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Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area

42,020 Population
694.8 square miles 60.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,431 ±$1,393 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,089 ±$3,075 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.5% ±2.4% (8,439  ±998) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21 minutes ±1.4 (341,435  ±26,518) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,594 ±407 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (41,134  ±16) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±1.8% (557  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,303 ±32 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$145,100 ±$7,701 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±2.4% (5,783  ±979.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.9% ±3.9% (24,410  ±1,130) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.8% ±1.9% (4,538  ±534.5) 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

0.8% (335  ±162) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±1.3% (3,186  ±423) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,186 Total veterans ±423 2,851 Male ±392 335 Female ±130

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