Cape Girardeau, MO Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school11,150100.0
Nursery school, preschool4864.4
Kindergarten3192.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,50831.5
High school (grades 9-12)1,57314.1
College or graduate school5,26447.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over21,571100.0
Less than 9th grade1,4106.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,55111.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)6,06128.1
Some college, no degree4,48120.8
Associate degree7583.5
Bachelor's degree4,18219.4
Graduate or professional degree2,1289.9
Percent high school graduate or higher81.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher29.3(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over29,360100.0
Never married9,55932.6
Now married, except separated14,02347.8
Separated4111.4
Widowed2,4468.3
Female
2,0737.1
Divorced2,9219.9
Female
1,7345.9
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years388100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren22056.7
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over28,015100.0
Civilian veterans3,65913.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years8,554100.0
With a disability8459.9
Population 21 to 64 years19,241100.0
With a disability3,13416.3
Percent employed
50.7(X)
No disability16,10783.7
Percent employed
81.3(X)
Population 65 years and over4,693100.0
With a disability1,75737.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over33,426100.0
Same house in 199515,35445.9
Different house in the U.S. in 199517,57352.6
Same county
8,78726.3
Different county
8,78626.3
Same state
4,97314.9
Different state
3,81311.4
Elsewhere in 19954991.5
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population35,319100.0
Native34,62098.0
Born in United States
34,41297.4
State of residence
24,26068.7
Different state
10,15228.7
Born outside United States
2080.6
Foreign born6992.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
3941.1
Naturalized citizen
2420.7
Not a citizen
4571.3
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)699100.0
Europe27339.1
Asia29341.9
Africa142.0
Oceania00.0
Latin America9613.7
Northern America233.3
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over33,426100.0
English only32,00895.8
Language other than English1,4184.2
Speak English less than 'very well
3861.2
Spanish
5531.7
Speak English less than "very well"
1510.5
Other Indo-European languages
6562.0
Speak English less than "very well"
1550.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1800.5
Speak English less than "very well"
770.2
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population35,319100.0

Total ancestries reported

32,54992.2
Arab50.0
Czech11450.4
Danish1330.4
Dutch7922.2
English2,8238.0
French (except Basque)11,2873.6
French Canadian1750.2
German9,92628.1
Greek740.2
Hungarian730.2
Irish13,77810.7
Italian7222.0
Lithuanian250.1
Norwegian1940.5
Polish4141.2
Portuguese130.0
Russian650.2
Scotch-Irish7062.0
Scottish5691.6
Slovak590.2
Subsaharan African1580.4
Swedish2390.7
Swiss1170.3
Ukrainian240.1
United States or American3,75110.6
Welsh2420.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)70.0
Other ancestries6,13317.4
(X) Not applicable.
1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.



Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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