Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Benton County GEOCODE:29015 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,183 100.0% 13,859 100.0% 1,676 13.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,818 88.8% 11,864 85.6% 1,046 9.7 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 135 1.1% 211 1.5% 76 56.3 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 12,183 100.0% 13,859 100.0% 1,676 13.8 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,103 99.3% 13,733 99.1% 1,630 13.5 -0.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 12 0.1% 28 0.2% 16 133.3 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 49 0.4% 76 0.5% 27 55.1 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 21 0.2% 68 0.5% 47 223.8 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 693 5.7% 706 5.1% 13 1.9 -0.6 5-17.................. 2,276 18.7% 2,257 16.3% -19 -0.8 -2.4 18-24.................. 991 8.1% 883 6.4% -108 -10.9 -1.8 25-44.................. 2,480 20.4% 3,153 22.8% 673 27.1 2.4 45-64.................. 3,119 25.6% 3,720 26.8% 601 19.3 1.2 65 AND OVER............ 2,624 21.5% 3,140 22.7% 516 19.7 1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,969 24.4% 2,963 21.4% -6 -0.2 -3.0 40 AND OVER............ 6,357 52.2% 7,668 55.3% 1,311 20.6 3.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 42.2 44.6 2.4 5.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $17,627 $16,925 -702 -4.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $21,220 $19,946 -1,274 -6.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,712 $9,112 -600 -6.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,076 17.3% 2,748 20.2% 672 32.4 2.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,889 100.0% 5,725 100.0% 836 17.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,719 76.1% 4,149 72.5% 430 11.6 -3.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,555 31.8% 1,897 33.1% 342 22.0 1.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,425 70.1% 3,718 64.9% 293 8.6 -5.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,318 27.0% 1,231 21.5% -87 -6.6 -5.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 221 4.5% 332 5.8% 111 50.2 1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 117 2.4% 160 2.8% 43 36.8 0.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,126 23.0% 1,429 25.0% 303 26.9 1.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -3.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,223 100.0% 10,013 100.0% 1,790 21.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,910 35.4% 3,915 39.1% 1,005 34.5 3.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 518 6.3% 773 7.7% 255 49.2 1.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,544 100.0% 5,320 100.0% 776 17.1 FEMALE................ 1,780 39.2% 2,401 45.1% 621 34.9 6.0 EMPLOYED.............. 3,989 87.8% 4,831 90.8% 842 21.1 3.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 555 12.2% 727 13.7% 172 31.0 1.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 498 11.0% 896 16.8% 398 79.9 5.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,216 100.0% 10,280 100.0% 4,064 65.4 OCCUPIED.............. 4,847 78.0% 5,764 56.1% 917 18.9 -21.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,074 84.1% 4,693 81.4% 619 15.2 -2.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $45,691 $41,780 -3,910 -8.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 773 15.9% 1,071 18.6% 298 38.6 2.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $278 $262 -16 -5.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,405 87.0% 7,602 73.9% 2,197 40.6 -13.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 594 9.6% 2,167 21.1% 1,573 264.8 11.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.9 1970.0 9.1 0.5 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis