Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Howell County GEOCODE:29091 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 28,807 100.0% 31,447 100.0% 2,640 9.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 25,955 90.1% 27,324 86.9% 1,369 5.3 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 281 1.0% 568 1.8% 287 102.1 0.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 21,066 73.1% 22,534 71.7% 1,468 7.0 -1.5 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 28,554 99.1% 31,111 98.9% 2,557 9.0 -0.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 51 0.2% 14 0.0% -37 -72.5 -0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 14 0.0% 20 0.1% 6 42.9 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 166 0.6% 282 0.9% 116 69.9 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 126 0.4% 158 0.5% 32 25.4 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,003 7.0% 2,128 6.8% 125 6.2 -0.2 5-17.................. 6,067 21.1% 6,119 19.5% 52 0.9 -1.6 18-24.................. 2,887 10.0% 2,606 8.3% -281 -9.7 -1.7 25-44.................. 7,030 24.4% 8,517 27.1% 1,487 21.2 2.7 45-64.................. 6,222 21.6% 6,598 21.0% 376 6.0 -0.6 65 AND OVER............ 4,598 16.0% 5,479 17.4% 881 19.2 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,070 28.0% 8,247 26.2% 177 2.2 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 12,436 43.2% 14,133 44.9% 1,697 13.6 1.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 34.1 36.4 2.3 6.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $16,670 $16,564 -106 -0.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $19,854 $20,154 300 1.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $7,961 $8,776 815 10.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,064 21.3% 7,826 25.4% 1,762 29.1 4.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,695 100.0% 12,436 100.0% 1,741 16.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,266 77.3% 9,217 74.1% 951 11.5 -3.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,773 35.3% 4,676 37.6% 903 23.9 2.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,396 69.2% 7,912 63.6% 516 7.0 -5.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,515 32.9% 3,444 27.7% -71 -2.0 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 714 6.7% 961 7.7% 247 34.6 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 402 3.8% 642 5.2% 240 59.7 1.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,314 21.6% 3,002 24.1% 688 29.7 2.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -6.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 17,850 100.0% 20,594 100.0% 2,744 15.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,251 35.0% 7,181 34.9% 930 14.9 -0.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,357 7.6% 1,795 8.7% 438 32.3 1.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,445 100.0% 13,672 100.0% 2,227 19.5 FEMALE................ 4,613 40.3% 6,107 44.7% 1,494 32.4 4.4 EMPLOYED.............. 10,507 91.8% 12,712 93.0% 2,205 21.0 1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,598 14.0% 1,913 14.0% 315 19.7 0.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,307 11.4% 1,847 13.5% 540 41.3 2.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,827 100.0% 13,326 100.0% 1,499 12.7 OCCUPIED.............. 10,759 91.0% 12,283 92.2% 1,524 14.2 1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,348 77.6% 9,059 73.8% 711 8.5 -3.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $48,700 $42,011 -6,689 -13.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,411 22.4% 3,224 26.2% 813 33.7 3.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $239 $243 4 1.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 9,802 82.9% 10,245 76.9% 443 4.5 -6.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 918 7.8% 1,844 13.8% 926 100.9 6.1 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