Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Counties AREA: Ross County GEOCODE:39141 OH ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 65,004 100.0% 69,330 100.0% 4,326 6.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 56,238 86.5% 56,612 81.7% 374 0.7 -4.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,149 4.8% 5,684 8.2% 2,535 80.5 3.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 41,584 64.0% 47,409 68.4% 5,825 14.0 4.4 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 61,280 94.3% 64,208 92.6% 2,928 4.8 -1.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,327 5.1% 4,512 6.5% 1,185 35.6 1.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 214 0.3% 368 0.5% 154 72.0 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 102 0.2% 148 0.2% 46 45.1 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 351 0.5% 401 0.6% 50 14.2 0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,666 7.2% 4,364 6.3% -302 -6.5 -0.9 5-17.................. 14,005 21.5% 13,123 18.9% -882 -6.3 -2.6 18-24.................. 7,446 11.5% 6,312 9.1% -1,134 -15.2 -2.4 25-44.................. 17,994 27.7% 23,318 33.6% 5,324 29.6 6.0 45-64.................. 13,641 21.0% 13,676 19.7% 35 0.3 -1.3 65 AND OVER............ 7,252 11.2% 8,537 12.3% 1,285 17.7 1.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 18,671 28.7% 17,487 25.2% -1,184 -6.3 -3.5 40 AND OVER............ 24,846 38.2% 27,506 39.7% 2,660 10.7 1.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.2 33.8 2.6 8.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,249 $24,286 -2,963 -10.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,461 $28,634 -2,827 -9.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,677 $10,758 81 0.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 7,210 11.7% 11,262 17.7% 4,052 56.2 6.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 21,992 100.0% 24,313 100.0% 2,321 10.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 17,009 77.3% 18,158 74.7% 1,149 6.8 -2.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,354 38.0% 9,052 37.2% 698 8.4 -0.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 14,690 66.8% 14,951 61.5% 261 1.8 -5.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 7,674 34.9% 7,089 29.2% -585 -7.6 -5.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,840 8.4% 2,619 10.8% 779 42.3 2.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,011 4.6% 1,637 6.7% 626 61.9 2.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,541 20.6% 5,457 22.4% 916 20.2 1.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -6.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 38,887 100.0% 45,531 100.0% 6,644 17.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 15,157 39.0% 17,938 39.4% 2,781 18.3 0.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,379 8.7% 4,207 9.2% 828 24.5 0.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 26,781 100.0% 28,885 100.0% 2,104 7.9 FEMALE................ 10,555 39.4% 12,400 42.9% 1,845 17.5 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 24,444 91.3% 26,080 90.3% 1,636 6.7 -1.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,375 16.3% 5,083 17.6% 708 16.2 1.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,535 13.2% 4,029 13.9% 494 14.0 0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 23,634 100.0% 26,173 100.0% 2,539 10.7 OCCUPIED.............. 22,042 93.3% 24,325 92.9% 2,283 10.4 -0.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 15,508 70.4% 17,154 70.5% 1,646 10.6 0.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $65,545 $54,222 -11,323 -17.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,534 29.6% 7,171 29.5% 637 9.7 -0.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $319 $317 -2 -0.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 18,161 76.8% 18,552 70.9% 391 2.2 -6.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 2,294 9.7% 4,193 16.0% 1,899 82.8 6.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.4 1959.0 8.6 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