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Incidents of severe weather are not highly frequent but are not unknown, either, the most common being thunderstorms in the spring and summer months. On May 15, 1986, an F3 tornado struck the area, injuring several and destroying about 100 homes. The most recent incident of destructive weather, however, was a massive ice storm in January 2009 that inflicted extensive damage to trees and knocked out power to the city for several days.
Incidents of severe weather are not highly frequent but are not unknown, either, the most common being thunderstorms in the spring and summer months. On May 15, 1986, an F3 tornado struck the area, injuring several and destroying about 100 homes. The most recent incident of destructive weather, however, was a massive ice storm in January 2009 that inflicted extensive damage to trees and knocked out power to the city for several days.
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Sikeston had a total of 16,318 inhabitants, grouped into 6,749 households, with a population density of 942.1 people per square mile. This figure represented a slight decrease from the 2000 census, when Sikeston had a population of 16,992. 69.95% of the inhabitants were White, 26.2% were African-American, 0.15% were Native American, 0.85% were Asian, 0.04% were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.8% were from other races, and 2.01% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 2.32% of the population.
The median age in Sikeston was 38.5 years, with 25.1% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 8.6% between 18 and 24 years old, 24.1% between 25 and 44, 26.2% between 45 and 64, and 16% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 45.8% male, 54.2% female.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
According to the 2017 American Community Survey, the median household income in Sikeston was $38,911, and the median family income was $46,961. The unemployment rate was 6.9%. The per capita income was $23,105. About 22.1% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 32.8% of people under the age of 18 and 13.6% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
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