Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Cape Girardeau County GEOCODE:29031 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 58,837 100.0% 61,633 100.0% 2,796 4.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 48,128 81.8% 49,571 80.4% 1,443 3.0 -1.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,638 6.2% 3,406 5.5% -232 -6.4 -0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 16,649 28.3% 17,939 29.1% 1,290 7.7 0.8 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 56,397 95.9% 58,062 94.2% 1,665 3.0 -1.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,160 3.7% 2,788 4.5% 628 29.1 0.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 160 0.3% 521 0.8% 361 225.6 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 78 0.1% 119 0.2% 41 52.6 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 376 0.6% 393 0.6% 17 4.5 -0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,906 6.6% 4,117 6.7% 211 5.4 0.0 5-17.................. 10,704 18.2% 10,575 17.2% -129 -1.2 -1.0 18-24.................. 11,180 19.0% 9,119 14.8% -2,061 -18.4 -4.2 25-44.................. 15,198 25.8% 18,021 29.2% 2,823 18.6 3.4 45-64.................. 10,500 17.8% 11,297 18.3% 797 7.6 0.5 65 AND OVER............ 7,349 12.5% 8,504 13.8% 1,155 15.7 1.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 14,610 24.8% 14,692 23.8% 82 0.6 -1.0 40 AND OVER............ 20,880 35.5% 23,742 38.5% 2,862 13.7 3.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.6 32.2 3.6 12.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,333 $24,510 -823 -3.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,330 $30,795 -535 -1.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,206 $11,858 652 5.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,595 11.9% 8,125 13.9% 1,530 23.2 2.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 20,935 100.0% 23,293 100.0% 2,358 11.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 15,287 73.0% 16,199 69.5% 912 6.0 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,895 42.5% 9,922 42.6% 1,027 11.5 0.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 13,459 64.3% 13,724 58.9% 265 2.0 -5.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,641 31.7% 6,374 27.4% -267 -4.0 -4.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,514 7.2% 2,068 8.9% 554 36.6 1.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 856 4.1% 1,306 5.6% 450 52.6 1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,686 22.4% 5,877 25.2% 1,191 25.4 2.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -5.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 33,047 100.0% 37,822 100.0% 4,775 14.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 10,914 33.0% 12,496 33.0% 1,582 14.5 0.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,648 17.1% 7,247 19.2% 1,599 28.3 2.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 28,411 100.0% 31,691 100.0% 3,280 11.5 FEMALE................ 12,426 43.7% 14,683 46.3% 2,257 18.2 2.6 EMPLOYED.............. 26,705 94.0% 29,939 94.5% 3,234 12.1 0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,851 20.6% 6,973 22.0% 1,122 19.2 1.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,943 13.9% 4,393 13.9% 450 11.4 -0.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 22,703 100.0% 25,315 100.0% 2,612 11.5 OCCUPIED.............. 20,968 92.4% 23,390 92.4% 2,422 11.6 0.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 14,834 70.7% 15,839 67.7% 1,005 6.8 -3.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $70,514 $63,072 -7,442 -10.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,134 29.3% 7,551 32.3% 1,417 23.1 3.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $331 $327 -4 -1.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 16,513 72.7% 17,550 69.3% 1,037 6.3 -3.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,286 5.7% 1,851 7.3% 565 43.9 1.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.4 1967.0 6.6 0.3 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis