Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Pulaski County GEOCODE:29169 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 42,011 100.0% 41,307 100.0% -704 -1.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 28,187 67.1% 32,495 78.7% 4,308 15.3 11.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 11,580 27.6% 5,966 14.4% -5,614 -48.5 -13.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 17,870 42.5% 22,237 53.8% 4,367 24.4 11.3 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 35,027 83.4% 33,134 80.2% -1,893 -5.4 -3.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,702 11.2% 5,625 13.6% 923 19.6 2.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 944 2.2% 1,199 2.9% 255 27.0 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 431 1.0% 300 0.7% -131 -30.4 -0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,848 4.4% 1,970 4.8% 122 6.6 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,158 7.5% 3,663 8.9% 505 16.0 1.4 5-17.................. 8,330 19.8% 8,096 19.6% -234 -2.8 -0.2 18-24.................. 13,050 31.1% 7,205 17.4% -5,845 -44.8 -13.6 25-44.................. 10,350 24.6% 14,480 35.1% 4,130 39.9 10.4 45-64.................. 4,743 11.3% 5,108 12.4% 365 7.7 1.1 65 AND OVER............ 2,380 5.7% 2,755 6.7% 375 15.8 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,488 27.3% 11,759 28.5% 271 2.4 1.1 40 AND OVER............ 8,956 21.3% 10,197 24.7% 1,242 13.9 3.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 22.1 27.0 4.9 22.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,805 $21,559 754 3.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $23,114 $23,312 198 0.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,429 $9,159 730 8.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,620 15.2% 5,222 14.8% 602 13.0 -0.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,509 100.0% 12,604 100.0% 2,095 19.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,531 81.2% 10,138 80.4% 1,607 18.8 -0.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,609 43.9% 5,760 45.7% 1,151 25.0 1.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,606 72.4% 8,681 68.9% 1,075 14.1 -3.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,492 42.7% 5,333 42.3% 841 18.7 -0.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 736 7.0% 1,182 9.4% 446 60.6 2.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 529 5.0% 751 6.0% 222 42.0 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,778 16.9% 2,183 17.3% 405 22.8 0.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.8 -0.1 -3.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 17,473 100.0% 22,343 100.0% 4,870 27.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,889 45.1% 8,283 37.1% 394 5.0 -8.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,801 10.3% 2,852 12.8% 1,051 58.4 2.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,143 100.0% 12,727 100.0% 2,584 25.5 FEMALE................ 4,952 48.8% 6,776 53.2% 1,824 36.8 4.4 EMPLOYED.............. 9,003 88.8% 11,288 88.7% 2,285 25.4 -0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,589 15.7% 2,384 18.7% 795 50.0 3.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,092 20.6% 2,302 18.1% 210 10.0 -2.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,835 100.0% 13,838 100.0% 2,003 16.9 OCCUPIED.............. 10,525 88.9% 12,397 89.6% 1,872 17.8 0.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,709 54.2% 6,887 55.6% 1,178 20.6 1.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $47,666 $53,139 5,473 11.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,816 45.8% 5,510 44.4% 694 14.4 -1.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $331 $353 22 6.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,536 63.7% 9,014 65.1% 1,478 19.6 1.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,928 16.3% 2,796 20.2% 868 45.0 3.9 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.8 1969.0 6.2 0.3 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