Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Macon County GEOCODE:29121 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 16,313 100.0% 15,345 100.0% -968 -5.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 14,545 89.2% 13,072 85.2% -1,473 -10.1 -4.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 143 0.9% 331 2.2% 188 131.5 1.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 10,633 65.2% 9,774 63.7% -859 -8.1 -1.5 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,969 97.9% 14,940 97.4% -1,029 -6.4 -0.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 305 1.9% 337 2.2% 32 10.5 0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 26 0.2% 8 0.1% -18 -69.2 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 2 0.0% 60 0.4% 582900.0 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 58 0.4% 48 0.3% -10 -17.2 -0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,107 6.8% 888 5.8% -219 -19.8 -1.0 5-17.................. 3,225 19.8% 2,947 19.2% -278 -8.6 -0.6 18-24.................. 1,480 9.1% 1,119 7.3% -361 -24.4 -1.8 25-44.................. 3,720 22.8% 4,046 26.4% 326 8.8 3.6 45-64.................. 3,509 21.5% 3,063 20.0% -446 -12.7 -1.5 65 AND OVER............ 3,272 20.1% 3,282 21.4% 10 0.3 1.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,332 26.6% 3,835 25.0% -497 -11.5 -1.6 40 AND OVER............ 7,610 46.6% 7,346 47.9% -264 -3.5 1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 36.7 38.4 1.7 4.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,531 $20,271 -1,260 -5.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,240 $24,370 -1,870 -7.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,410 $9,976 -434 -4.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,077 12.8% 2,162 14.4% 85 4.1 1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,436 100.0% 6,150 100.0% -286 -4.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,846 75.3% 4,349 70.7% -497 -10.3 -4.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,394 37.2% 2,450 39.8% 56 2.3 2.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,356 67.7% 3,814 62.0% -542 -12.4 -5.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,975 30.7% 1,606 26.1% -369 -18.7 -4.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 346 5.4% 409 6.7% 63 18.2 1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 177 2.8% 266 4.3% 89 50.3 1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,557 24.2% 1,693 27.5% 136 8.7 3.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -2.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,501 100.0% 10,391 100.0% -110 -1.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,244 40.4% 4,507 43.4% 263 6.2 3.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 914 8.7% 1,193 11.5% 279 30.5 2.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,807 100.0% 6,916 100.0% 109 1.6 FEMALE................ 2,684 39.4% 3,181 46.0% 497 18.5 6.6 EMPLOYED.............. 6,412 94.2% 6,370 92.1% -42 -0.7 -2.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 988 14.5% 1,144 16.5% 156 15.8 2.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 852 12.5% 902 13.0% 50 5.9 0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,143 100.0% 6,955 100.0% -188 -2.6 OCCUPIED.............. 6,386 89.4% 6,160 88.6% -226 -3.5 -0.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,156 80.7% 4,714 76.5% -442 -8.6 -4.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $44,086 $36,809 -7,277 -16.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,230 19.3% 1,446 23.5% 216 17.6 4.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $241 $244 3 1.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,096 85.3% 5,662 81.4% -434 -7.1 -3.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 476 6.7% 642 9.2% 166 34.9 2.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1942.1 1961.0 18.9 1.0 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