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People QuickFacts | Cape Girardeau | Missouri
Population, 2012 estimate | 38,544 | 6,024,522
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 37,943 | 5,988,923
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.6% | 0.6%
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 alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 81.1% | 82.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 12.8% | 11.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.9% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 2.4% | 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 2.8% | 3.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 80.2% | 81.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 73.6% | 83.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 3.6% | 3.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 5.3% | 6.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 86.8% | 87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 31.6% | 25.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,931 | 494,876
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 13.8 | 23.2
Housing units, 2010 | 16,760 | 2,712,729
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 56.5% | 69.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 31.6% | 19.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $128,300 | $138,400
Households, 2008-2012 | 14,854 | 2,358,270
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.33 | 2.46
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $22,308 | $25,546
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $39,565 | $47,333
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 23.5% | 15.0%
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