Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Pettis County GEOCODE:29159 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 36,378 100.0% 35,437 100.0% -941 -2.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 31,975 87.9% 30,254 85.4% -1,721 -5.4 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 477 1.3% 356 1.0% -121 -25.4 -0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 15,332 42.1% 15,566 43.9% 234 1.5 1.8 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 34,669 95.3% 33,936 95.8% -733 -2.1 0.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,395 3.8% 1,202 3.4% -193 -13.8 -0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 139 0.4% 144 0.4% 5 3.6 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 134 0.4% 130 0.4% -4 -3.0 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 211 0.6% 179 0.5% -32 -15.2 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,628 7.2% 2,536 7.2% -92 -3.5 -0.1 5-17.................. 7,206 19.8% 6,701 18.9% -505 -7.0 -0.9 18-24.................. 4,318 11.9% 3,054 8.6% -1,264 -29.3 -3.3 25-44.................. 8,782 24.1% 10,277 29.0% 1,495 17.0 4.9 45-64.................. 7,579 20.8% 7,091 20.0% -488 -6.4 -0.8 65 AND OVER............ 5,865 16.1% 5,778 16.3% -87 -1.5 0.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,834 27.0% 9,237 26.1% -597 -6.1 -1.0 40 AND OVER............ 15,336 42.2% 15,034 42.4% -302 -2.0 0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.0 34.7 1.6 5.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,885 $22,101 -784 -3.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,052 $27,156 -896 -3.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,923 $11,010 87 0.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,267 11.9% 4,846 13.8% 579 13.6 1.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 13,892 100.0% 14,122 100.0% 230 1.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,293 74.1% 9,976 70.6% -317 -3.1 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,627 40.5% 5,967 42.3% 340 6.0 1.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,924 64.2% 8,521 60.3% -403 -4.5 -3.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,150 29.9% 3,755 26.6% -395 -9.5 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,044 7.5% 1,161 8.2% 117 11.2 0.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 629 4.5% 741 5.2% 112 17.8 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,358 24.2% 3,662 25.9% 304 9.1 1.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 22,226 100.0% 23,146 100.0% 920 4.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,608 38.7% 8,081 34.9% -527 -6.1 -3.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,080 9.4% 2,894 12.5% 814 39.1 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 16,232 100.0% 17,164 100.0% 932 5.7 FEMALE................ 6,924 42.7% 7,926 46.2% 1,002 14.5 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 15,164 93.4% 15,835 92.3% 671 4.4 -1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,589 15.9% 3,144 18.3% 555 21.4 2.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,045 12.6% 2,165 12.6% 120 5.9 0.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 15,224 100.0% 15,443 100.0% 219 1.4 OCCUPIED.............. 13,839 90.9% 14,056 91.0% 217 1.6 0.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 10,472 75.7% 10,465 74.5% -7 -0.1 -1.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $50,979 $45,530 -5,449 -10.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,367 24.3% 3,591 25.5% 224 6.7 1.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $306 $319 13 4.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 12,447 81.8% 12,367 80.1% -80 -0.6 -1.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 839 5.5% 1,011 6.5% 172 20.5 1.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.0 1958.0 8.0 0.4 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