Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fairfield city GEOCODE:01-0590 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,040 100.0% 12,200 100.0% -840 -6.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,362 87.1% 10,509 86.1% -853 -7.5 -1.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 386 3.0% 347 2.8% -39 -10.1 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 6,078 46.6% 3,008 24.7% -3,070 -50.5 -22.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 6,894 52.9% 9,169 75.2% 2,275 33.0 22.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 46 0.4% 14 0.1% -32 -69.6 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 9 0.1% 9 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 79 0.6% 33 0.3% -46 -58.2 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 839 6.4% 825 6.8% -14 -1.7 0.3 5-17.................. 2,346 18.0% 2,437 20.0% 91 3.9 2.0 18-24.................. 1,708 13.1% 1,018 8.3% -690 -40.4 -4.8 25-44.................. 3,093 23.7% 3,657 30.0% 564 18.2 6.3 45-64.................. 2,997 23.0% 2,169 17.8% -828 -27.6 -5.2 65 AND OVER............ 2,057 15.8% 2,094 17.2% 37 1.8 1.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,185 24.4% 3,262 26.7% 77 2.4 2.3 40 AND OVER............ 5,620 43.1% 5,020 41.1% -600 -10.7 -2.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.1 34.8 1.7 5.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,095 $21,085 -3,010 -12.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,678 $26,521 -3,157 -10.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,731 $9,834 -897 -8.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,095 16.6% 2,429 20.5% 334 15.9 3.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,744 100.0% 4,562 100.0% -182 -3.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,546 74.7% 3,297 72.3% -249 -7.0 -2.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,707 36.0% 1,647 36.1% -60 -3.5 0.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,563 54.0% 2,056 45.1% -507 -19.8 -9.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,002 21.1% 980 21.5% -22 -2.2 0.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 873 18.4% 1,165 25.5% 292 33.4 7.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 434 9.1% 557 12.2% 123 28.3 3.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,119 23.6% 1,207 26.5% 88 7.9 2.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -2.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,147 100.0% 7,920 100.0% -227 -2.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,801 34.4% 2,145 27.1% -656 -23.4 -7.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 909 11.2% 1,355 17.1% 446 49.1 6.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,638 100.0% 5,498 100.0% -140 -2.5 FEMALE................ 2,735 48.5% 2,939 53.5% 204 7.5 4.9 EMPLOYED.............. 5,195 92.1% 5,027 91.4% -168 -3.2 -0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 899 15.9% 1,181 21.5% 282 31.4 5.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 756 13.4% 896 16.3% 140 18.5 2.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,999 100.0% 4,988 100.0% -11 -0.2 OCCUPIED.............. 4,743 94.9% 4,568 91.6% -175 -3.7 -3.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,040 64.1% 2,874 62.9% -166 -5.5 -1.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $61,357 $52,056 -9,301 -15.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,703 35.9% 1,694 37.1% -9 -0.5 1.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $290 $314 24 8.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,689 73.8% 3,719 74.6% 30 0.8 0.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 7 0.1% 7 0.1% 0 0.0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.9 1957.0 4.1 0.2 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