Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Counties AREA: Darke County GEOCODE:39037 OH ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 55,096 100.0% 53,619 100.0% -1,477 -2.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 50,058 90.9% 47,777 89.1% -2,281 -4.6 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 812 1.5% 943 1.8% 131 16.1 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 42,097 76.4% 40,756 76.0% -1,341 -3.2 -0.4 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 54,663 99.2% 52,908 98.7% -1,755 -3.2 -0.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 125 0.2% 291 0.5% 166 132.8 0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 99 0.2% 189 0.4% 90 90.9 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 69 0.1% 124 0.2% 55 79.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 313 0.6% 349 0.7% 36 11.5 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,551 8.3% 3,872 7.2% -679 -14.9 -1.0 5-17.................. 12,815 23.3% 10,997 20.5% -1,818 -14.2 -2.7 18-24.................. 6,078 11.0% 4,702 8.8% -1,376 -22.6 -2.3 25-44.................. 14,493 26.3% 15,693 29.3% 1,200 8.3 3.0 45-64.................. 10,306 18.7% 10,472 19.5% 166 1.6 0.8 65 AND OVER............ 6,853 12.4% 7,883 14.7% 1,030 15.0 2.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 17,366 31.5% 14,869 27.7% -2,497 -14.4 -3.8 40 AND OVER............ 20,295 36.8% 21,903 40.8% 1,608 7.9 4.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.8 33.9 4.1 13.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,728 $27,640 -88 -0.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,502 $31,730 228 0.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,766 $11,693 927 8.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,850 9.0% 4,723 9.0% -127 -2.6 0.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 18,880 100.0% 19,374 100.0% 494 2.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 15,027 79.6% 14,940 77.1% -87 -0.6 -2.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,299 44.0% 9,245 47.7% 946 11.4 3.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 13,434 71.2% 13,046 67.3% -388 -2.9 -3.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 7,297 38.6% 6,276 32.4% -1,021 -14.0 -6.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,246 6.6% 1,423 7.3% 177 14.2 0.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 675 3.6% 828 4.3% 153 22.7 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,563 18.9% 4,055 20.9% 492 13.8 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.7 -0.2 -5.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 31,652 100.0% 34,048 100.0% 2,396 7.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 15,214 48.1% 16,077 47.2% 863 5.7 -0.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,482 7.8% 2,991 8.8% 509 20.5 0.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 24,258 100.0% 26,185 100.0% 1,927 7.9 FEMALE................ 9,836 40.5% 11,605 44.3% 1,769 18.0 3.8 EMPLOYED.............. 22,302 91.9% 24,783 94.6% 2,481 11.1 2.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,252 13.4% 4,170 15.9% 918 28.2 2.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,528 10.4% 2,911 11.1% 383 15.2 0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 19,967 100.0% 20,338 100.0% 371 1.9 OCCUPIED.............. 18,864 94.5% 19,459 95.7% 595 3.2 1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 14,489 76.8% 14,865 76.4% 376 2.6 -0.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $65,006 $57,367 -7,639 -11.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,375 23.2% 4,594 23.6% 219 5.0 0.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $317 $327 10 3.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 16,816 84.2% 16,807 82.6% -9 -0.1 -1.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 746 3.7% 1,188 5.8% 442 59.2 2.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1944.1 1955.0 10.9 0.6 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