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Poplar Bluff township, Butler County, MO

25,586 Population
138.2 square miles 185.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Butler County: 40.5 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,781 ±$1,684 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Butler County: $27,108 ±$1,272
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$46,478 ±$3,885 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Butler County: $49,213 ±$3,349
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

22.3% ±3.3% (5,562  ±849) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Butler County: 20.3% † 8,360 (±2.3% / ±955)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

16.8 minutes ±2 (162,410  ±23,132) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Butler County: 19.6 321,685 (±1.4 / ±27,178)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

10,114 ±456 Number of households
  • Butler County: 16,490 ±420
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.5 ±0.2 (24,900  ±1,012) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Butler County: 2.5 41,261 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

5.2% ±2% (299  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Butler County: 6.8% † 627 (±1.9% / ±173)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

11,887 ±368 Number of housing units
  • Butler County: 19,296 ±59
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$130,800 ±$11,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Butler County: $138,800 ±$8,842
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

16.7% ±2.9% (4,234  ±763.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Butler County: 14.9% † 6,239 (±2.3% / ±941.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

84.3% ±4.4% (14,604  ±951.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Butler County: 84.5% 24,499 (±3.8% / ±1,123.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
15.7% ±2.3% (2,712  ±410.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Butler County: 15.2% † 4,416 (±1.8% / ±510.1)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

1.7% ±0.8% (437  ±214) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Butler County: 1.1% 477
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

10.1% ±1.8% (1,969  ±364) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Butler County: 10% † 3,246 (±1.3% / ±406)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
1,969 Total veterans ±364 1,806 Male ±333 163 Female ±89

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