2022 population: 401,689 ( 2,439 from 2010 , 2,315 from 2020)
Land area: 8290.1 square miles
Population density: 48.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	333,426	83.01%	4.7%
Black:	6,912	1.72%	18.3%
Indian:	12,341	3.07%	5.5%
Asian:	7,298	1.82%	55.4%
2+ races:	13,988	3.48%	19.6%
Hispanic:	27,724	6.90%	39.0%

Total non-White:	68,263	16.99%	26.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	10,841	13.6
Deaths:	12,439	15.6
Net Migration:	3,131	3.9
Net Immigration:	695	0.9

Change in White population:	-16,583	-4.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	14,144	3.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
404,128
350,009	86.61%
5,844	1.45%
11,702	2.90%
4,697	1.16%
11,695	2.89%
19,951	4.94%
54,119	13.39%

2000
389,755
351,653	90.22%
4,964	1.27%
10,801	2.77%
2,147	0.55%
8,730	2.24%
11,241	2.88%
38,102	9.78%

1990
354,441
334,591	94.40%
4,090	1.15%
10,983	3.10%
1,675	0.47%
n/a
3,102	0.88%
19,850	5.60%

1980
359,618
344,632	95.83%
3,935	1.09%
6,863	1.91%
1,034	0.29%
n/a
2,942	0.82%
14,986	4.17%

1970
334,756
325,018	97.09%
4,091	1.22%
3,123	0.93%
208	0.06%
n/a
1,981	0.59%
9,738	2.91%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
51,907	13.3
40,901	10.5
-2,123	-0.5
3,633	0.9

-1,644	-0.4
16,017	4.1

Number	Rate
1990's
51,351	14.5
44,616	12.6
13,446	3.8
1,047	0.3

17,062	4.8
18,252	5.1

Number	Rate
1980's
51,107	14.2
42,630	11.9
-12,707	-3.5
n/a

-10,041	-2.8
4,864	1.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
16,222	4.8
n/a

19,614	5.9
5,248	1.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Joplin-Pittsburg, MO-KS-OK Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.4
96,253	24.0%
305,436	76.0%
70,826	17.6%

154,905
2.52

100,312	64.8%
75,280	75.0%
9,792	9.8%
54,593	35.2%

2010
Number	Percent
37.6
101,292	25.1%
302,836	74.9%
61,484	15.2%

158,473
2.49

106,123	67.0%
80,447	75.8%
10,651	10.0%
52,350	33.0%

2000
Number	Percent
36.5
100,351	25.7%
289,404	74.3%
59,868	15.4%

153,852
2.46

105,653	68.7%
85,115	80.6%
9,593	9.1%
48,199	31.3%

1990
Number	Percent
35.2
91,160	25.7%
263,281	74.3%
61,559	17.4%

140,151
2.46

98,567	70.3%
83,582	84.8%
7,282	7.4%
41,584	29.7%

1980
Number	Percent
33.3
96,912	26.9%
262,706	73.1%
59,433	16.5%

138,097
2.54

100,578	72.8%
88,232	87.7%
5,775	5.7%
37,519	27.2%

2022 Housing Data for Joplin-Pittsburg, MO-KS-OK Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	8,254	5.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,073	5.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	8,007	5.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	8,011	5.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	8,264	5.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	8,074	5.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,818	5.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	7,902	5.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,169	4.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	13,466	8.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	16,479	10.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	20,280	13.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,473	8.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,614	4.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,631	4.3%
$200,000 or more	5,390	3.5%

Median Household Income	53,783
Per Capita Income	28,399

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	75

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	9,509	6.1%
Public Assistance	2,923	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	20,464	13.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	157,907	69.0%
Unemployed	7,239	3.2%
In Armed Forces	118	0.1%

Total Labor Force	165,264	72.2%
Not in Labor Force	63,538	27.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	68,171	52,192	56.6%
Non-Profit	4,758	11,589	29.1%
Self-Employed	12,571	5,976	67.8%

Local Government	5,212	7,934	39.6%
State Government	3,514	6,242	36.0%
Federal Government	1,445	1,475	49.5%

Total Private + Self	80,742	58,168	58.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	14,929	27,240	35.4%
Total	95,671	85,408	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	14.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	23,599	13.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	36,813	20.3%
Professional, Technical	35,628	19.6%
Service Occupations	30,928	17.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,914	1.1%
All others	54,629	30.1%

White Collar		52.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	31,242	252.7%
Health care and social assistance	26,829	217.0%
Retail trade	20,721	167.6%
Educational services	17,745	143.5%
Construction	11,828	95.7%
Accommodation and food services	11,391	92.1%
Other services	9,301	75.2%
Transportation and warehousing	8,094	65.5%
Public administration	6,318	51.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	6,018	48.7%
Finance and insurance	5,985	48.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	5,753	46.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	5,385	43.6%
Wholesale trade	4,344	35.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,672	29.7%
Information	2,209	17.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,909	15.4%
Utilities	1,843	14.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	651	5.3%
Management	359	2.9%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	16,043	4.01%
Puerto Rican	1,265	0.32%
Cuban	161	0.04%
Dominican	21	0.01%

