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The city lies on the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, near the eastern end of Hickory Ridge, an extension of nearby Crowley's Ridge. It has a total area of 0.39 square miles, and an average elevation of 341 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city lies on the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, near the eastern end of Hickory Ridge, an extension of nearby Crowley's Ridge. It has a total area of 0.39 square miles, and an average elevation of 341 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Delta had a total of 438 inhabitants, grouped into 179 households, with a population density of 1,123.1 people per square mile. This figure represented a significant decrease from the 2000 census, when Delta had a population of 517. 96.12% of the inhabitants were White, and 3.88% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 0.46% of the population.
The median age in Delta was 43.5 years, with 23.7% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 6.5% between 18 and 24 years old, 21.7% between 25 and 44, 32.0% between 45 and 64, and 16.2% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 48.9% male, 51.1% female.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
According to the 2017 American Community Survey, Delta had a median household income of $41,389, and a median family income of $45,469. The unemployment rate was 7.7%. The per capita income was $17,674. About 12.3% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 25.0% of people under the age of 18 and 7.5% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
==Education==
The city and most of southwestern Cape Girardeau County are served by the Delta R-V School District, a K-12 public institution with an enrollment of about 250 students.<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/advance/delta-r_v-school-district/schools/?st%5B%5D=public_charter&st%5B%5D=public&st%5B%5D=charter</ref> Its mascot is the Bobcats, and the school colors are blue and white.
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