Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Newton County GEOCODE:29145 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 40,555 100.0% 44,445 100.0% 3,890 9.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 36,583 90.2% 39,193 88.2% 2,610 7.1 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 379 0.9% 689 1.6% 310 81.8 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 26,459 65.2% 29,253 65.8% 2,794 10.6 0.6 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 39,821 98.2% 42,959 96.7% 3,138 7.9 -1.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 176 0.4% 156 0.4% -20 -11.4 -0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 72 0.2% 274 0.6% 202 280.6 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 412 1.0% 980 2.2% 568 137.9 1.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 206 0.5% 331 0.7% 125 60.7 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,747 6.8% 3,204 7.2% 457 16.6 0.4 5-17.................. 8,963 22.1% 8,653 19.5% -310 -3.5 -2.6 18-24.................. 4,417 10.9% 4,071 9.2% -346 -7.8 -1.7 25-44.................. 10,406 25.7% 12,997 29.2% 2,591 24.9 3.6 45-64.................. 8,464 20.9% 9,083 20.4% 619 7.3 -0.4 65 AND OVER............ 5,558 13.7% 6,437 14.5% 879 15.8 0.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,710 28.9% 11,857 26.7% 147 1.3 -2.2 40 AND OVER............ 16,449 40.6% 18,583 41.8% 2,135 13.0 1.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.4 34.6 2.1 6.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,398 $22,263 865 4.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,229 $26,574 1,345 5.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,678 $11,136 1,458 15.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,786 14.4% 6,130 14.0% 344 5.9 -0.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 14,949 100.0% 16,957 100.0% 2,008 13.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 11,666 78.0% 12,841 75.7% 1,175 10.1 -2.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,855 39.2% 7,566 44.6% 1,711 29.2 5.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 10,483 70.1% 11,180 65.9% 697 6.6 -4.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,170 34.6% 5,240 30.9% 70 1.4 -3.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 956 6.4% 1,273 7.5% 317 33.2 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 584 3.9% 665 3.9% 81 13.9 0.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,059 20.5% 3,753 22.1% 694 22.7 1.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -4.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 24,428 100.0% 28,517 100.0% 4,089 16.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,791 40.1% 9,828 34.5% 37 0.4 -5.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,328 9.5% 3,448 12.1% 1,120 48.1 2.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 17,346 100.0% 21,706 100.0% 4,360 25.1 FEMALE................ 7,024 40.5% 9,566 44.1% 2,542 36.2 3.6 EMPLOYED.............. 16,364 94.3% 20,419 94.1% 4,055 24.8 -0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,751 15.9% 3,983 18.3% 1,232 44.8 2.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,814 10.5% 2,351 10.8% 537 29.6 0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 15,988 100.0% 18,384 100.0% 2,396 15.0 OCCUPIED.............. 14,876 93.0% 16,886 91.9% 2,010 13.5 -1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 11,685 78.5% 12,982 76.9% 1,297 11.1 -1.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $56,738 $53,557 -3,181 -5.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,191 21.5% 3,904 23.1% 713 22.3 1.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $255 $292 37 14.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 13,388 83.7% 14,545 79.1% 1,157 8.6 -4.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,407 8.8% 2,633 14.3% 1,226 87.1 5.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.7 1968.0 13.3 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