Total Central American	6,163	1.54%
Costa Rican	76	0.02%
Guatemalan	4,829	1.21%
Honduran	337	0.08%
Nicaraguan	49	0.01%
Panamanian	60	0.01%
Salvadoran	812	0.20%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	401	0.10%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	17	0.00%
Chilean	45	0.01%
Colombian	148	0.04%
Ecuadorian	9	0.00%
Paraguayan	92	0.02%
Peruvian	26	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	38	0.01%
Other South American	26	0.01%

Other Hispanic	1,990	0.50%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	794	0.20%
Vietnamese	786	0.20%
Hmong	686	0.17%
Chinese	404	0.10%
Indian	250	0.06%
Thai	225	0.06%
Korean	159	0.04%
Japanese	98	0.02%
Taiwanese	77	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	353,906	94.3%
Spanish	12,938	3.4%
Other Asian	2,477	0.7%
German, other Germanic	2,447	0.7%
Other Indo-European	816	0.2%
Other	672	0.2%
Vietnamese	444	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	442	0.1%
Chinese	356	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	72,771	18.2%
Irish	46,395	11.6%
English	43,566	10.9%
American	38,032	9.5%
Italian	10,581	2.6%
French	7,816	2.0%
Scottish	7,290	1.8%
European	6,388	1.6%
Dutch	5,889	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	4,739	1.2%
Swedish	4,266	1.1%
Polish	3,771	0.9%
Welsh	2,664	0.7%
Norwegian	2,467	0.6%
Swiss	1,637	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	391,863	97.9%
Not a citizen	8,331	2.1%

Native	387,214	96.8%
Foreign-born	12,980	3.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
9,922	3.7%	19,523	7.4%	91,605	34.6%	85,385	32.2%	39,178	14.8%	19,173	7.2%
Average years of education: 13.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	9,922	3.7%
9-12 Years	19,523	7.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	91,605	34.6%
Some College	85,385	32.2%
Bach. Degree	39,178	14.8%
Grad Degree	19,173	7.2%
Average years of education: 13.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	168,696	158,551	10,145	6.0%
1991	169,435	159,183	10,252	6.1%
1992	172,452	161,618	10,834	6.3%
1993	175,071	164,212	10,859	6.2%
1994	178,337	168,548	9,789	5.5%
1995	183,815	174,608	9,207	5.0%
1996	187,530	178,004	9,526	5.1%
1997	193,407	184,418	8,989	4.6%
1998	193,134	184,543	8,591	4.4%
1999	193,497	186,434	7,063	3.7%

2000	196,755	189,100	7,655	3.9%
2001	196,724	187,294	9,430	4.8%
2002	195,011	184,362	10,649	5.5%
2003	197,744	186,565	11,179	5.7%
2004	199,056	187,752	11,304	5.7%
2005	199,102	188,800	10,302	5.2%
2006	202,743	193,652	9,091	4.5%
2007	205,108	195,470	9,638	4.7%
2008	204,392	193,631	10,761	5.3%
2009	205,457	188,989	16,468	8.0%

2010	196,787	179,551	17,236	8.8%
2011	195,590	179,820	15,770	8.1%
2012	193,803	180,525	13,278	6.9%
2013	192,826	180,452	12,374	6.4%
2014	191,609	180,896	10,713	5.6%
2015	191,614	182,220	9,394	4.9%
2016	191,263	182,319	8,944	4.7%
2017	188,480	181,150	7,330	3.9%
2018	187,279	181,054	6,225	3.3%
2019	187,355	180,964	6,391	3.4%

2020	185,981	175,594	10,387	5.6%
2021	185,741	179,279	6,462	3.5%
2022	186,472	181,568	4,904	2.6%
2023	187,880	182,171	5,709	3.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	178,576
Median Value	$126,173

Occupied	154,905	86.7%
Vacant	23,671	13.3%

Owned	105,207	67.9%
Rented	49,698	32.1%
Median Rent	$784

Single-Family Units	140,578	78.7%
Detached	137,835	77.2%
Attached	2,743	1.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	11,726	6.6%
Mobile Homes	16,555	9.3%

Joplin-Pittsburg, MO-KS-OK Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Joplin-Pittsburg, MO-KS-OK Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Joplin-Pittsburg, MO-KS-OK Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Joplin-Pittsburg, MO-KS-OK Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Joplin-Pittsburg, MO-KS-OK Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Joplin-Pittsburg, MO-KS-OK Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Joplin-Pittsburg, MO-KS-OK Market Area