Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Gadsden city GEOCODE:01-0685 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 47,565 100.0% 42,523 100.0% -5,042 -10.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 41,561 87.4% 35,460 83.4% -6,101 -14.7 -4.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 745 1.6% 822 1.9% 77 10.3 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 35,636 74.9% 29,983 70.5% -5,653 -15.9 -4.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 11,668 24.5% 11,936 28.1% 268 2.3 3.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 107 0.2% 351 0.8% 244 228.0 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 102 0.2% 90 0.2% -12 -11.8 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 203 0.4% 237 0.6% 34 16.7 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,108 6.5% 2,680 6.3% -428 -13.8 -0.2 5-17.................. 9,305 19.6% 7,148 16.8% -2,157 -23.2 -2.8 18-24.................. 5,531 11.6% 4,085 9.6% -1,446 -26.1 -2.0 25-44.................. 10,761 22.6% 11,293 26.6% 532 4.9 3.9 45-64.................. 11,265 23.7% 8,679 20.4% -2,586 -23.0 -3.3 65 AND OVER............ 7,595 16.0% 8,638 20.3% 1,043 13.7 4.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 12,413 26.1% 9,828 23.1% -2,585 -20.8 -3.0 40 AND OVER............ 21,004 44.2% 19,866 46.7% -1,138 -5.4 2.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 34.0 37.5 3.5 10.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,960 $19,187 -773 -3.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,385 $23,707 -2,678 -10.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,769 $10,772 3 0.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,606 18.4% 8,502 20.4% -104 -1.2 2.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 18,187 100.0% 17,387 100.0% -800 -4.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 13,305 73.2% 11,700 67.3% -1,605 -12.1 -5.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,928 32.6% 5,248 30.2% -680 -11.5 -2.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 10,491 57.7% 8,514 49.0% -1,977 -18.8 -8.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,385 24.1% 3,259 18.7% -1,126 -25.7 -5.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,442 13.4% 2,608 15.0% 166 6.8 1.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,269 7.0% 1,344 7.7% 75 5.9 0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,622 25.4% 5,302 30.5% 680 14.7 5.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -6.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 29,621 100.0% 28,610 100.0% -1,011 -3.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,068 30.6% 7,948 27.8% -1,120 -12.4 -2.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,060 10.3% 3,061 10.7% 1 0.0 0.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 19,494 100.0% 17,369 100.0% -2,125 -10.9 FEMALE................ 8,589 44.1% 8,248 47.5% -341 -4.0 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 17,763 91.1% 15,914 91.6% -1,849 -10.4 0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,298 16.9% 3,086 17.8% -212 -6.4 0.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,779 14.3% 2,484 14.3% -295 -10.6 0.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 19,721 100.0% 19,146 100.0% -575 -2.9 OCCUPIED.............. 18,143 92.0% 17,512 91.5% -631 -3.5 -0.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 11,977 66.0% 11,353 64.8% -624 -5.2 -1.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $50,312 $45,321 -4,991 -9.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,166 34.0% 6,159 35.2% -7 -0.1 1.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $257 $270 13 5.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 15,626 79.2% 15,006 78.4% -620 -4.0 -0.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 342 1.7% 465 2.4% 123 36.0 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1949.3 1953.0 3.7 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