Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Selma city GEOCODE:01-1555 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 26,684 100.0% 23,755 100.0% -2,929 -11.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 23,098 86.6% 20,204 85.1% -2,894 -12.5 -1.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 657 2.5% 711 3.0% 54 8.2 0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,564 47.1% 9,764 41.1% -2,800 -22.3 -6.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 14,047 52.6% 13,902 58.5% -145 -1.0 5.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 36 0.1% 50 0.2% 14 38.9 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 24 0.1% 24 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 198 0.7% 15 0.1% -183 -92.4 -0.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,144 8.0% 1,834 7.7% -310 -14.5 -0.3 5-17.................. 6,410 24.0% 5,309 22.3% -1,101 -17.2 -1.7 18-24.................. 3,228 12.1% 2,303 9.7% -925 -28.7 -2.4 25-44.................. 6,216 23.3% 6,428 27.1% 212 3.4 3.8 45-64.................. 4,927 18.5% 4,078 17.2% -849 -17.2 -1.3 65 AND OVER............ 3,759 14.1% 3,803 16.0% 44 1.2 1.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,554 32.1% 7,143 30.1% -1,411 -16.5 -2.0 40 AND OVER............ 9,996 37.5% 9,322 39.2% -674 -6.7 1.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.1 32.4 3.3 11.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,277 $15,917 -2,360 -12.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $23,562 $20,385 -3,177 -13.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,028 $8,844 -184 -2.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 7,747 29.7% 8,233 35.7% 486 6.3 6.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,287 100.0% 8,769 100.0% -518 -5.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,644 71.5% 6,103 69.6% -541 -8.1 -1.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,343 36.0% 2,642 30.1% -701 -21.0 -5.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,574 49.3% 3,719 42.4% -855 -18.7 -6.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,246 24.2% 1,715 19.6% -531 -23.6 -4.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,796 19.3% 2,162 24.7% 366 20.4 5.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,135 12.2% 1,265 14.4% 130 11.5 2.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,431 26.2% 2,526 28.8% 95 3.9 2.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -6.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,902 100.0% 14,309 100.0% -593 -4.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,556 30.6% 3,533 24.7% -1,023 -22.5 -5.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,181 14.6% 2,231 15.6% 50 2.3 1.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,738 100.0% 9,158 100.0% -1,580 -14.7 FEMALE................ 5,154 48.0% 4,508 49.2% -646 -12.5 1.2 EMPLOYED.............. 9,708 90.4% 8,158 89.1% -1,550 -16.0 -1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,294 21.4% 2,086 22.8% -208 -9.1 1.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,507 14.0% 1,212 13.2% -295 -19.6 -0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,768 100.0% 9,556 100.0% -212 -2.2 OCCUPIED.............. 9,201 94.2% 8,731 91.4% -470 -5.1 -2.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,961 53.9% 4,658 53.4% -303 -6.1 -0.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $57,718 $54,064 -3,655 -6.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,240 46.1% 4,073 46.6% -167 -3.9 0.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $241 $264 23 9.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,238 74.1% 6,957 72.8% -281 -3.9 -1.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 22 0.2% 89 0.9% 67 304.5 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.8 1963.0 10.2 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