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Joplin, MO Urban Area

88,490 Population
60.5 square miles 1,461.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,037 ±$3,008 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$48,504 ±$3,704 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.8% ±3.8% (16,259  ±3,340) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.1 minutes ±0.7 (676,005  ±36,026) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

39,454 ±1,458 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0 (86,496  ±3,441) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.7% ±2.8% (973  ±576) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

42,324 ±1,383 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$179,900 ±$9,924 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

20.7% ±4.1% (18,199  ±3,668.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.7% ±4.8% (54,713  ±3,528.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
28.4% ±3.1% (17,150  ±1,985.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

4.6% ±1.4% (4,047  ±1,203) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

9% ±1.8% (6,295  ±1,264) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
6,295 Total veterans ±1,264 6,091 Male ±1,259 204 Female ±170

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