Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Lawrence County GEOCODE:29109 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 28,973 100.0% 30,236 100.0% 1,263 4.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 25,822 89.1% 26,061 86.2% 239 0.9 -2.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 501 1.7% 570 1.9% 69 13.8 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 17,414 60.1% 17,999 59.5% 585 3.4 -0.6 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 28,785 99.4% 29,808 98.6% 1,023 3.6 -0.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 0 0.0% 18 0.1% 18 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 46 0.2% 65 0.2% 19 41.3 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 133 0.5% 270 0.9% 137 103.0 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 127 0.4% 255 0.8% 128 100.8 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,115 7.3% 2,132 7.1% 17 0.8 -0.2 5-17.................. 6,215 21.5% 5,952 19.7% -263 -4.2 -1.8 18-24.................. 2,779 9.6% 2,482 8.2% -297 -10.7 -1.4 25-44.................. 6,778 23.4% 8,221 27.2% 1,443 21.3 3.8 45-64.................. 5,956 20.6% 6,056 20.0% 100 1.7 -0.5 65 AND OVER............ 5,130 17.7% 5,393 17.8% 263 5.1 0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,330 28.8% 8,084 26.7% -246 -3.0 -2.0 40 AND OVER............ 12,661 43.7% 13,397 44.3% 737 5.8 0.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 34.3 35.6 1.3 3.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,697 $20,643 946 4.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $23,823 $25,068 1,245 5.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,859 $9,672 813 9.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,242 14.9% 4,741 16.1% 499 11.8 1.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,755 100.0% 11,798 100.0% 1,043 9.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,258 76.8% 8,560 72.6% 302 3.7 -4.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,260 39.6% 4,998 42.4% 738 17.3 2.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,394 68.7% 7,326 62.1% -68 -0.9 -6.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,507 32.6% 3,263 27.7% -244 -7.0 -5.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 690 6.4% 927 7.9% 237 34.3 1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 381 3.5% 576 4.9% 195 51.2 1.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,418 22.5% 2,966 25.1% 548 22.7 2.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -5.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 17,864 100.0% 19,670 100.0% 1,806 10.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,180 40.2% 8,118 41.3% 938 13.1 1.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,439 8.1% 1,903 9.7% 464 32.2 1.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,100 100.0% 13,900 100.0% 1,800 14.9 FEMALE................ 5,011 41.4% 6,152 44.3% 1,141 22.8 2.8 EMPLOYED.............. 11,392 94.1% 13,157 94.7% 1,765 15.5 0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,669 13.8% 2,097 15.1% 428 25.6 1.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,484 12.3% 1,866 13.4% 382 25.7 1.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,722 100.0% 12,788 100.0% 1,066 9.1 OCCUPIED.............. 10,741 91.6% 11,724 91.7% 983 9.2 0.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,461 78.8% 8,722 74.4% 261 3.1 -4.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $49,204 $43,291 -5,913 -12.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,280 21.2% 3,002 25.6% 722 31.7 4.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $251 $267 16 6.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,184 86.9% 10,273 80.3% 89 0.9 -6.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 785 6.7% 1,437 11.2% 652 83.1 4.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1949.2 1962.0 12.8 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