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Cape Girardeau County, MO

82,984 Population
578.5 square miles 143.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,162 ±$4,712 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $38,699 ±$393
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$68,094 ±$6,468 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $68,545 ±$900
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.8% ±2.9% (10,203  ±2,315) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12% 720,210 (±0.4% / ±24,684)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.5 minutes ±0.6 (738,425  ±30,645) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

33,624 ±1,098 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,556,271 ±10,804
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (79,764  ±260) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,033,157
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.1% ±2% (626  ±413) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 78,185 (±0.4% / ±5,180)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

36,265 ±111 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,844,440 ±583
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$223,300 ±$19,627 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $233,600 ±$2,397
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

17.7% ±4.7% (14,556  ±3,849.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 739,002 (±0.4% / ±22,558.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94.6% ±6.7% (50,275  ±3,724.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,915,999 (±0.7% / ±29,203.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
33.1% ±3.9% (17,576  ±2,117.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 33.2% 1,413,984 (±0.4% / ±18,155.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% (1,991  ±749) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.8% 296,832
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7% ±1.8% (4,568  ±1,181) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 7.1% 341,191 (±0.2% / ±8,649)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,568 Total veterans ±1,181 4,403 Male ±1,112 165 Female ±205

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