Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Athens city GEOCODE:01-0095 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,558 100.0% 16,790 100.0% 2,232 15.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,840 88.2% 14,286 85.1% 1,446 11.3 -3.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 366 2.5% 474 2.8% 108 29.5 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,058 82.8% 13,653 81.3% 1,595 13.2 -1.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,450 16.8% 2,930 17.5% 480 19.6 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 24 0.2% 168 1.0% 144 600.0 0.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 21 0.1% 39 0.2% 18 85.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 29 0.2% 20 0.1% -9 -31.0 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 992 6.8% 1,078 6.4% 86 8.7 -0.4 5-17.................. 2,995 20.6% 2,897 17.3% -98 -3.3 -3.3 18-24.................. 1,793 12.3% 1,685 10.0% -108 -6.0 -2.3 25-44.................. 3,689 25.3% 4,974 29.6% 1,285 34.8 4.3 45-64.................. 3,065 21.1% 3,578 21.3% 513 16.7 0.3 65 AND OVER............ 2,024 13.9% 2,578 15.4% 554 27.4 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,987 27.4% 3,975 23.7% -12 -0.3 -3.7 40 AND OVER............ 5,910 40.6% 7,328 43.6% 1,419 24.0 3.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.5 35.2 2.7 8.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,108 $25,823 1,715 7.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,317 $33,243 2,926 9.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,926 $12,954 2,028 18.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,386 16.8% 2,349 14.4% -37 -1.6 -2.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,329 100.0% 6,704 100.0% 1,375 25.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,065 76.3% 4,786 71.4% 721 17.7 -4.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,152 40.4% 2,574 38.4% 422 19.6 -2.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,299 61.9% 3,760 56.1% 461 14.0 -5.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,621 30.4% 1,597 23.8% -24 -1.5 -6.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 642 12.0% 814 12.1% 172 26.8 0.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 262 4.9% 443 6.6% 181 69.1 1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,202 22.6% 1,840 27.4% 638 53.1 4.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.4 -0.2 -8.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,778 100.0% 11,130 100.0% 2,352 26.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,491 28.4% 2,845 25.6% 354 14.2 -2.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,328 15.1% 2,269 20.4% 941 70.9 5.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,352 100.0% 8,243 100.0% 1,891 29.8 FEMALE................ 2,681 42.2% 3,641 44.2% 960 35.8 2.0 EMPLOYED.............. 5,801 91.3% 7,745 94.0% 1,944 33.5 2.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,240 19.5% 2,264 27.5% 1,024 82.6 7.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 722 11.4% 844 10.2% 122 16.9 -1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,598 100.0% 7,273 100.0% 1,675 29.9 OCCUPIED.............. 5,287 94.4% 6,661 91.6% 1,374 26.0 -2.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,406 64.4% 4,198 63.0% 792 23.3 -1.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $60,278 $68,901 8,623 14.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,881 35.6% 2,463 37.0% 582 30.9 1.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $305 $316 11 3.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,420 79.0% 5,214 71.7% 794 18.0 -7.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 116 2.1% 251 3.5% 135 116.4 1.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.8 1967.0 7.2 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