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Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area

204,787 Population
1,850.8 square miles 110.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,021 ±$2,726 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$57,887 ±$4,059 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15% ±2.2% (30,145  ±4,398) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.1 minutes ±1.4 (1,869,245  ±138,211) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

83,470 ±1,653 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (200,788  ±278) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.6% ±1.8% (2,584  ±829) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

89,648 ±757 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$169,600 ±$8,028 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

18.2% ±2.9% (36,960  ±5,880.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.3% ±3.7% (123,797  ±5,214.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
24.4% ±2.1% (33,465  ±2,876.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

4.5% ±12,311.9% (9,294  ±1,395) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

7.5% ±0.9% (11,661  ±1,406) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
11,661 Total veterans ±1,406 11,023 Male ±1,317 638 Female ±334

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