County / FIPS 29031
Cape Girardeau County
Missouri
Cape Girardeau County runs 27 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 3 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 2 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
27
Hospitals
3
With a star rating
2
Land area
579
Cape Girardeau County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
82,735
Median household income
$68,464
Poverty rate
13.9%
Unemployment rate
2.3%
Median home value
$220,700
Median gross rent
$881
Bachelor's degree or higher
33.1%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Cape Girardeau County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$554.3M
Per resident
$6,784
Change since FY2021
−8%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $601M |
| 2022 | $410M |
| 2023 | $478M |
| 2024 | $499M |
| 2025 | $554M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Cape Girardeau County ranks 823rd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Cape Girardeau County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | |
| Saint Francis Medical Center | Cape Girardeau | |
| Southeast Behavioral Hospital | Cape Girardeau | Not rated |
Public schools in Cape Girardeau County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Schrader Elem. | Cape Girardeau 63 | Cape Girardeau | 351 |
| Blanchard Elem. | Cape Girardeau 63 | Cape Girardeau | 296 |
| Central High | Cape Girardeau 63 | Cape Girardeau | 1,341 |
| Central Jr. High | Cape Girardeau 63 | Cape Girardeau | 618 |
| Central Middle | Cape Girardeau 63 | Cape Girardeau | 604 |
| Clippard Elem. | Cape Girardeau 63 | Cape Girardeau | 470 |
| Delta Elem. | Delta R-V | Delta | 105 |
| Delta High | Delta R-V | Delta | 119 |
| East Elementary | Jackson R-Ii | Jackson | 717 |
| Franklin Elem. | Cape Girardeau 63 | Cape Girardeau | 217 |
| Gordonville Attendance Ctr | Jackson R-Ii | Jackson | 54 |
| Jackson Middle | Jackson R-Ii | Jackson | 815 |
| Jackson Sr. High | Jackson R-Ii | Jackson | 1,764 |
| Jefferson Elem. | Cape Girardeau 63 | Cape Girardeau | 483 |
| Nell Holcomb Elem. | Nell Holcomb R-Iv | Cape Girardeau | 244 |
| North Elem. | Jackson R-Ii | Jackson | 265 |
| Oak Ridge Elem. | Oak Ridge R-Vi | Oak Ridge | 167 |
| Oak Ridge High | Oak Ridge R-Vi | Oak Ridge | 193 |
| Orchard Drive Elem. | Jackson R-Ii | Jackson | 388 |
| Russell Hawkins Jr. High | Jackson R-Ii | Jackson | 872 |
| South Elem. | Jackson R-Ii | Jackson | 409 |
| West Lane Elem. | Jackson R-Ii | Jackson | 385 |
| Girardot Center for Youth | Division of Youth Service | Cape Girardeau | 18 |
| Millersville Attendance Ctr. | Jackson R-Ii | Millersville | 44 |
| Parkview School | Mo Schls for the Sev Disabled | Cape Girardeau | 28 |
| Cape Girardeau Car Tech Ctr. | Cape Girardeau 63 | Cape Girardeau | — |
| Echo Day Treatment Ctr. | Division of Youth Service | Cape Girardeau | — |