Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Christian County GEOCODE:29043 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 22,402 100.0% 32,644 100.0% 10,242 45.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 20,831 93.0% 29,759 91.2% 8,928 42.9 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 80 0.4% 387 1.2% 307 383.8 0.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 16,760 74.8% 23,694 72.6% 6,934 41.4 -2.2 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 22,228 99.2% 32,214 98.7% 9,986 44.9 -0.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 11 0.0% 60 0.2% 49 445.5 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 25 0.1% 67 0.2% 42 168.0 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 115 0.5% 267 0.8% 152 132.2 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 97 0.4% 356 1.1% 259 267.0 0.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,732 7.7% 2,430 7.4% 698 40.3 -0.3 5-17.................. 5,183 23.1% 6,981 21.4% 1,798 34.7 -1.8 18-24.................. 2,410 10.8% 2,715 8.3% 305 12.7 -2.4 25-44.................. 6,263 28.0% 10,835 33.2% 4,572 73.0 5.2 45-64.................. 4,183 18.7% 6,040 18.5% 1,857 44.4 -0.2 65 AND OVER............ 2,631 11.7% 3,643 11.2% 1,012 38.5 -0.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,915 30.9% 9,411 28.8% 2,496 36.1 -2.0 40 AND OVER............ 8,221 36.7% 12,068 37.0% 3,847 46.8 0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.9 32.7 1.8 5.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,156 $25,995 1,839 7.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,504 $28,855 1,351 4.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,026 $10,862 836 8.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,625 11.8% 3,264 10.1% 639 24.3 -1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,956 100.0% 11,864 100.0% 3,908 49.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,550 82.3% 9,580 80.7% 3,030 46.3 -1.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,407 42.8% 6,133 51.7% 2,726 80.0 8.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,927 74.5% 8,454 71.3% 2,527 42.6 -3.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,157 39.7% 4,160 35.1% 1,003 31.8 -4.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 493 6.2% 858 7.2% 365 74.0 1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 261 3.3% 589 5.0% 328 125.7 1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,332 16.7% 2,102 17.7% 770 57.8 1.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.1 -3.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 13,077 100.0% 20,518 100.0% 7,441 56.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,697 43.6% 8,260 40.3% 2,563 45.0 -3.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,048 8.0% 2,556 12.5% 1,508 143.9 4.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,900 100.0% 16,655 100.0% 6,755 68.2 FEMALE................ 3,987 40.3% 7,642 45.9% 3,655 91.7 5.6 EMPLOYED.............. 9,174 92.7% 15,889 95.4% 6,715 73.2 2.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,396 14.1% 2,774 16.7% 1,378 98.7 2.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 966 9.8% 1,990 11.9% 1,024 106.0 2.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,589 100.0% 12,812 100.0% 4,223 49.2 OCCUPIED.............. 7,979 92.9% 11,937 93.2% 3,958 49.6 0.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,548 82.1% 9,500 79.6% 2,952 45.1 -2.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $61,747 $63,852 2,104 3.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,431 17.9% 2,437 20.4% 1,006 70.3 2.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $289 $340 51 17.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,968 81.1% 9,915 77.4% 2,947 42.3 -3.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,120 13.0% 2,043 15.9% 923 82.4 2.9 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1965.2 1977.0 11.8 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