Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Howard County GEOCODE:29089 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,008 100.0% 9,631 100.0% -377 -3.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 8,347 83.4% 7,793 80.9% -554 -6.6 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 640 6.4% 709 7.4% 69 10.8 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 7,042 70.4% 6,743 70.0% -299 -4.2 -0.4 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 9,155 91.5% 8,827 91.7% -328 -3.6 0.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 832 8.3% 698 7.2% -134 -16.1 -1.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 9 0.1% 38 0.4% 29 322.2 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 12 0.1% 34 0.4% 22 183.3 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 29 0.3% 67 0.7% 38 131.0 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 666 6.7% 607 6.3% -59 -8.9 -0.4 5-17.................. 1,927 19.3% 1,767 18.3% -160 -8.3 -0.9 18-24.................. 1,361 13.6% 1,104 11.5% -257 -18.9 -2.1 25-44.................. 2,162 21.6% 2,541 26.4% 379 17.5 4.8 45-64.................. 1,954 19.5% 1,787 18.6% -167 -8.5 -1.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,938 19.4% 1,825 18.9% -113 -5.8 -0.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,593 25.9% 2,374 24.6% -219 -8.4 -1.3 40 AND OVER............ 4,330 43.3% 4,187 43.5% -143 -3.3 0.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.2 35.1 2.0 6.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,539 $21,378 839 4.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,626 $26,488 -138 -0.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,872 $9,854 -18 -0.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,253 13.4% 1,272 14.1% 19 1.5 0.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,666 100.0% 3,588 100.0% -78 -2.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,692 73.4% 2,547 71.0% -145 -5.4 -2.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,477 40.3% 1,591 44.3% 114 7.7 4.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,314 63.1% 2,157 60.1% -157 -6.8 -3.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,046 28.5% 943 26.3% -103 -9.8 -2.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 279 7.6% 279 7.8% 0 0.0 0.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 178 4.9% 176 4.9% -2 -1.1 0.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 937 25.6% 964 26.9% 27 2.9 1.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -2.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,054 100.0% 6,153 100.0% 99 1.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,261 37.3% 2,319 37.7% 58 2.6 0.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 672 11.1% 1,036 16.8% 364 54.2 5.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,381 100.0% 4,551 100.0% 170 3.9 FEMALE................ 1,864 42.5% 2,088 45.9% 224 12.0 3.3 EMPLOYED.............. 4,220 96.3% 4,319 94.9% 99 2.3 -1.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 676 15.4% 868 19.1% 192 28.4 3.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 629 14.4% 696 15.3% 67 10.7 0.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,089 100.0% 4,025 100.0% -64 -1.6 OCCUPIED.............. 3,663 89.6% 3,571 88.7% -92 -2.5 -0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,783 76.0% 2,680 75.0% -103 -3.7 -0.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $44,377 $35,856 -8,521 -19.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 880 24.0% 891 25.0% 11 1.3 0.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $241 $263 22 9.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,311 81.0% 3,071 76.3% -240 -7.2 -4.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 282 6.9% 563 14.0% 281 99.6 7.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1940.8 1959.0 18.2 0.9 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