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Cape Girardeau, MO

40,047 Population
29.3 square miles 1,368.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,295 ±$2,158 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $34,373 ±$1,332
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$54,870 ±$3,290 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $67,267 ±$2,799
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

20.7% ±2.3% (7,602  ±858) 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)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

15.8 minutes ±1.1 (287,835  ±23,797) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 21.4 939,040 (±0.6 / ±35,048)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

16,521 ±509 Number of households
  • the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 38,257 ±531
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.2 ±0.1 (36,901  ±86) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.5 93,821 (±0 / ±83)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

2.8% ±1.1% (293  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 3.4% † 790 (±0.9% / ±199)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

18,590 ±380 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 43,903 ±57
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$186,100 ±$6,740 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $195,200 ±$6,325
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

23% ±2.4% (9,120  ±965.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 16.1% 15,599 (±1.5% / ±1,459.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

91.6% ±4.1% (22,522  ±1,116.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 91.7% 58,831 (±2.6% / ±1,657)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
36.6% ±2.8% (8,988  ±699.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 30.4% 19,484 (±1.6% / ±1,011.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

3.8% ±0.9% (1,515  ±350) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 2% 1,991
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

6.3% ±0.8% (2,087  ±266) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.1% 5,465 (±0.6% / ±453)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
2,087 Total veterans ±266 1,954 Male ±278 133 Female ±88

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