Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Decatur city GEOCODE:01-0480 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 42,002 100.0% 48,796 100.0% 6,794 16.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 37,620 89.6% 41,936 85.9% 4,316 11.5 -3.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 544 1.3% 914 1.9% 370 68.0 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 35,314 84.1% 40,502 83.0% 5,188 14.7 -1.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 6,495 15.5% 7,904 16.2% 1,409 21.7 0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 97 0.2% 197 0.4% 100 103.1 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 66 0.2% 119 0.2% 53 80.3 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 313 0.7% 343 0.7% 30 9.6 -0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,122 7.4% 3,415 7.0% 293 9.4 -0.4 5-17.................. 9,208 21.9% 9,076 18.6% -132 -1.4 -3.3 18-24.................. 5,121 12.2% 4,455 9.1% -666 -13.0 -3.1 25-44.................. 11,940 28.4% 15,806 32.4% 3,866 32.4 4.0 45-64.................. 8,423 20.1% 10,101 20.7% 1,678 19.9 0.6 65 AND OVER............ 4,188 10.0% 5,943 12.2% 1,755 41.9 2.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 12,330 29.4% 12,491 25.6% 161 1.3 -3.8 40 AND OVER............ 15,204 36.2% 19,642 40.3% 4,438 29.2 4.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.4 33.8 3.3 11.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,265 $30,005 740 2.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,666 $36,154 488 1.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,088 $14,374 2,286 18.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,490 13.3% 6,078 12.7% 588 10.7 -0.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 15,227 100.0% 19,096 100.0% 3,869 25.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 11,693 76.8% 13,687 71.7% 1,994 17.1 -5.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,384 41.9% 7,849 41.1% 1,465 22.9 -0.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 9,820 64.5% 11,091 58.1% 1,271 12.9 -6.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,168 33.9% 5,194 27.2% 26 0.5 -6.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,596 10.5% 2,077 10.9% 481 30.1 0.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 969 6.4% 1,175 6.2% 206 21.3 -0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,297 21.7% 4,982 26.1% 1,685 51.1 4.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -7.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 24,551 100.0% 31,850 100.0% 7,299 29.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,282 33.7% 8,695 27.3% 413 5.0 -6.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,308 17.5% 6,542 20.5% 2,234 51.9 3.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 19,561 100.0% 24,193 100.0% 4,632 23.7 FEMALE................ 8,088 41.3% 10,815 44.7% 2,727 33.7 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 17,978 91.9% 22,815 94.3% 4,837 26.9 2.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,580 23.4% 6,456 26.7% 1,876 41.0 3.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,060 10.5% 2,796 11.6% 736 35.7 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 16,235 100.0% 20,648 100.0% 4,413 27.2 OCCUPIED.............. 15,183 93.5% 19,152 92.8% 3,969 26.1 -0.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 9,974 65.7% 11,831 61.8% 1,857 18.6 -3.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $75,254 $75,229 -25 -0.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,209 34.3% 7,321 38.2% 2,112 40.5 3.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $325 $351 26 8.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 12,623 77.8% 14,509 70.3% 1,886 14.9 -7.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 127 0.8% 163 0.8% 36 28.3 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.2 1969.0 6.8 0.3 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