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Poplar Bluff, MO Urban Area

20,781 Population
15.4 square miles 1,345.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$23,500 ±$1,751 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$42,370 ±$5,146 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

23.4% ±3.6% (4,711  ±757) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

16.7 minutes ±2.7 (130,615  ±24,113) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,261 ±453 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.2 (20,136  ±927) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.7% ±2.4% (267  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

9,577 ±420 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$134,400 ±$11,373 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

19.3% ±3.7% (3,969  ±771.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

82.4% ±4.7% (11,523  ±885.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
16.2% ±2.7% (2,271  ±390.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

2% ±1% (412  ±211) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.7% ±2.1% (1,546  ±343) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,546 Total veterans ±343 1,407 Male ±324 139 Female ±87

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