2022 population: 98,275 ( 2,000 from 2010 , 754 from 2020)
Land area: 1431.8 square miles
Population density: 68.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	83,227	84.69%	0.4%
Black:	8,135	8.28%	1.2%
Indian:	320	0.33%	19.0%
Asian:	1,640	1.67%	71.9%
2+ races:	2,296	2.34%	56.1%
Hispanic:	2,657	2.70%	53.7%

Total non-White:	15,048	15.31%	18.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	2,428	12.4
Deaths:	2,911	14.9
Net Migration:	1,008	5.2
Net Immigration:	188	1.0

Change in White population:	-325	-0.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	2,325	2.4

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
96,275
83,552	86.78%
8,230	8.55%
269	0.28%
954	0.99%
1,471	1.53%
1,729	1.80%
12,723	13.22%

2000
90,312
80,608	89.26%
6,970	7.72%
343	0.38%
591	0.65%
904	1.00%
830	0.92%
9,704	10.74%

1990
82,878
75,324	90.89%
6,298	7.60%
167	0.20%
611	0.74%
n/a
478	0.58%
7,554	9.11%

1980
81,402
74,661	91.72%
5,968	7.33%
88	0.11%
171	0.21%
n/a
440	0.54%
6,741	8.28%

1970
70,185
65,058	92.70%
4,840	6.90%
40	0.06%
87	0.12%
n/a
126	0.18%
5,127	7.30%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
11,012	12.2
8,740	9.7
1,208	1.3
397	0.4

2,944	3.3
3,019	3.3

Number	Rate
1990's
11,004	13.3
8,912	10.8
4,190	5.1
231	0.3

5,284	6.4
2,150	2.6

Number	Rate
1980's
11,389	14.0
8,184	10.1
-1,391	-1.7
n/a

663	0.8
813	1.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
7,645	10.9
n/a

9,603	13.7
1,614	2.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro 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
38.2
20,840	21.2%
77,435	78.8%
17,280	17.6%

37,096
2.52

23,360	63.0%
18,844	80.7%
1,842	7.9%
13,736	37.0%

2010
Number	Percent
37.5
21,401	22.2%
74,874	77.8%
14,290	14.8%

38,024
2.41

24,971	65.7%
19,038	76.2%
2,573	10.3%
13,053	34.3%

2000
Number	Percent
35.9
21,697	24.0%
68,615	76.0%
12,805	14.2%

35,447
2.43

24,088	68.0%
19,506	81.0%
2,356	9.8%
11,359	32.0%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
20,525	24.8%
62,353	75.2%
12,244	14.8%

31,473
2.51

22,165	70.4%
18,496	83.4%
1,914	8.6%
9,308	29.6%

1980
Number	Percent
30.2
21,169	26.0%
60,233	74.0%
11,236	13.8%

29,411
2.64

21,506	73.1%
18,634	86.6%
1,339	6.2%
7,905	26.9%

2022 Housing Data for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,023	5.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,865	5.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,747	4.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,660	4.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,951	5.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,718	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,562	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,500	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,161	3.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	2,931	7.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	3,746	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,435	14.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	3,617	9.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,448	6.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,951	5.3%
$200,000 or more	1,781	4.8%

Median Household Income	62,615
Per Capita Income	31,306

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	82

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,927	5.2%
Public Assistance	733	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	4,262	11.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	43,704	72.6%
Unemployed	1,707	2.8%
In Armed Forces	40	0.1%

Total Labor Force	45,451	75.5%
Not in Labor Force	14,745	24.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	16,779	14,170	54.2%
Non-Profit	1,794	3,824	31.9%
Self-Employed	2,631	1,349	66.1%

Local Government	1,241	1,764	41.3%
State Government	1,467	2,178	40.2%
Federal Government	212	363	36.9%

Total Private + Self	19,410	15,519	55.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	4,714	8,129	36.7%
Total	24,124	23,648	50.5%

Pct. Govt.	15.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	6,362	13.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	10,907	22.8%
Professional, Technical	11,238	23.5%
Service Occupations	8,296	17.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	177	0.4%
All others	11,055	23.1%

