Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Phelps County GEOCODE:29161 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 33,633 100.0% 35,248 100.0% 1,615 4.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 26,638 79.2% 27,819 78.9% 1,181 4.4 -0.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,060 9.1% 2,649 7.5% -411 -13.4 -1.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 17,002 50.6% 17,902 50.8% 900 5.3 0.2 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 32,691 97.2% 33,757 95.8% 1,066 3.3 -1.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 333 1.0% 582 1.7% 249 74.8 0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 329 1.0% 644 1.8% 315 95.7 0.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 78 0.2% 145 0.4% 67 85.9 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 297 0.9% 356 1.0% 59 19.9 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,094 6.2% 2,299 6.5% 205 9.8 0.3 5-17.................. 6,475 19.3% 6,217 17.6% -258 -4.0 -1.6 18-24.................. 7,125 21.2% 5,389 15.3% -1,736 -24.4 -5.9 25-44.................. 7,830 23.3% 9,846 27.9% 2,016 25.7 4.7 45-64.................. 5,991 17.8% 6,645 18.9% 654 10.9 1.0 65 AND OVER............ 4,118 12.2% 4,852 13.8% 734 17.8 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,569 25.5% 8,516 24.2% -53 -0.6 -1.3 40 AND OVER............ 11,830 35.2% 13,658 38.7% 1,828 15.5 3.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.5 31.9 4.4 16.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,123 $20,885 -238 -1.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,857 $26,428 -1,429 -5.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,780 $10,531 751 7.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,848 15.9% 6,046 18.5% 1,198 24.7 2.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,529 100.0% 13,273 100.0% 1,744 15.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,466 73.4% 9,266 69.8% 800 9.4 -3.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,552 39.5% 5,173 39.0% 621 13.6 -0.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,426 64.4% 7,944 59.9% 518 7.0 -4.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,641 31.6% 3,684 27.8% 43 1.2 -3.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 861 7.5% 1,091 8.2% 230 26.7 0.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 508 4.4% 720 5.4% 212 41.7 1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,496 21.6% 3,421 25.8% 925 37.1 4.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -7.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 17,939 100.0% 21,343 100.0% 3,404 19.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,053 33.7% 7,021 32.9% 968 16.0 -0.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,679 14.9% 3,906 18.3% 1,227 45.8 3.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 13,926 100.0% 15,892 100.0% 1,966 14.1 FEMALE................ 5,821 41.8% 6,829 43.0% 1,008 17.3 1.2 EMPLOYED.............. 12,989 93.3% 14,793 93.1% 1,804 13.9 -0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,000 21.5% 3,732 23.5% 732 24.4 1.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,248 16.1% 2,171 13.7% -77 -3.4 -2.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 12,773 100.0% 14,715 100.0% 1,942 15.2 OCCUPIED.............. 11,509 90.1% 13,277 90.2% 1,768 15.4 0.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,915 68.8% 8,715 65.6% 800 10.1 -3.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $58,032 $53,260 -4,772 -8.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,594 31.2% 4,562 34.4% 968 26.9 3.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $300 $294 -6 -1.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 9,530 74.6% 10,261 69.7% 731 7.7 -4.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,343 10.5% 2,140 14.5% 797 59.3 4.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.7 1969.0 8.3 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