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Cape Girardeau County, MO

82,899 Population
578.5 square miles 143.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$33,227 ±$2,947 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $36,640 ±$419
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$64,679 ±$8,907 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $64,811 ±$733
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

15.6% ±4% (12,291  ±3,162) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.2% 791,030 (±0.4% / ±21,823)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

20.1 minutes ±0.7 (761,505  ±31,685) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.8 62,486,084 (±0.1 / ±394,655)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

33,005 ±942 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,521,832 ±11,480
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0.1 (79,124  ±162) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,014,174
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

3% ±2% (620  ±408) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 5.3% 74,145 (±0.4% / ±5,045)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

36,149 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,826,295 ±607
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$205,300 ±$18,301 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $221,200 ±$2,019
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.4% ±2.8% (10,242  ±2,316.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 12.9% 790,852 (±0.3% / ±21,003.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

92.1% ±6.5% (50,446  ±3,638.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,878,393 (±0.7% / ±30,655)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
34.7% ±3.8% (18,983  ±2,109.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 32.2% 1,364,017 (±0.4% / ±18,291.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

2.7% (2,275  ±746) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 4.1% 252,575
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

7% ±1.5% (4,656  ±1,019) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 7.1% 341,834 (±0.2% / ±9,753)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
4,656 Total veterans ±1,019 4,440 Male ±958 216 Female ±234

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