Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Cape Girardeau County is 4th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Cape Girardeau County is 11th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Cape Girardeau County is 11th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Cape Girardeau County is 12th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Cape Girardeau County is 12th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail sales

Cape Girardeau County is 13th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Cape Girardeau County is 14th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Female residents

Cape Girardeau County is 14th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Households

Cape Girardeau County is 14th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Cape Girardeau County is 14th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Cape Girardeau County	Rank	Missouri	US
Current population (2012)	76,950	15th	6,021,988	313,914,040
Size in square miles	578.5	59th	68,741.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	130.8	16th	87.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Cape Girardeau County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	69th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	94th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.9%	88th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cape Girardeau County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.1%	36th	86.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.7%	11th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cape Girardeau County	Rank	Missouri	US
Race - White	89.3%	101st	83.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.4%	14th	11.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	99th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	16th	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	93rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	46th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	37th	3.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.6%	93rd	80.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cape Girardeau County	Rank	Missouri	US
Female residents	51.7%	14th	51.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.0%	28th	3.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Cape Girardeau County	Rank	Missouri	US
Housing units	32,865	15th	2,723,415	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.2%	15th	19.6%	25.9%
Households	29,452	14th	2,354,104	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.0%	97th	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$137,100	16th	$138,900	$186,200
People per household	2.4	73rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	225	13th	12,297	829,658

Income Demographics
	Cape Girardeau County	Rank	Missouri	US
Income per capita	$23,445	24th	$25,371	$27,915
Income per household	$45,795	27th	$47,202	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.7%	78th	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Cape Girardeau County	Rank	Missouri	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,388	11th	147,274	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	36,978	12th	2,298,295	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,342	14th	501,064	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,353,015	12th	$76,575,216	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,626	4th	$12,957	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$145,859	14th	$11,070,634	$613,795,732