Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Mercer County GEOCODE:29129 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 4,685 100.0% 3,723 100.0% -962 -20.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 4,075 87.0% 3,131 84.1% -944 -23.2 -2.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 60 1.3% 56 1.5% -4 -6.7 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 4,685 100.0% 3,723 100.0% -962 -20.5 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 4,682 99.9% 3,723 100.0% -959 -20.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2 0.0% 0 0.0% -2-100.0 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1 0.0% 0 0.0% -1-100.0 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 10 0.2% 4 0.1% -6 -60.0 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 269 5.7% 182 4.9% -87 -32.3 -0.9 5-17.................. 795 17.0% 662 17.8% -133 -16.7 0.8 18-24.................. 458 9.8% 193 5.2% -265 -57.9 -4.6 25-44.................. 921 19.7% 902 24.2% -19 -2.1 4.6 45-64.................. 1,151 24.6% 828 22.2% -323 -28.1 -2.3 65 AND OVER............ 1,091 23.3% 956 25.7% -135 -12.4 2.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 1,064 22.7% 844 22.7% -220 -20.7 -0.0 40 AND OVER............ 2,445 52.2% 1,966 52.8% -479 -19.6 0.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 42.5 42.9 0.3 0.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $16,834 $16,629 -205 -1.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $21,271 $20,542 -729 -3.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,818 $9,132 314 3.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 932 20.1% 673 18.3% -259 -27.8 -1.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 1,907 100.0% 1,578 100.0% -329 -17.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 1,385 72.6% 1,081 68.5% -304 -21.9 -4.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 688 36.1% 544 34.5% -144 -20.9 -1.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,269 66.5% 986 62.5% -283 -22.3 -4.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 479 25.1% 362 22.9% -117 -24.4 -2.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 73 3.8% 57 3.6% -16 -21.9 -0.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 31 1.6% 36 2.3% 5 16.1 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 500 26.2% 470 29.8% -30 -6.0 3.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -4.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 3,163 100.0% 2,686 100.0% -477 -15.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,389 43.9% 1,239 46.1% -150 -10.8 2.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 242 7.7% 220 8.2% -22 -9.1 0.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 1,945 100.0% 1,504 100.0% -441 -22.7 FEMALE................ 754 38.8% 606 40.3% -148 -19.6 1.5 EMPLOYED.............. 1,826 93.9% 1,364 90.7% -462 -25.3 -3.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 225 11.6% 214 14.2% -11 -4.9 2.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 228 11.7% 219 14.6% -9 -3.9 2.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 2,454 100.0% 2,225 100.0% -229 -9.3 OCCUPIED.............. 1,910 77.8% 1,577 70.9% -333 -17.4 -7.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 1,485 77.7% 1,182 75.0% -303 -20.4 -2.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $36,772 $25,348 -11,424 -31.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 425 22.3% 395 25.0% -30 -7.1 2.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $224 $195 -29 -12.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,087 85.0% 1,768 79.5% -319 -15.3 -5.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 237 9.7% 328 14.7% 91 38.4 5.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1939.0 1962.0 23.0 1.2 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