Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Counties AREA: Athens County GEOCODE:39009 OH ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 56,399 100.0% 59,549 100.0% 3,150 5.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 39,827 70.6% 39,124 65.7% -703 -1.8 -4.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 7,954 14.1% 8,528 14.3% 574 7.2 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 32,092 56.9% 31,074 52.2% -1,018 -3.2 -4.7 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 53,719 95.2% 56,200 94.4% 2,481 4.6 -0.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,644 2.9% 1,717 2.9% 73 4.4 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 684 1.2% 1,319 2.2% 635 92.8 1.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 134 0.2% 170 0.3% 36 26.9 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 528 0.9% 469 0.8% -59 -11.2 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,600 6.4% 3,153 5.3% -447 -12.4 -1.1 5-17.................. 9,596 17.0% 8,975 15.1% -621 -6.5 -1.9 18-24.................. 15,528 27.5% 17,242 29.0% 1,714 11.0 1.4 25-44.................. 13,762 24.4% 15,673 26.3% 1,911 13.9 1.9 45-64.................. 8,507 15.1% 8,658 14.5% 151 1.8 -0.5 65 AND OVER............ 5,406 9.6% 5,848 9.8% 442 8.2 0.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 13,196 23.4% 12,128 20.4% -1,068 -8.1 -3.0 40 AND OVER............ 16,496 29.2% 17,930 30.1% 1,434 8.7 0.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 24.6 25.5 0.8 3.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,221 $19,169 -1,052 -5.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,035 $25,702 -333 -1.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,695 $9,170 475 5.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 10,440 21.6% 14,624 28.7% 4,184 40.1 7.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 18,383 100.0% 20,237 100.0% 1,854 10.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 12,327 67.1% 12,629 62.4% 302 2.4 -4.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,890 32.0% 6,848 33.8% 958 16.3 1.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 10,469 56.9% 10,198 50.4% -271 -2.6 -6.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,489 29.9% 5,095 25.2% -394 -7.2 -4.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,466 8.0% 1,889 9.3% 423 28.9 1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 833 4.5% 1,163 5.7% 330 39.6 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,484 24.4% 5,191 25.7% 707 15.8 1.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -4.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 27,675 100.0% 30,179 100.0% 2,504 9.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,888 35.7% 9,638 31.9% -250 -2.5 -3.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,629 20.3% 7,065 23.4% 1,436 25.5 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 22,039 100.0% 26,177 100.0% 4,138 18.8 FEMALE................ 9,495 43.1% 12,162 46.5% 2,667 28.1 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 20,038 90.9% 23,672 90.4% 3,634 18.1 -0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,386 24.4% 6,961 26.6% 1,575 29.2 2.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,579 16.2% 4,187 16.0% 608 17.0 -0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 19,759 100.0% 21,737 100.0% 1,978 10.0 OCCUPIED.............. 18,356 92.9% 20,139 92.6% 1,783 9.7 -0.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 11,907 64.9% 12,478 62.0% 571 4.8 -2.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $57,165 $52,775 -4,389 -7.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,449 35.1% 7,661 38.0% 1,212 18.8 2.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $328 $355 27 8.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 13,412 67.9% 13,283 61.1% -129 -1.0 -6.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 2,297 11.6% 3,775 17.4% 1,478 64.3 5.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1948.8 1963.0 14.2 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