Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Lafayette County GEOCODE:29107 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 29,925 100.0% 31,107 100.0% 1,182 3.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 26,160 87.4% 26,763 86.0% 603 2.3 -1.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 969 3.2% 948 3.0% -21 -2.2 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 17,179 57.4% 17,859 57.4% 680 4.0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 28,839 96.4% 30,052 96.6% 1,213 4.2 0.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 856 2.9% 896 2.9% 40 4.7 0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 94 0.3% 20 0.1% -74 -78.7 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 110 0.4% 87 0.3% -23 -20.9 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 99 0.3% 140 0.5% 41 41.4 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,001 6.7% 2,162 7.0% 161 8.0 0.3 5-17.................. 6,237 20.8% 6,042 19.4% -195 -3.1 -1.4 18-24.................. 3,128 10.5% 2,688 8.6% -440 -14.1 -1.8 25-44.................. 7,405 24.7% 8,722 28.0% 1,317 17.8 3.3 45-64.................. 6,182 20.7% 6,351 20.4% 169 2.7 -0.2 65 AND OVER............ 4,972 16.6% 5,142 16.5% 170 3.4 -0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,238 27.5% 8,204 26.4% -34 -0.4 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 12,875 43.0% 13,488 43.4% 614 4.8 0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 34.0 35.4 1.3 3.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,710 $24,669 -2,041 -7.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,235 $29,600 -2,635 -8.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,203 $11,470 267 2.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,034 10.5% 3,697 12.2% 663 21.9 1.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,957 100.0% 11,878 100.0% 921 8.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,320 75.9% 8,736 73.5% 416 5.0 -2.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,780 43.6% 5,357 45.1% 577 12.1 1.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,477 68.2% 7,546 63.5% 69 0.9 -4.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,587 32.7% 3,500 29.5% -87 -2.4 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 656 6.0% 932 7.8% 276 42.1 1.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 372 3.4% 518 4.4% 146 39.2 1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,539 23.2% 2,947 24.8% 408 16.1 1.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 18,559 100.0% 20,215 100.0% 1,656 8.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,609 41.0% 8,465 41.9% 856 11.2 0.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,748 9.4% 2,321 11.5% 573 32.8 2.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 13,676 100.0% 14,750 100.0% 1,074 7.9 FEMALE................ 5,490 40.1% 6,512 44.1% 1,022 18.6 4.0 EMPLOYED.............. 12,886 94.2% 13,851 93.9% 965 7.5 -0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,036 14.9% 2,395 16.2% 359 17.6 1.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,775 13.0% 2,094 14.2% 319 18.0 1.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,825 100.0% 12,820 100.0% 995 8.4 OCCUPIED.............. 10,926 92.4% 11,732 91.5% 806 7.4 -0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,320 76.1% 8,697 74.1% 377 4.5 -2.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $55,105 $48,753 -6,352 -11.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,606 23.9% 3,035 25.9% 429 16.5 2.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $284 $307 23 8.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 9,526 80.6% 9,642 75.2% 116 1.2 -5.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,071 9.1% 1,616 12.6% 545 50.9 3.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1951.9 1965.0 13.1 0.7 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