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People QuickFacts | Cape Girardeau | Missouri
Population, 2011 estimate | 38,402 | 6,008,984
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 37,941 | 5,988,924
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 1.2% | 0.3%
Population, 2010 | 37,941 | 5,988,927
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.1% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 19.3% | 23.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 14.7% | 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.6% | 51.0%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 81.1% | 82.8%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 12.8% | 11.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.9% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.4% | 2.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 2.8% | 3.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 80.2% | 81.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 72.5% | 83.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.1% | 3.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.3% | 6.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.4% | 86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 31.1% | 25.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,105 | 503,720
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 15 | 23.3
Housing units, 2010 | 16,760 | 2,712,729
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 55.0% | 69.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 31.2% | 19.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $130,900 | $138,900
Households, 2007-2011 | 14,923 | 2,354,104
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.31 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $22,140 | $25,371
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $39,837 | $47,202
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.0% | 14.3%
Business QuickFacts | Cape Girardeau | Missouri
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,682 | 501,064
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.5% | 26.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 2,605,444 | 110,907,604
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,625,483 | 81,032,913
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,018,238 | 76,575,216
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $27,476 | $12,957
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 119,675 | 11,070,634
Geography QuickFacts | Cape Girardeau | Missouri
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 28.43 | 68,741.52
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,334.6 | 87.1
FIPS Code | 11242 | 29
Counties | Cape Girardeau County  Scott County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts