Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Dent County GEOCODE:29065 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,517 100.0% 13,702 100.0% -815 -5.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,148 90.6% 11,961 87.3% -1,187 -9.0 -3.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 138 1.0% 207 1.5% 69 50.0 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 10,061 69.3% 9,216 67.3% -845 -8.4 -2.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 14,435 99.4% 13,571 99.0% -864 -6.0 -0.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 0 0.0% 20 0.1% 20 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 41 0.3% 6 0.0% -35 -85.4 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 23 0.2% 105 0.8% 82 356.5 0.6 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 76 0.5% 105 0.8% 29 38.2 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,070 7.4% 851 6.2% -219 -20.5 -1.2 5-17.................. 2,940 20.3% 2,775 20.3% -165 -5.6 0.0 18-24.................. 1,590 11.0% 1,006 7.3% -584 -36.7 -3.6 25-44.................. 3,473 23.9% 3,407 24.9% -66 -1.9 0.9 45-64.................. 3,018 20.8% 3,097 22.6% 79 2.6 1.8 65 AND OVER............ 2,426 16.7% 2,566 18.7% 140 5.8 2.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,010 27.6% 3,626 26.5% -384 -9.6 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 6,229 42.9% 6,460 47.1% 231 3.7 4.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.7 37.6 3.9 11.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,443 $16,594 -1,849 -10.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $21,437 $21,039 -398 -1.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,641 $9,033 392 4.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,899 20.2% 3,389 25.2% 490 16.9 5.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,406 100.0% 5,392 100.0% -14 -0.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,217 78.0% 4,015 74.5% -202 -4.8 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,990 36.8% 1,846 34.2% -144 -7.2 -2.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,768 69.7% 3,457 64.1% -311 -8.3 -5.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,839 34.0% 1,466 27.2% -373 -20.3 -6.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 316 5.8% 476 8.8% 160 50.6 3.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 154 2.8% 292 5.4% 138 89.6 2.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,149 21.3% 1,274 23.6% 125 10.9 2.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -5.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,917 100.0% 9,070 100.0% 153 1.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,790 31.3% 2,931 32.3% 141 5.1 1.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 596 6.7% 712 7.9% 116 19.5 1.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,647 100.0% 5,478 100.0% -169 -3.0 FEMALE................ 2,122 37.6% 2,435 44.5% 313 14.8 6.9 EMPLOYED.............. 5,281 93.5% 4,952 90.4% -329 -6.2 -3.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 759 13.4% 893 16.3% 134 17.7 2.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 784 13.9% 717 13.1% -67 -8.5 -0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,219 100.0% 6,115 100.0% -104 -1.7 OCCUPIED.............. 5,398 86.8% 5,327 87.1% -71 -1.3 0.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,095 75.9% 3,935 73.9% -160 -3.9 -2.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $49,397 $39,602 -9,796 -19.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,303 24.1% 1,392 26.1% 89 6.8 2.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $262 $258 -4 -1.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,116 82.3% 4,790 78.3% -326 -6.4 -3.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 596 9.6% 930 15.2% 334 56.0 5.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.5 1966.0 5.5 0.3 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