Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Alexander City city GEOCODE:01-0035 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,807 100.0% 14,917 100.0% 1,110 8.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,480 90.4% 12,907 86.5% 427 3.4 -3.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 218 1.6% 285 1.9% 67 30.7 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 9,969 72.2% 10,712 71.8% 743 7.5 -0.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,728 27.0% 4,147 27.8% 419 11.2 0.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 83 0.6% 58 0.4% -25 -30.1 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 22 0.2% 0 0.0% -22-100.0 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 44 0.3% 12 0.1% -32 -72.7 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,002 7.3% 1,076 7.2% 74 7.4 -0.0 5-17.................. 3,094 22.4% 2,834 19.0% -260 -8.4 -3.4 18-24.................. 1,497 10.8% 1,509 10.1% 12 0.8 -0.7 25-44.................. 3,336 24.2% 4,000 26.8% 664 19.9 2.7 45-64.................. 2,893 21.0% 2,949 19.8% 56 1.9 -1.2 65 AND OVER............ 1,985 14.4% 2,549 17.1% 564 28.4 2.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,096 29.7% 3,910 26.2% -186 -4.5 -3.5 40 AND OVER............ 5,604 40.6% 6,477 43.4% 874 15.6 2.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.2 35.0 2.8 8.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,013 $20,970 -1,043 -4.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,861 $27,771 1,910 7.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,009 $11,713 1,704 17.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,086 15.3% 2,492 17.1% 406 19.5 1.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,874 100.0% 5,719 100.0% 845 17.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,817 78.3% 4,111 71.9% 294 7.7 -6.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,261 46.4% 2,442 42.7% 181 8.0 -3.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,055 62.7% 3,039 53.1% -16 -0.5 -9.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,440 29.5% 1,386 24.2% -54 -3.8 -5.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 647 13.3% 920 16.1% 273 42.2 2.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 373 7.7% 444 7.8% 71 19.0 0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,018 20.9% 1,505 26.3% 487 47.8 5.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -8.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,214 100.0% 9,498 100.0% 1,284 15.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,337 28.5% 2,635 27.7% 298 12.8 -0.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 912 11.1% 1,350 14.2% 438 48.0 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,380 100.0% 7,054 100.0% 674 10.6 FEMALE................ 2,995 46.9% 3,701 52.5% 706 23.6 5.5 EMPLOYED.............. 5,923 92.8% 6,718 95.2% 795 13.4 2.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 882 13.8% 1,238 17.6% 356 40.4 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 636 10.0% 826 11.7% 190 29.9 1.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,131 100.0% 6,170 100.0% 1,039 20.2 OCCUPIED.............. 4,856 94.6% 5,745 93.1% 889 18.3 -1.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,115 64.1% 3,725 64.8% 610 19.6 0.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $55,182 $56,947 1,765 3.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,741 35.9% 2,020 35.2% 279 16.0 -0.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $239 $263 24 9.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,003 78.0% 4,570 74.1% 567 14.2 -3.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 344 6.7% 551 8.9% 207 60.2 2.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.5 1966.0 7.5 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