Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Scottsboro city GEOCODE:01-1540 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,758 100.0% 13,786 100.0% -972 -6.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,414 90.9% 12,087 87.7% -1,327 -9.9 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 169 1.1% 208 1.5% 39 23.1 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,920 94.3% 12,726 92.3% -1,194 -8.6 -2.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 785 5.3% 875 6.3% 90 11.5 1.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 36 0.2% 66 0.5% 30 83.3 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 11 0.1% 108 0.8% 97 881.8 0.7 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 71 0.5% 108 0.8% 37 52.1 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,066 7.2% 817 5.9% -249 -23.4 -1.3 5-17.................. 3,259 22.1% 2,530 18.4% -729 -22.4 -3.7 18-24.................. 1,720 11.7% 1,234 9.0% -486 -28.3 -2.7 25-44.................. 4,444 30.1% 4,202 30.5% -242 -5.4 0.4 45-64.................. 2,760 18.7% 3,050 22.1% 290 10.5 3.4 65 AND OVER............ 1,509 10.2% 1,953 14.2% 444 29.4 3.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,325 29.3% 3,347 24.3% -978 -22.6 -5.0 40 AND OVER............ 5,245 35.5% 6,146 44.6% 901 17.2 9.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.3 36.6 6.3 20.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,448 $24,676 -3,772 -13.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,672 $30,457 -2,215 -6.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,438 $12,130 692 6.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,768 12.1% 1,979 14.5% 211 11.9 2.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,250 100.0% 5,495 100.0% 245 4.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,148 79.0% 4,077 74.2% -71 -1.7 -4.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,280 43.4% 2,380 43.3% 100 4.4 -0.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,529 67.2% 3,301 60.1% -228 -6.5 -7.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,923 36.6% 1,462 26.6% -461 -24.0 -10.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 461 8.8% 635 11.6% 174 37.7 2.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 225 4.3% 354 6.4% 129 57.3 2.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,035 19.7% 1,346 24.5% 311 30.0 4.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.5 -0.3 -11.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,713 100.0% 9,205 100.0% 492 5.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,973 34.1% 2,710 29.4% -263 -8.8 -4.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,154 13.2% 1,370 14.9% 216 18.7 1.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,009 100.0% 6,749 100.0% -260 -3.7 FEMALE................ 2,875 41.0% 3,092 45.8% 217 7.5 4.8 EMPLOYED.............. 6,536 93.3% 6,434 95.3% -102 -1.6 2.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,472 21.0% 1,569 23.2% 97 6.6 2.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 686 9.8% 575 8.5% -111 -16.2 -1.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,765 100.0% 5,909 100.0% 144 2.5 OCCUPIED.............. 5,269 91.4% 5,481 92.8% 212 4.0 1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,523 66.9% 3,608 65.8% 85 2.4 -1.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $69,989 $62,217 -7,772 -11.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,746 33.1% 1,873 34.2% 127 7.3 1.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $316 $315 -1 -0.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,369 75.8% 4,281 72.4% -88 -2.0 -3.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 584 10.1% 575 9.7% -9 -1.5 -0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1965.9 1970.0 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