White Collar		59.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	8,315	20.1%
Retail trade	6,132	14.8%
Educational services	5,409	13.1%
Manufacturing	4,902	11.9%
Accommodation and food services	3,909	9.5%
Construction	3,106	7.5%
Other services	2,681	6.5%
Finance and insurance	2,063	5.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,930	4.7%
Public administration	1,914	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	1,812	4.4%
Wholesale trade	1,449	3.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,312	3.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	662	1.6%
Information	613	1.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	596	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	555	1.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	249	0.6%
Utilities	227	0.5%
Management	22	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,596	1.63%
Puerto Rican	199	0.20%
Cuban	49	0.05%
Dominican	37	0.04%

Total Central American	176	0.18%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	87	0.09%
Honduran	36	0.04%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	16	0.02%
Salvadoran	37	0.04%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	135	0.14%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	65	0.07%
Ecuadorian	48	0.05%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	22	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	148	0.15%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	493	0.51%
Japanese	285	0.29%
Indian	266	0.27%
Vietnamese	81	0.08%
Filipino	78	0.08%
Laotian	33	0.03%
Burmese	20	0.02%
Thai	8	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	89,081	96.7%
Spanish	1,430	1.6%
Chinese	373	0.4%
Other Asian	320	0.3%
German, other Germanic	212	0.2%
Other Indo-European	212	0.2%
Arabic	143	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	138	0.1%
Korean	67	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	24,288	24.9%
American	9,771	10.0%
English	8,325	8.5%
Irish	7,928	8.1%
European	2,269	2.3%
Scottish	1,782	1.8%
Dutch	1,664	1.7%
Italian	1,541	1.6%
French	1,394	1.4%
Scotch-Irish	1,184	1.2%
Polish	813	0.8%
African	689	0.7%
Welsh	563	0.6%
Swedish	407	0.4%
Norwegian	364	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	96,448	98.8%
Not a citizen	1,174	1.2%

Native	95,493	97.8%
Foreign-born	2,129	2.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,878	2.9%	4,137	6.4%	21,736	33.9%	17,375	27.1%	12,102	18.9%	6,931	10.8%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,878	2.9%
9-12 Years	4,137	6.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	21,736	33.9%
Some College	17,375	27.1%
Bach. Degree	12,102	18.9%
Grad Degree	6,931	10.8%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	82,974	77,584	5,390	6.5%
1991	83,344	77,542	5,802	7.0%
1992	84,100	78,550	5,550	6.6%
1993	85,544	79,658	5,886	6.9%
1994	86,392	81,924	4,468	5.2%
1995	88,726	84,858	3,868	4.4%
1996	91,584	86,636	4,948	5.4%
1997	94,446	89,902	4,544	4.8%
1998	94,518	90,712	3,806	4.0%
1999	96,886	93,926	2,960	3.1%

2000	100,266	96,840	3,426	3.4%
2001	99,092	94,778	4,314	4.4%
2002	98,468	93,776	4,692	4.8%
2003	98,800	93,946	4,854	4.9%
2004	98,116	93,122	4,994	5.1%
2005	94,504	89,776	4,728	5.0%
2006	95,772	91,388	4,384	4.6%
2007	96,692	92,158	4,534	4.7%
2008	95,348	89,932	5,416	5.7%
2009	95,012	87,632	7,380	7.8%

2010	99,290	91,482	7,808	7.9%
2011	98,186	90,822	7,364	7.5%
2012	97,890	91,780	6,110	6.2%
2013	98,416	92,180	6,236	6.3%
2014	97,392	91,636	5,756	5.9%
2015	96,860	92,238	4,622	4.8%
2016	96,760	92,258	4,502	4.7%
2017	94,920	91,308	3,612	3.8%
2018	95,506	92,548	2,958	3.1%
2019	96,180	93,136	3,044	3.2%

2020	95,320	90,178	5,142	5.4%
2021	94,592	91,160	3,432	3.6%
2022	94,966	92,666	2,300	2.4%
2023	95,478	92,706	2,772	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	43,585
Median Value	$176,628

Occupied	37,096	85.1%
Vacant	6,489	14.9%

Owned	25,603	69.0%
Rented	11,493	31.0%
Median Rent	$828

Single-Family Units	32,367	74.3%
Detached	31,297	71.8%
Attached	1,070	2.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	4,924	11.3%
Mobile Homes	2,969	6.8%

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area