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Cairo, IL

1,699 Population
7 square miles 243.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,415 ±$3,621 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $34,373 ±$1,332
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$35,493 ±$6,837 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $67,267 ±$2,799
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

21.5% ±9.8% (352  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 14.2% 13,330 (±1.3% / ±1,227)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

36.4 minutes ±8.4 (18,320  ±5,877) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 21.4 939,040 (±0.6 / ±35,048)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

613 ±84 Number of households
  • the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 38,257 ±531
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.6 ±0.2 (1,621  ±253) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.5 93,821 (±0 / ±83)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,173 ±97 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 43,903 ±57
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$28,200 ±$7,065 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • less than a fifth of the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $195,200 ±$6,325
  • about 10 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

10.5% ±7.9% (179  ±136) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 16.1% 15,599 (±1.5% / ±1,459.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

81.1% ±7.5% (939  ±149.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 91.7% 58,831 (±2.6% / ±1,657)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
10.9% ±5.1% (126  ±61.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 30.4% 19,484 (±1.6% / ±1,011.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

0.5% ±0.8% (9  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 2% 1,991
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

11% ±4.3% (142  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.1% 5,465 (±0.6% / ±453)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
142 Total veterans ±58 125 Male ±57 17 Female ±13

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