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Sikeston, MO

16,231 Population
17.2 square miles 946.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,846 ±$2,583 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $29,977 ±$1,480
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$53,203 ±$5,570 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $55,225 ±$2,545
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

16.6% ±3.7% (2,619  ±588) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 16.4% † 7,832 (±1.7% / ±812)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

16 minutes ±2 (108,415  ±14,816) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 19.9 410,270 (±0.9 / ±22,708)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

6,904 ±360 Number of households
  • the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 19,722 ±385
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.3 ±0.1 (15,908  ±284) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 2.4 48,056 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

9.1% ±5% (324  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 6.5% † 691 (±2.1% / ±226)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

7,600 ±382 Number of housing units
  • the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 22,115 ±45
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$158,100 ±$11,830 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $128,800 ±$7,887
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

12.8% ±3.6% (2,041  ±568.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 12.2% † 6,049 (±1.8% / ±892.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

87.7% ±5.7% (9,570  ±718) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 85.3% 29,207 (±3.2% / ±1,105.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
24.8% ±3.4% (2,703  ±382.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 19.8% 6,772 (±1.6% / ±560.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

1.2% ±0.5% (199  ±87) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 0.9% 425
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

7.2% ±1.9% (872  ±228) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 6.1% † 2,319 (±0.9% / ±347)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
872 Total veterans ±228 808 Male ±202 64 Female ±59

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