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Poplar Bluff, MO Urban Area

20,952 Population
15.4 square miles 1,356.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,239 ±$1,555 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,900 ±$3,830 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.1% ±3.5% (4,496  ±733) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.2 minutes ±2.2 (139,680  ±20,436) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,426 ±404 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (20,308  ±855) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±2.7% (302  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,699 ±409 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$141,700 ±$10,702 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17% ±3.7% (3,522  ±784.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.2% ±4.1% (11,677  ±838.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.7% ±2.4% (2,199  ±353.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

1.2% ±0.7% (241  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±1.9% (1,501  ±316) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,501 Total veterans ±316 1,369 Male ±299 132 Female ±89

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