Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Buchanan County GEOCODE:29021 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 87,888 100.0% 83,083 100.0% -4,805 -5.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 75,199 85.6% 69,385 83.5% -5,814 -7.7 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,292 2.6% 2,439 2.9% 147 6.4 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 10,398 11.8% 10,567 12.7% 169 1.6 0.9 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 84,345 96.0% 79,215 95.3% -5,130 -6.1 -0.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,705 3.1% 2,678 3.2% -27 -1.0 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 121 0.1% 180 0.2% 59 48.8 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 243 0.3% 311 0.4% 68 28.0 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,845 2.1% 1,554 1.9% -291 -15.8 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 6,495 7.4% 5,949 7.2% -546 -8.4 -0.2 5-17.................. 17,369 19.8% 15,776 19.0% -1,593 -9.2 -0.8 18-24.................. 11,160 12.7% 7,809 9.4% -3,351 -30.0 -3.3 25-44.................. 21,495 24.5% 24,421 29.4% 2,926 13.6 4.9 45-64.................. 17,972 20.4% 15,519 18.7% -2,453 -13.6 -1.8 65 AND OVER............ 13,397 15.2% 13,609 16.4% 212 1.6 1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 23,864 27.2% 21,725 26.1% -2,139 -9.0 -1.0 40 AND OVER............ 35,749 40.7% 34,249 41.2% -1,500 -4.2 0.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.8 34.1 2.3 7.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,433 $23,019 -1,414 -5.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,291 $28,476 -1,815 -6.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,035 $11,193 158 1.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 9,654 11.3% 12,547 15.6% 2,893 30.0 4.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 32,802 100.0% 32,368 100.0% -434 -1.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 23,457 71.5% 22,410 69.2% -1,047 -4.5 -2.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 12,961 39.5% 12,319 38.1% -642 -5.0 -1.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 19,891 60.6% 17,854 55.2% -2,037 -10.2 -5.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 9,583 29.2% 8,129 25.1% -1,454 -15.2 -4.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,830 8.6% 3,661 11.3% 831 29.4 2.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,683 5.1% 2,267 7.0% 584 34.7 1.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 8,505 25.9% 8,953 27.7% 448 5.3 1.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -4.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 52,864 100.0% 53,549 100.0% 685 1.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 20,892 39.5% 19,657 36.7% -1,235 -5.9 -2.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,629 10.6% 7,234 13.5% 1,605 28.5 2.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 39,590 100.0% 39,080 100.0% -510 -1.3 FEMALE................ 17,184 43.4% 17,952 45.9% 768 4.5 2.5 EMPLOYED.............. 36,635 92.5% 35,952 92.0% -683 -1.9 -0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 7,233 18.3% 7,455 19.1% 222 3.1 0.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 5,368 13.6% 5,741 14.7% 373 6.9 1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 36,104 100.0% 35,652 100.0% -452 -1.3 OCCUPIED.............. 32,917 91.2% 32,486 91.1% -431 -1.3 -0.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 22,608 68.7% 22,081 68.0% -527 -2.3 -0.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $54,273 $47,989 -6,284 -11.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 10,309 31.3% 10,405 32.0% 96 0.9 0.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $287 $304 17 5.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 26,588 73.6% 26,079 73.1% -509 -1.9 -0.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,362 3.8% 1,888 5.3% 526 38.6 1.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1939.7 1952.0 12.3 0.6 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