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Sikeston, MO Urban Area

18,131 Population
13.1 square miles 1,379 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,727 ±$3,011 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,682 ±$3,034 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±3% (2,500  ±545) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.7 minutes ±1.8 (117,015  ±15,494) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,580 ±349 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (17,824  ±604) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.5% ±3.4% (287  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,243 ±327 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,300 ±$10,021 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±2.6% (1,944  ±467.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±4.2% (10,664  ±661.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.5% ±3.3% (3,196  ±411.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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

1.3% ±0.6% (243  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±1.4% (781  ±196) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
781 Total veterans ±196 756 Male ±193 25 Female ±31

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