Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fort Payne city GEOCODE:01-0655 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 11,485 100.0% 11,840 100.0% 355 3.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,110 88.0% 10,267 86.7% 157 1.6 -1.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 161 1.4% 146 1.2% -15 -9.3 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,860 94.6% 11,054 93.4% 194 1.8 -1.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 576 5.0% 573 4.8% -3 -0.5 -0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 15 0.1% 52 0.4% 37 246.7 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 90 0.8% 90 0.8 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 127 1.1% 71 0.6% -56 -44.1 -0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 885 7.7% 744 6.3% -141 -15.9 -1.4 5-17.................. 2,189 19.1% 2,243 18.9% 54 2.5 -0.1 18-24.................. 1,365 11.9% 1,063 9.0% -302 -22.1 -2.9 25-44.................. 2,969 25.9% 3,437 29.0% 468 15.8 3.2 45-64.................. 2,363 20.6% 2,467 20.8% 104 4.4 0.3 65 AND OVER............ 1,714 14.9% 1,886 15.9% 172 10.0 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,074 26.8% 2,987 25.2% -87 -2.8 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 4,692 40.9% 5,135 43.4% 443 9.4 2.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.2 35.2 3.1 9.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,884 $20,518 -366 -1.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,199 $26,243 44 0.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,321 $10,906 585 5.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,711 15.1% 1,641 14.1% -70 -4.1 -1.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,385 100.0% 4,763 100.0% 378 8.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,266 74.5% 3,436 72.1% 170 5.2 -2.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,852 42.2% 2,025 42.5% 173 9.3 0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,791 63.6% 2,795 58.7% 4 0.1 -5.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,359 31.0% 1,310 27.5% -49 -3.6 -3.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 444 10.1% 513 10.8% 69 15.5 0.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 242 5.5% 250 5.2% 8 3.3 -0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,054 24.0% 1,257 26.4% 203 19.3 2.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -4.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,046 100.0% 7,790 100.0% 744 10.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,147 30.5% 2,270 29.1% 123 5.7 -1.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 658 9.3% 841 10.8% 183 27.8 1.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,437 100.0% 5,769 100.0% 332 6.1 FEMALE................ 2,362 43.4% 2,811 48.7% 449 19.0 5.3 EMPLOYED.............. 5,164 95.0% 5,554 96.3% 390 7.6 1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 940 17.3% 966 16.7% 26 2.8 -0.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 469 8.6% 482 8.4% 13 2.8 -0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,638 100.0% 5,228 100.0% 590 12.7 OCCUPIED.............. 4,410 95.1% 4,776 91.4% 366 8.3 -3.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,104 70.4% 3,300 69.1% 196 6.3 -1.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $55,670 $52,318 -3,352 -6.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,306 29.6% 1,476 30.9% 170 13.0 1.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $273 $287 14 5.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,868 83.4% 3,950 75.6% 82 2.1 -7.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 308 6.6% 528 10.1% 220 71.4 3.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.7 1967.0 9.3 0.5 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