Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Counties AREA: El Paso County GEOCODE:48141 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 479,899 100.0% 591,610 100.0% 111,711 23.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 437,372 91.1% 539,150 91.1% 101,778 23.3 -0.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 12,468 2.6% 11,854 2.0% -614 -4.9 -0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 19,114 4.0% 14,805 2.5% -4,309 -22.5 -1.5 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 343,023 71.5% 453,269 76.6% 110,246 32.1 5.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 18,364 3.8% 21,984 3.7% 3,620 19.7 -0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 4,605 1.0% 6,789 1.1% 2,184 47.4 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,804 0.4% 2,453 0.4% 649 36.0 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 297,196 61.9% 411,248 69.5% 114,052 38.4 7.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 44,950 9.4% 52,730 8.9% 7,780 17.3 -0.5 5-17.................. 124,017 25.8% 139,279 23.5% 15,262 12.3 -2.3 18-24.................. 70,986 14.8% 71,602 12.1% 616 0.9 -2.7 25-44.................. 128,116 26.7% 182,970 30.9% 54,854 42.8 4.2 45-64.................. 80,227 16.7% 96,996 16.4% 16,769 20.9 -0.3 65 AND OVER............ 31,603 6.6% 48,033 8.1% 16,430 52.0 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 168,967 35.2% 192,009 32.5% 23,042 13.6 -2.8 40 AND OVER............ 137,270 28.6% 182,749 30.9% 45,480 33.1 2.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.0 28.1 3.1 12.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,915 $22,644 -1,271 -5.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,245 $24,057 -2,188 -8.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,063 $9,150 87 1.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 101,654 21.7% 155,298 26.8% 53,644 52.8 5.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 141,015 100.0% 178,514 100.0% 37,499 26.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 115,045 81.6% 144,088 80.7% 29,043 25.2 -0.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 58,281 41.3% 77,027 43.1% 18,746 32.2 1.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 93,393 66.2% 110,116 61.7% 16,723 17.9 -4.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 58,432 41.4% 64,777 36.3% 6,345 10.9 -5.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 18,309 13.0% 27,943 15.7% 9,634 52.6 2.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 11,989 8.5% 16,836 9.4% 4,847 40.4 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 22,700 16.1% 29,779 16.7% 7,079 31.2 0.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.3 3.2 -0.1 -2.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 239,946 100.0% 327,999 100.0% 88,053 36.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 69,833 29.1% 75,284 23.0% 5,451 7.8 -6.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 33,585 14.0% 49,982 15.2% 16,397 48.8 1.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 181,867 100.0% 242,746 100.0% 60,879 33.5 FEMALE................ 77,256 42.5% 109,313 45.0% 32,057 41.5 2.6 EMPLOYED.............. 167,344 92.0% 216,790 89.3% 49,446 29.5 -2.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 36,696 20.2% 53,411 22.0% 16,715 45.5 1.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 22,078 12.1% 32,177 13.3% 10,099 45.7 1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 147,771 100.0% 187,473 100.0% 39,702 26.9 OCCUPIED.............. 140,806 95.3% 178,366 95.1% 37,560 26.7 -0.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 83,684 59.4% 104,549 58.6% 20,865 24.9 -0.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $71,793 $67,274 -4,519 -6.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 57,122 40.6% 73,817 41.4% 16,695 29.2 0.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $308 $347 39 12.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 98,754 66.8% 122,843 65.5% 24,089 24.4 -1.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 5,078 3.4% 10,529 5.6% 5,451 107.3 2.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1963.4 1971.0 7.6 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