Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Jackson County GEOCODE:29095 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 629,266 100.0% 633,232 100.0% 3,966 0.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 529,534 84.2% 520,252 82.2% -9,282 -1.8 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 9,544 1.5% 11,302 1.8% 1,758 18.4 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 22,618 3.6% 22,003 3.5% -615 -2.7 -0.1 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 489,589 77.8% 478,889 75.6% -10,700 -2.2 -2.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 125,412 19.9% 135,696 21.4% 10,284 8.2 1.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 4,473 0.7% 5,917 0.9% 1,444 32.3 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 2,959 0.5% 3,417 0.5% 458 15.5 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 16,205 2.6% 18,689 3.0% 2,484 15.3 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 45,884 7.3% 48,054 7.6% 2,170 4.7 0.3 5-17.................. 125,012 19.9% 112,779 17.8% -12,233 -9.8 -2.1 18-24.................. 81,264 12.9% 60,534 9.6% -20,730 -25.5 -3.4 25-44.................. 175,578 27.9% 209,785 33.1% 34,207 19.5 5.2 45-64.................. 125,978 20.0% 119,449 18.9% -6,529 -5.2 -1.2 65 AND OVER............ 75,550 12.0% 82,631 13.0% 7,081 9.4 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 170,896 27.2% 160,833 25.4% -10,063 -5.9 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 235,714 37.5% 245,000 38.7% 9,287 3.9 1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.5 33.2 2.7 8.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,843 $27,853 -990 -3.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,859 $34,300 -1,559 -4.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,998 $13,712 714 5.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 68,324 11.0% 81,142 13.0% 12,818 18.8 2.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 242,292 100.0% 252,202 100.0% 9,910 4.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 164,552 67.9% 165,847 65.8% 1,295 0.8 -2.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 94,417 39.0% 98,515 39.1% 4,098 4.3 0.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 132,039 54.5% 124,172 49.2% -7,867 -6.0 -5.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 63,354 26.1% 55,581 22.0% -7,773 -12.3 -4.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 26,672 11.0% 34,265 13.6% 7,593 28.5 2.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 16,644 6.9% 20,458 8.1% 3,814 22.9 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 67,764 28.0% 73,787 29.3% 6,023 8.9 1.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 377,106 100.0% 411,865 100.0% 34,759 9.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 144,540 38.3% 134,837 32.7% -9,703 -6.7 -5.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 59,179 15.7% 82,214 20.0% 23,035 38.9 4.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 314,888 100.0% 330,744 100.0% 15,856 5.0 FEMALE................ 142,478 45.2% 159,094 48.1% 16,616 11.7 2.9 EMPLOYED.............. 295,850 94.0% 309,069 93.4% 13,219 4.5 -0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 65,305 20.7% 78,255 23.7% 12,950 19.8 2.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 41,294 13.1% 43,033 13.0% 1,739 4.2 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 262,003 100.0% 280,729 100.0% 18,726 7.1 OCCUPIED.............. 242,085 92.4% 252,582 90.0% 10,497 4.3 -2.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 149,608 61.8% 154,865 61.3% 5,257 3.5 -0.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $66,218 $66,735 518 0.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 92,477 38.2% 97,717 38.7% 5,240 5.7 0.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $349 $402 53 15.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 175,691 67.1% 190,896 68.0% 15,205 8.7 0.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 2,667 1.0% 3,362 1.2% 695 26.1 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1953.8 1960.0 6.2 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