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Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area

97,947 Population
1,431.8 square miles 68.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,491 ±$4,025 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$66,427 ±$6,045 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.9% ±2.5% (12,157  ±2,376) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.6 minutes ±0.7 (945,380  ±37,110) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

39,485 ±1,419 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (94,452  ±2,446) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

2.8% ±1.8% (645  ±417) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

44,483 ±982 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$215,500 ±$17,251 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16% ±4.1% (15,559  ±3,998.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

94% ±5.7% (59,723  ±4,031) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
30.4% ±3.4% (19,338  ±2,252.1) 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

2.1% ±0.8% (2,034  ±760) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

7.1% ±1.6% (5,429  ±1,248) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,429 Total veterans ±1,248 5,189 Male ±1,160 240 Female ±216

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