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Cape Girardeau, MO--IL Urban Area

56,234 Population
31.2 square miles 1,801.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,090 ±$1,714 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,717 ±$3,814 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.4% ±1.7% (9,163  ±913) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.2 minutes ±1.1 (441,760  ±32,095) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,678 ±596 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (52,804  ±702) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±1% (465  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,335 ±462 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$209,500 ±$10,175 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.9% ±2.1% (10,535  ±1,176) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±3.3% (32,757  ±1,350.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.8% ±2.2% (12,349  ±811.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than 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

3.2% ±0.6% (1,769  ±326) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±0.7% (2,744  ±319) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,744 Total veterans ±319 2,585 Male ±293 159 Female ±85

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