony Express, the Santa Fe Trail, and the Oregon Trail .

In the north, the state of Missouri borders the state of Iowa, in the south – with Arkansas, in the east (through the Mississippi River) – with Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee and in the west – with Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

Economics

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Missouri’s GDP in 2006 was $225.9 billion. GDP per capita in 2006 was $32,705 (26th in the nation). The main branches of the industry are: aerospace, motor transport, food, chemical, printing, electrical equipment manufacturing, light and brewing. The state’s agriculture specializes in the production of beef, soybeans, pork, dairy, hay, corn, poultry, sorghum, cotton, rice, and eggs.. Missouri ranks 6th in the US in terms of hogs and 7th in cattle, 5th in rice production.

Missouri has vast reserves of limestone. This is also how lead, coal, and crushed stone are mined in the state.

Science and biotechnology are actively developing in the state of Missouri. In St. Louis is located the management of the largest company in the field of genetic engineering – Monsanto.

Cities

  • Butler
  • Jefferson City
  • East St. Louis
  • Kansas City
  • Nevada
  • Saint Joseph
  • St. Louis

Counties

According to Countryaah, Missouri consists of 114 counties and one independent city – St. Louis:

  1. Adair
  2. Iron
  3. Andrew
  4. Atchison
  5. Barton
  6. Bates
  7. Benton
  8. Berry
  9. Bollinger
  10. Bun
  11. Butler
  12. Buchanan
  13. Washington
  14. Vernon
  15. Gasconaide
  16. Green
  17. Grundy
  18. Dallas
  19. Davis
  20. Dade
  21. Dent
  22. Jackson
  23. Jasper
  24. Gentry
  25. Jefferson
  26. Johnson
  27. Dikalb
  28. Douglas
  29. Dunklin
  30. Camden
  31. Carter
  32. Cas
  33. Cape Girardeau
  34. Carol
  35. Clark
  36. Clay
  37. Clinton
  38. Caldwell
  39. Callaway
  40. Cole
  41. Christian
  42. Crawford
  43. Cooper
  44. Laclide
  45. Lafayette
  46. Livingston
  47. Lynn
  48. Lincoln
  49. Lawrence
  50. Lewis
  51. Macdonald
  52. Marion
  53. Madison
  54. Macon
  55. Marys
  56. Miller
  57. Mississippi
  58. Monito
  59. Monroe
  60. Montgomery
  61. Morgan
  62. Mercer
  63. Nodaway
  64. Knox
  65. New Madrid
  66. Newton
  67. Audrey
  68. Ozark
  69. Oregon
  70. Osage
  71. Pike
  72. Pemiscot
  73. Perry
  74. Pettis
  75. Cloth
  76. Pulaski
  77. Putnam
  78. Col
  79. Wright
  80. Randolph
  81. Ray
  82. Reynolds
  83. Ripley
  84. Rolls
  85. Salin
  86. Saint Genevieve
  87. St. Louis
  88. St. Clair
  89. Saint Francois
  90. St. Charles
  91. Cider
  92. Scott
  93. Scotland
  94. Stoddard
  95. Stone
  96. Sullivan
  97. Taney
  98. Texas
  99. Webster
  100. Wayne
  101. Warren
  102. Worth
  103. Phelps
  104. Franklin
  105. Harrison
  106. Howell
  107. Howard
  108. Henry
  109. Hickory
  110. Holt
  111. Shannon
  112. Chariton
  113. Shelby
  114. Schuyler

Jefferson City

Country USA
State Missouri
District Cole
Area 97.66 km²
Highness height 192 m
Population 42,895 people (2017)
Founding 1821
ZIP code 65101, 65109
Telephone code 573
Official site www.jeffersoncitymo.gov
Jefferson City

Jefferson City (in English: Jefferson City) is a city in the United States of America, the capital of the state of Missouri and the administrative center of Cole County. The name of the city was given in honor of the third President of the USA, Thomas Jefferson. It is located on the right bank of the Missouri River. Its population is 42,895 (2017 estimate). Inventor Jack Kilby (1923 – 2005) was born in Jefferson City.

Famous people

Born in Jefferson City

  • Jack Kilby (1923 – 2005), engineer
  • Maya Moore (b. 1989), basketball player

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