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Poplar Bluff, MO

16,243 Population
13.1 square miles 1,236.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 40.5 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,985 ±$1,981 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: $27,108 ±$1,272
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$42,035 ±$4,941 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: $49,213 ±$3,349
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

23.5% ±3.9% (3,674  ±607) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 20.3% † 8,360 (±2.3% / ±955)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

16.6 minutes ±3.4 (101,710  ±22,212) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 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

6,333 ±312 Number of households
  • the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 16,490 ±420
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.5 ±0.1 (15,637  ±36) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 2.5 41,261 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

6% ±2.9% (204  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 6.8% † 627 (±1.9% / ±173)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

7,654 ±302 Number of housing units
  • the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 19,296 ±59
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$109,700 ±$18,649 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: $138,800 ±$8,842
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

18.6% ±3.9% (2,989  ±617.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 14.9% † 6,239 (±2.3% / ±941.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

83.4% ±6.4% (9,104  ±774.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 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)
16% ±3% (1,741  ±335.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 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

2.2% ±1.3% (361  ±206) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 1.1% 477
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

9.7% ±2.1% (1,192  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 10% † 3,246 (±1.3% / ±406)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
1,192 Total veterans ±261 1,071 Male ±235 121 Female ±85

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