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Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area

42,166 Population
694.8 square miles 60.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,108 ±$1,272 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$49,213 ±$3,349 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20.3% ±2.3% (8,360  ±955) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.6 minutes ±1.4 (321,685  ±27,178) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

16,490 ±420 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (41,261  ±15) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.8% ±1.9% (627  ±173) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

19,296 ±59 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$138,800 ±$8,842 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.9% ±2.3% (6,239  ±941.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

84.5% ±3.8% (24,499  ±1,123.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.2% ±1.8% (4,416  ±510.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1.1% (477  ±215) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

10% ±1.3% (3,246  ±406) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,246 Total veterans ±406 2,971 Male ±370 275 Female ±120

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