Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Dothan city GEOCODE:01-0500 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 48,750 100.0% 53,583 100.0% 4,833 9.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 43,833 89.9% 46,275 86.4% 2,442 5.6 -3.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 452 0.9% 868 1.6% 416 92.0 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 911 1.9% 0 0.0% -911-100.0 -1.9 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 35,886 73.6% 38,414 71.7% 2,528 7.0 -1.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 12,383 25.4% 14,653 27.3% 2,270 18.3 1.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 278 0.6% 375 0.7% 97 34.9 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 151 0.3% 102 0.2% -49 -32.5 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 471 1.0% 303 0.6% -168 -35.7 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,036 8.3% 3,945 7.4% -91 -2.3 -0.9 5-17.................. 10,909 22.4% 10,965 20.5% 56 0.5 -1.9 18-24.................. 5,715 11.7% 4,807 9.0% -908 -15.9 -2.8 25-44.................. 14,035 28.8% 17,024 31.8% 2,989 21.3 3.0 45-64.................. 9,330 19.1% 10,024 18.7% 694 7.4 -0.4 65 AND OVER............ 4,725 9.7% 6,818 12.7% 2,093 44.3 3.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 14,945 30.7% 14,910 27.8% -35 -0.2 -2.8 40 AND OVER............ 16,970 34.8% 20,855 38.9% 3,886 22.9 4.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.2 33.5 4.2 14.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,656 $25,790 134 0.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,682 $31,871 2,189 7.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,490 $13,047 1,557 13.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 7,771 16.1% 8,980 17.0% 1,209 15.6 1.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 17,373 100.0% 20,693 100.0% 3,320 19.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 13,386 77.1% 14,853 71.8% 1,467 11.0 -5.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 7,378 42.5% 8,421 40.7% 1,043 14.1 -1.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 10,834 62.4% 11,435 55.3% 601 5.5 -7.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,616 32.3% 5,356 25.9% -260 -4.6 -6.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,178 12.5% 2,940 14.2% 762 35.0 1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,290 7.4% 1,871 9.0% 581 45.0 1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,611 20.8% 5,335 25.8% 1,724 47.7 5.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.5 -0.2 -8.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 28,090 100.0% 33,866 100.0% 5,776 20.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,069 32.3% 8,773 25.9% -296 -3.3 -6.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,664 16.6% 6,521 19.3% 1,857 39.8 2.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 22,352 100.0% 26,299 100.0% 3,947 17.7 FEMALE................ 9,590 42.9% 12,488 47.5% 2,898 30.2 4.6 EMPLOYED.............. 21,254 95.1% 25,011 95.1% 3,757 17.7 0.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,334 23.9% 6,511 24.8% 1,177 22.1 0.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,493 11.2% 3,065 11.7% 572 22.9 0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 18,790 100.0% 22,179 100.0% 3,389 18.0 OCCUPIED.............. 17,376 92.5% 20,678 93.2% 3,302 19.0 0.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 11,110 63.9% 12,583 60.9% 1,473 13.3 -3.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $67,880 $70,173 2,294 3.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,266 36.1% 8,095 39.1% 1,829 29.2 3.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $320 $321 1 0.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 14,113 75.1% 15,641 70.5% 1,528 10.8 -4.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,081 5.8% 1,419 6.4% 338 31.3 0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.3 1971.0 6.7 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