Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Counties AREA: Lawrence County GEOCODE:39087 OH ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 63,849 100.0% 61,834 100.0% -2,015 -3.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 58,710 92.0% 55,602 89.9% -3,108 -5.3 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 517 0.8% 732 1.2% 215 41.6 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 30,537 47.8% 28,042 45.4% -2,495 -8.2 -2.5 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 62,120 97.3% 60,086 97.2% -2,034 -3.3 -0.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,470 2.3% 1,571 2.5% 101 6.9 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 65 0.1% 103 0.2% 38 58.5 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 165 0.3% 50 0.1% -115 -69.7 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 277 0.4% 109 0.2% -168 -60.6 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 5,015 7.9% 4,100 6.6% -915 -18.2 -1.2 5-17.................. 14,599 22.9% 12,583 20.3% -2,016 -13.8 -2.5 18-24.................. 7,149 11.2% 5,932 9.6% -1,217 -17.0 -1.6 25-44.................. 16,987 26.6% 17,922 29.0% 935 5.5 2.4 45-64.................. 13,089 20.5% 13,098 21.2% 9 0.1 0.7 65 AND OVER............ 7,010 11.0% 8,199 13.3% 1,189 17.0 2.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 19,614 30.7% 16,683 27.0% -2,931 -14.9 -3.7 40 AND OVER............ 23,815 37.3% 25,536 41.3% 1,721 7.2 4.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.6 34.2 3.5 11.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,572 $19,454 -6,118 -23.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,596 $23,603 -5,993 -20.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,865 $9,336 -529 -5.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 9,607 15.2% 14,361 23.5% 4,754 49.5 8.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 22,105 100.0% 22,955 100.0% 850 3.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 17,764 80.4% 17,768 77.4% 4 0.0 -3.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 7,209 32.6% 7,728 33.7% 519 7.2 1.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 15,348 69.4% 14,297 62.3% -1,051 -6.8 -7.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 8,190 37.1% 6,876 30.0% -1,314 -16.0 -7.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,971 8.9% 2,723 11.9% 752 38.2 2.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,084 4.9% 1,607 7.0% 523 48.2 2.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,121 18.6% 4,910 21.4% 789 19.1 2.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.7 -0.2 -7.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 37,086 100.0% 39,219 100.0% 2,133 5.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 15,515 41.8% 16,074 41.0% 559 3.6 -0.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,424 6.5% 3,235 8.2% 811 33.5 1.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 24,045 100.0% 24,997 100.0% 952 4.0 FEMALE................ 8,758 36.4% 10,751 43.0% 1,993 22.8 6.6 EMPLOYED.............. 21,415 89.1% 22,263 89.1% 848 4.0 0.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,516 14.6% 3,881 15.5% 365 10.4 0.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,878 12.0% 2,976 11.9% 98 3.4 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 23,396 100.0% 24,788 100.0% 1,392 5.9 OCCUPIED.............. 22,041 94.2% 22,899 92.4% 858 3.9 -1.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 16,242 73.7% 16,528 72.2% 286 1.8 -1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $61,731 $47,088 -14,643 -23.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,799 26.3% 6,371 27.8% 572 9.9 1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $320 $299 -21 -6.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 18,448 78.9% 18,570 74.9% 122 0.7 -3.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 2,092 8.9% 3,488 14.1% 1,396 66.7 5.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.0 1964.0 7.0 0.4 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