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NewsMay 23, 2019

Poverty by the Numbers in Cape Girardeau County 20.5%: Percent of children, ages 0 to 17, living in poverty in 2016 56%: Percent of black children living in poverty in 2016 15.2%: Percent of adults and children living in poverty 11,371: Number of adults and children living in poverty...

Poverty by the Numbers in Cape Girardeau County

20.5%: Percent of children, ages 0 to 17, living in poverty in 2016

56%: Percent of black children living in poverty in 2016

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15.2%: Percent of adults and children living in poverty

11,371: Number of adults and children living in poverty

Source: Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center Community Health Assessment

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