Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report Missouri Counties AREA: Ray County GEOCODE:29177 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 21,378 100.0% 21,971 100.0% 593 2.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 19,607 91.7% 19,793 90.1% 186 0.9 -1.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 217 1.0% 224 1.0% 7 3.2 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 15,727 73.6% 16,062 73.1% 335 2.1 -0.5 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 20,865 97.6% 21,501 97.9% 636 3.0 0.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 315 1.5% 313 1.4% -2 -0.6 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 37 0.2% 33 0.2% -4 -10.8 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 153 0.7% 82 0.4% -71 -46.4 -0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 122 0.6% 100 0.5% -22 -18.0 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,561 7.3% 1,634 7.4% 73 4.7 0.1 5-17.................. 4,884 22.8% 4,650 21.2% -234 -4.8 -1.7 18-24.................. 2,111 9.9% 1,664 7.6% -447 -21.2 -2.3 25-44.................. 5,873 27.5% 6,477 29.5% 604 10.3 2.0 45-64.................. 4,101 19.2% 4,600 20.9% 499 12.2 1.8 65 AND OVER............ 2,848 13.3% 2,946 13.4% 98 3.4 0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,445 30.1% 6,284 28.6% -161 -2.5 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 8,370 39.2% 8,968 40.8% 598 7.1 1.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.3 34.1 1.8 5.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,548 $27,124 -1,424 -5.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,882 $31,384 -1,498 -4.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,403 $11,213 -190 -1.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,951 9.2% 2,262 10.4% 311 15.9 1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,592 100.0% 8,075 100.0% 483 6.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,112 80.5% 6,293 77.9% 181 3.0 -2.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,340 44.0% 3,531 43.7% 191 5.7 -0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,521 72.7% 5,605 69.4% 84 1.5 -3.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,888 38.0% 2,641 32.7% -247 -8.6 -5.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 431 5.7% 561 6.9% 130 30.2 1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 254 3.3% 379 4.7% 125 49.2 1.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,409 18.6% 1,633 20.2% 224 15.9 1.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.1 -3.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,822 100.0% 14,023 100.0% 1,201 9.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,689 44.4% 6,290 44.9% 601 10.6 0.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 959 7.5% 1,182 8.4% 223 23.3 0.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,277 100.0% 10,097 100.0% 820 8.8 FEMALE................ 3,649 39.3% 4,265 42.2% 616 16.9 2.9 EMPLOYED.............. 8,648 93.2% 9,328 92.4% 680 7.9 -0.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,293 13.9% 1,418 14.0% 125 9.7 0.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,100 11.9% 1,305 12.9% 205 18.6 1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,186 100.0% 8,611 100.0% 425 5.2 OCCUPIED.............. 7,512 91.8% 8,020 93.1% 508 6.8 1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,216 82.7% 6,337 79.0% 121 1.9 -3.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $56,240 $48,968 -7,272 -12.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,296 17.3% 1,683 21.0% 387 29.9 3.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $314 $331 17 5.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,293 89.1% 7,217 83.8% -76 -1.0 -5.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 398 4.9% 723 8.4% 325 81.7 3.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.0 1966.0 10.0 0.5 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