Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Opelika city GEOCODE:01-1310 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 21,896 100.0% 22,122 100.0% 226 1.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 19,544 89.3% 19,156 86.6% -388 -2.0 -2.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 307 1.4% 495 2.2% 188 61.2 0.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 540 2.4% 540 2.4 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 14,481 66.1% 13,080 59.1% -1,401 -9.7 -7.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7,308 33.4% 8,685 39.3% 1,377 18.8 5.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 26 0.1% 261 1.2% 235 903.8 1.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 42 0.2% 47 0.2% 5 11.9 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 146 0.7% 122 0.6% -24 -16.4 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,725 7.9% 1,779 8.0% 54 3.1 0.2 5-17.................. 4,883 22.3% 4,435 20.0% -448 -9.2 -2.3 18-24.................. 3,005 13.7% 2,320 10.5% -685 -22.8 -3.2 25-44.................. 6,210 28.4% 7,105 32.1% 895 14.4 3.8 45-64.................. 3,761 17.2% 3,826 17.3% 65 1.7 0.1 65 AND OVER............ 2,312 10.6% 2,657 12.0% 345 14.9 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,608 30.2% 6,214 28.1% -394 -6.0 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 7,251 33.1% 7,920 35.8% 670 9.2 2.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.1 31.3 3.2 11.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,164 $25,369 2,205 9.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,503 $31,869 3,366 11.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,496 $12,043 1,547 14.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,954 18.3% 4,500 20.8% 546 13.8 2.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,734 100.0% 8,159 100.0% 425 5.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,924 76.6% 6,005 73.6% 81 1.4 -3.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,490 45.1% 3,565 43.7% 75 2.1 -1.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,594 59.4% 4,244 52.0% -350 -7.6 -7.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,395 31.0% 2,137 26.2% -258 -10.8 -4.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,184 15.3% 1,428 17.5% 244 20.6 2.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 724 9.4% 871 10.7% 147 20.3 1.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,604 20.7% 1,898 23.3% 294 18.3 2.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.1 -5.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,283 100.0% 13,588 100.0% 1,305 10.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,833 31.2% 3,864 28.4% 31 0.8 -2.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,707 13.9% 2,648 19.5% 941 55.1 5.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,072 100.0% 11,044 100.0% 972 9.7 FEMALE................ 4,679 46.5% 5,451 49.4% 772 16.5 2.9 EMPLOYED.............. 9,382 93.1% 10,272 93.0% 890 9.5 -0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,816 18.0% 2,444 22.1% 628 34.6 4.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,130 11.2% 1,329 12.0% 199 17.6 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,289 100.0% 8,956 100.0% 667 8.0 OCCUPIED.............. 7,685 92.7% 8,248 92.1% 563 7.3 -0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,742 61.7% 5,041 61.1% 299 6.3 -0.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $67,060 $63,939 -3,121 -4.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,943 38.3% 3,207 38.9% 264 9.0 0.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $287 $313 26 9.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,240 63.2% 5,667 63.3% 427 8.1 0.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,221 14.7% 1,336 14.9% 115 9.4 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.5 1970.0 5.5 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