Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Knox County GEOCODE:29103 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 5,508 100.0% 4,482 100.0% -1,026 -18.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 4,832 87.7% 3,777 84.3% -1,055 -21.8 -3.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 104 1.9% 115 2.6% 11 10.6 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 5,508 100.0% 4,482 100.0% -1,026 -18.6 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 5,494 99.7% 4,469 99.7% -1,025 -18.7 -0.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 0 0.0% 6 0.1% 6 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 6 0.1% 4 0.1% -2 -33.3 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 3 0.1% 3 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5 0.1% 6 0.1% 1 20.0 0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 349 6.3% 287 6.4% -62 -17.8 0.1 5-17.................. 1,143 20.8% 802 17.9% -341 -29.8 -2.9 18-24.................. 515 9.4% 277 6.2% -238 -46.2 -3.2 25-44.................. 1,183 21.5% 1,127 25.1% -56 -4.7 3.7 45-64.................. 1,164 21.1% 1,020 22.8% -144 -12.4 1.6 65 AND OVER............ 1,154 21.0% 969 21.6% -185 -16.0 0.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 1,492 27.1% 1,089 24.3% -403 -27.0 -2.8 40 AND OVER............ 2,603 47.2% 2,306 51.5% -297 -11.4 4.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 37.3 41.0 3.7 9.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,147 $17,293 -1,854 -9.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $23,803 $21,624 -2,179 -9.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,437 $9,048 -389 -4.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,246 22.9% 998 22.7% -248 -19.9 -0.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 2,123 100.0% 1,823 100.0% -300 -14.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 1,560 73.5% 1,279 70.2% -281 -18.0 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 731 34.4% 740 40.6% 9 1.2 6.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,403 66.1% 1,132 62.1% -271 -19.3 -4.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 642 30.2% 473 25.9% -169 -26.3 -4.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 95 4.5% 102 5.6% 7 7.4 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 49 2.3% 63 3.5% 14 28.6 1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 554 26.1% 512 28.1% -42 -7.6 2.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -5.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 3,501 100.0% 3,116 100.0% -385 -11.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,563 44.6% 1,458 46.8% -105 -6.7 2.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 281 8.0% 253 8.1% -28 -10.0 0.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 2,200 100.0% 2,017 100.0% -183 -8.3 FEMALE................ 810 36.8% 875 43.4% 65 8.0 6.6 EMPLOYED.............. 2,093 95.1% 1,915 94.9% -178 -8.5 -0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 234 10.6% 279 13.8% 45 19.2 3.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 240 10.9% 284 14.1% 44 18.3 3.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 2,491 100.0% 2,254 100.0% -237 -9.5 OCCUPIED.............. 2,080 83.5% 1,819 80.7% -261 -12.5 -2.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 1,662 79.9% 1,364 75.0% -298 -17.9 -4.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $40,157 $31,723 -8,434 -21.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 418 20.1% 455 25.0% 37 8.9 4.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $198 $230 32 16.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,119 85.1% 1,887 83.7% -232 -10.9 -1.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 208 8.4% 223 9.9% 15 7.2 1.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1937.7 1956.0 18.3 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