Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Cape Girardeau city GEOCODE:29-0695 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 34,361 100.0% 34,438 100.0% 77 0.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 25,577 74.4% 24,976 72.5% -601 -2.3 -1.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,332 9.7% 3,064 8.9% -268 -8.0 -0.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 32,077 93.4% 31,104 90.3% -973 -3.0 -3.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,039 5.9% 2,630 7.6% 591 29.0 1.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 141 0.4% 498 1.4% 357 253.2 1.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 71 0.2% 79 0.2% 8 11.3 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 276 0.8% 218 0.6% -58 -21.0 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,072 6.0% 2,127 6.2% 55 2.7 0.1 5-17.................. 5,426 15.8% 5,222 15.2% -204 -3.8 -0.6 18-24.................. 8,361 24.3% 6,724 19.5% -1,637 -19.6 -4.8 25-44.................. 8,224 23.9% 9,417 27.3% 1,193 14.5 3.4 45-64.................. 5,952 17.3% 5,935 17.2% -17 -0.3 -0.1 65 AND OVER............ 4,326 12.6% 5,013 14.6% 687 15.9 2.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,498 21.8% 7,349 21.3% -149 -2.0 -0.5 40 AND OVER............ 11,845 34.5% 12,896 37.4% 1,051 8.9 3.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.3 30.6 3.4 12.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,035 $22,634 -1,401 -5.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,630 $31,773 -857 -2.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,650 $12,254 604 5.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,333 13.9% 5,685 18.0% 1,352 31.2 4.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,452 100.0% 13,319 100.0% 867 7.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,278 66.5% 8,235 61.8% -43 -0.5 -4.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,812 38.6% 4,908 36.8% 96 2.0 -1.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,042 56.6% 6,643 49.9% -399 -5.7 -6.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,328 26.7% 2,869 21.5% -459 -13.8 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,053 8.5% 1,352 10.2% 299 28.4 1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 619 5.0% 882 6.6% 263 42.5 1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,322 26.7% 4,071 30.6% 749 22.5 3.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -5.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 18,502 100.0% 20,365 100.0% 1,863 10.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,521 29.8% 5,760 28.3% 239 4.3 -1.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,888 21.0% 4,953 24.3% 1,065 27.4 3.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 17,078 100.0% 17,691 100.0% 613 3.6 FEMALE................ 7,900 46.3% 8,396 47.5% 496 6.3 1.2 EMPLOYED.............. 15,989 93.6% 16,549 93.5% 560 3.5 -0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,041 23.7% 4,441 25.1% 400 9.9 1.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,785 16.3% 2,749 15.5% -36 -1.3 -0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 13,404 100.0% 14,627 100.0% 1,223 9.1 OCCUPIED.............. 12,505 93.3% 13,442 91.9% 937 7.5 -1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,816 62.5% 7,709 57.4% -107 -1.4 -5.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $72,376 $64,646 -7,731 -10.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,689 37.5% 5,733 42.6% 1,044 22.3 5.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $335 $331 -4 -1.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,853 66.0% 9,107 62.3% 254 2.9 -3.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 389 2.9% 515 3.5% 126 32.4 0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.6 1964.0 5.4 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