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Poplar Bluff, MO

16,254 Population
13.5 square miles 1,203.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 39.5 ±1.1
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,619 ±$1,653 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: $27,431 ±$1,393
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,941 ±$5,318 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: $49,089 ±$3,075
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.8% ±3.2% (3,246  ±503) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 20.5% † 8,439 (±2.4% / ±998)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.6 minutes ±2.8 (106,225  ±18,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 21 341,435 (±1.4 / ±26,518)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,504 ±304 Number of households
  • the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 16,594 ±407
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (15,654  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 2.5 41,134 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±3.2% (199  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 6% † 557 (±1.8% / ±172)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,711 ±338 Number of housing units
  • the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 19,303 ±32
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$119,800 ±$12,628 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: $145,100 ±$7,701
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.2% ±4.1% (2,608  ±662.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 13.9% † 5,783 (±2.4% / ±979.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.5% ±5.5% (9,220  ±717.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 84.9% 24,410 (±3.9% / ±1,130)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.4% ±2.6% (1,593  ±297.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 15.8% † 4,538 (±1.9% / ±534.5)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.4% ±0.9% (232  ±139) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 0.8% 335
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±2.2% (1,139  ±274) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area: 9.9% † 3,186 (±1.3% / ±423)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,139 Total veterans ±274 1,022 Male ±253 117 Female ±86

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