Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Counties AREA: Knox County GEOCODE:39083 OH ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 46,304 100.0% 47,473 100.0% 1,169 2.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 39,304 84.9% 39,350 82.9% 46 0.1 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,047 6.6% 3,121 6.6% 74 2.4 -0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 31,981 69.1% 32,913 69.3% 932 2.9 0.3 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 45,883 99.1% 46,702 98.4% 819 1.8 -0.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 246 0.5% 517 1.1% 271 110.2 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 79 0.2% 148 0.3% 69 87.3 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 65 0.1% 67 0.1% 2 3.1 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 125 0.3% 91 0.2% -34 -27.2 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,226 7.0% 3,015 6.4% -211 -6.5 -0.6 5-17.................. 9,402 20.3% 8,862 18.7% -540 -5.7 -1.6 18-24.................. 6,966 15.0% 5,604 11.8% -1,362 -19.6 -3.2 25-44.................. 11,783 25.4% 13,711 28.9% 1,928 16.4 3.4 45-64.................. 9,153 19.8% 9,287 19.6% 134 1.5 -0.2 65 AND OVER............ 5,774 12.5% 6,994 14.7% 1,220 21.1 2.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 12,628 27.3% 11,877 25.0% -751 -5.9 -2.3 40 AND OVER............ 17,509 37.8% 19,413 40.9% 1,904 10.9 3.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.1 34.1 4.1 13.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,284 $24,701 -583 -2.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,988 $29,105 117 0.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,175 $10,688 513 5.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,016 11.6% 5,512 12.5% 496 9.9 0.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 15,922 100.0% 17,223 100.0% 1,301 8.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 12,309 77.3% 12,831 74.5% 522 4.2 -2.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,421 40.3% 7,413 43.0% 992 15.4 2.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 10,937 68.7% 10,988 63.8% 51 0.5 -4.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,480 34.4% 4,963 28.8% -517 -9.4 -5.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,069 6.7% 1,454 8.4% 385 36.0 1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 654 4.1% 791 4.6% 137 20.9 0.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,332 20.9% 3,910 22.7% 578 17.3 1.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -5.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 26,710 100.0% 29,992 100.0% 3,282 12.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 12,267 45.9% 13,274 44.3% 1,007 8.2 -1.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,850 10.7% 3,844 12.8% 994 34.9 2.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 19,925 100.0% 22,447 100.0% 2,522 12.7 FEMALE................ 8,103 40.7% 10,087 44.9% 1,984 24.5 4.3 EMPLOYED.............. 18,560 93.1% 21,118 94.1% 2,558 13.8 0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,655 18.3% 4,407 19.6% 752 20.6 1.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,749 13.8% 3,605 16.1% 856 31.1 2.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 16,870 100.0% 18,508 100.0% 1,638 9.7 OCCUPIED.............. 15,899 94.2% 17,230 93.1% 1,331 8.4 -1.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 11,848 74.5% 12,440 72.2% 592 5.0 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $65,073 $55,065 -10,008 -15.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,051 25.5% 4,790 27.8% 739 18.2 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $301 $321 20 6.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 13,360 79.2% 14,406 77.8% 1,046 7.8 -1.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 927 5.5% 1,172 6.3% 245 26.4 0.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1944.0 1957.0 13.0 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