| ECONOMY | Poplar Bluff | Blytheville | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.80% | 9.30% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 3.90% | 1.14% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 40.00% | 32.98% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.48% | 9.25% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.00% | 7.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $15,967 | $19,285 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $26,427 | $34,111 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 28.74% | 23.35% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 19.13% | 13.20% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 15.05% | 14.52% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 15.44% | 15.27% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 12.05% | 15.65% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 4.35% | 7.79% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 3.74% | 7.54% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.16% | 1.89% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.29% | 0.74% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.03% | 0.06% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 9.08% | 10.40% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 19.07% | 13.84% | 20.61% |
| Service | 19.04% | 12.73% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 24.40% | 27.66% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.47% | 2.00% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 7.03% | 6.55% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 20.90% | 26.83% | 14.05% |
