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Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area


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2024 population: 98,862   ( 1,344 from 2020)
Land area: 1431.8 square miles
Population density: 69.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:83,010 83.97% 0.1%
Black:8,2668.36% 2.2%
Indian:3200.32% 8.5%
Asian:1,8421.86% 14.9%
2+ races:2,4452.47% 15.5%
Hispanic:2,9793.01% 21.2%
Total non-White:15,85216.03% 8.9%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:4,626 11.9
Deaths:5,04112.9
Net Migration: 1,1072.8
Net Immigration: 6081.6
Change in White population:52 0.1
Change in Non-White pop.:1,292 1.3



Historical Presidential Election Results for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +461 R +844 R + 1.7%
D -383
2024 vs. 2016 R +2,681 R +919 D + 2.9%
D +1,762
2020 vs. 2016 R +2,220 R +75 D + 4.6%
D +2,145
2024 vs. 2012 R +5,069 R +5,754 R + 8.2%
D -685
2016 vs. 2008 R +2,908 R +8,536 R + 21.4%
D -5,628
How to interpret this table


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US) 		PUSV
2024 63% Donald Trump (R) 36,021 73.6% Kamala Harris (D) 12,221 25.0% 732 [+] 1.5% 48,974 24 0.03%
2020 64% Donald Trump* (R) 35,560 72.6% Joe Biden (D) 12,604 25.7% 846 [+] 1.7% 49,010 26 0.03%
2016 60% Donald Trump (R) 33,340 72.8% Hillary Clinton (D) 10,459 22.8% 2,008 [+] 4.4% 45,807 27 0.03%
2012 60% Mitt Romney (R) 30,952 69.1% Barack Obama* (D) 12,906 28.8% 928 [+] 2.1% 44,786 22 0.03%
2008 64% John McCain (R) 30,432 64.5% Barack Obama (D) 16,087 34.1% 658 [+] 1.4% 47,177 19 0.04%
2004 62% George W. Bush* (R) 29,747 67.1% John Kerry (D) 14,338 32.3% 248 [+] 0.6% 44,333 16 0.04%
2000 57% George W. Bush (R) 24,907 63.6% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 13,383 34.2% 885 [+] 2.3% 39,175 16 0.04%
1996 56% Robert Dole (R) 19,189 51.9% Bill Clinton* (D) 14,754 39.9% 3,030 [+] 8.2% 36,973 11 0.04%
1992 60% George Bush* (R) 17,054 44.8% Bill Clinton (D) 14,321 37.6% 6,705 [+] 17.6% 38,080 7 0.04%
1988 55% George Bush (R) 21,247 62.8% Michael Dukakis (D) 12,480 36.9% 91 [+] 0.3% 33,818 9 0.04%
1984 57% Ronald Reagan* (R) 22,756 65.2% Walter Mondale (D) 12,141 34.8% 21 0.1% 34,918 6 0.04%
1980 59% Ronald Reagan (R) 20,374 57.7% Jimmy Carter* (D) 13,710 38.8% 1,248 [+] 3.5% 35,332 7 0.04%
1976 63% Gerald Ford* (R) 17,069 50.7% Jimmy Carter (D) 16,426 48.8% 189 [+] 0.6% 33,684 3 0.04%
1972 66% Richard Nixon* (R) 22,431 67.6% George McGovern (D) 10,580 31.9% 168 [+] 0.5% 33,179 7 0.04%
1968 69% Richard Nixon (R) 15,121 49.1% Hubert Humphrey (D) 11,278 36.6% 4,399 [+] 14.3% 30,798 6 0.04%
1964 75% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 18,986 57.9% Barry Goldwater (R) 13,796 42.1% 0 0.0% 32,782 4 0.05%
1960 77% Richard Nixon (R) 18,360 55.7% John Kennedy (D) 14,584 44.2% 18 0.1% 32,962 6 0.05%
1956 69% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 17,908 56.1% Adlai Stevenson (D) 13,985 43.8% 21 0.1% 31,914 -1 0.05%
1952 71% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 19,008 56.8% Adlai Stevenson (D) 14,420 43.1% 54 0.2% 33,482 2 0.05%
1948 59% Harry Truman* (D) 14,588 51.1% Thomas Dewey (R) 13,832 48.5% 116 [+] 0.4% 28,536 3 0.06%
1944 59% Thomas Dewey (R) 15,981 54.1% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 13,453 45.6% 92 0.3% 29,526 8 0.06%
1940 72% Wendell Willkie (R) 18,972 51.4% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 17,744 48.1% 184 0.5% 36,900 7 0.07%
1936 75% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 18,680 53.6% Alf Landon (R) 15,915 45.7% 257 [+] 0.7% 34,852 9 0.08%
1932 68% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 17,041 56.3% Herbert Hoover* (R) 12,936 42.7% 307 [+] 1.0% 30,284 3 0.08%
1928 65% Herbert Hoover (R) 16,024 59.5% Al Smith (D) 10,846 40.3% 57 [+] 0.2% 26,927 1 0.07%
1924 57% Calvin Coolidge (R) 12,745 53.7% John Davis (D) 9,681 40.8% 1,315 [+] 5.5% 23,741 0 0.08%
1920 62% Warren Harding (R) 15,693 60.9% James Cox (D) 9,770 37.9% 298 [+] 1.2% 25,761 1 0.10%
1916 50% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 10,772 55.1% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 8,381 42.9% 380 [+] 1.9% 19,533 9 0.11%
1912 35% Woodrow Wilson (D) 6,035 43.9% William Taft* (R) 5,306 38.6% 2,396 [+] 17.4% 13,737 15 0.09%
1908 43% William Taft (R) 8,764 57.7% William J. Bryan (D) 6,165 40.6% 265 [+] 1.7% 15,194 6 0.10%
1904 40% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 7,880 58.2% Alton Parker (D) 5,228 38.6% 434 [+] 3.2% 13,542 2 0.10%
1900 40% William McKinley* (R) 7,083 54.6% William J. Bryan (D) 5,611 43.3% 273 [+] 2.1% 12,967 3 0.09%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote