Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Carter County GEOCODE:29035 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 5,428 100.0% 5,515 100.0% 87 1.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 4,907 90.4% 4,797 87.0% -110 -2.2 -3.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 54 1.0% 58 1.1% 4 7.4 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 5,428 100.0% 5,515 100.0% 87 1.6 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 5,374 99.0% 5,453 98.9% 79 1.5 -0.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 0 0.0% 5 0.1% 5 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 33 0.6% 51 0.9% 18 54.5 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 36 0.7% 85 1.5% 49 136.1 0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 426 7.8% 391 7.1% -35 -8.2 -0.8 5-17.................. 1,225 22.6% 1,155 20.9% -70 -5.7 -1.6 18-24.................. 524 9.7% 425 7.7% -99 -18.9 -1.9 25-44.................. 1,361 25.1% 1,464 26.5% 103 7.6 1.5 45-64.................. 1,077 19.8% 1,207 21.9% 130 12.1 2.0 65 AND OVER............ 815 15.0% 873 15.8% 58 7.1 0.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 1,651 30.4% 1,546 28.0% -105 -6.4 -2.4 40 AND OVER............ 2,196 40.4% 2,475 44.9% 280 12.7 4.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.9 35.8 3.9 12.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $16,094 $15,357 -737 -4.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $18,843 $18,905 62 0.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $7,312 $7,470 158 2.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,309 24.4% 1,504 27.6% 195 14.9 3.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 1,923 100.0% 2,100 100.0% 177 9.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 1,474 76.7% 1,493 71.1% 19 1.3 -5.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 649 33.7% 750 35.7% 101 15.6 2.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,335 69.4% 1,245 59.3% -90 -6.7 -10.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 716 37.2% 593 28.2% -123 -17.2 -9.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 106 5.5% 180 8.6% 74 69.8 3.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 60 3.1% 110 5.2% 50 83.3 2.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 441 22.9% 561 26.7% 120 27.2 3.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -7.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 3,253 100.0% 3,544 100.0% 291 8.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 978 30.1% 1,094 30.9% 116 11.9 0.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 234 7.2% 313 8.8% 79 33.8 1.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 1,922 100.0% 2,111 100.0% 189 9.8 FEMALE................ 744 38.7% 890 42.2% 146 19.6 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 1,624 84.5% 1,917 90.8% 293 18.0 6.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 267 13.9% 350 16.6% 83 31.1 2.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 216 11.2% 220 10.4% 4 1.9 -0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 2,215 100.0% 2,693 100.0% 478 21.6 OCCUPIED.............. 1,962 88.6% 2,128 79.0% 166 8.5 -9.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 1,523 77.6% 1,570 73.8% 47 3.1 -3.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $34,817 $35,157 339 1.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 439 22.4% 558 26.2% 119 27.1 3.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $217 $241 24 10.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 1,873 84.6% 2,047 76.0% 174 9.3 -8.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 242 10.9% 471 17.5% 229 94.6 6.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.0 1970.0 11.0 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