Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Sylacauga city GEOCODE:01-1645 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,708 100.0% 12,520 100.0% -188 -1.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,303 88.9% 10,820 86.4% -483 -4.3 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 148 1.2% 66 0.5% -82 -55.4 -0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 9,766 76.8% 9,376 74.9% -390 -4.0 -2.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,929 23.0% 3,079 24.6% 150 5.1 1.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 0 0.0% 11 0.1% 11 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 13 0.1% 54 0.4% 41 315.4 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 179 1.4% 43 0.3% -136 -76.0 -1.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 934 7.3% 870 6.9% -64 -6.9 -0.4 5-17.................. 2,685 21.1% 2,381 19.0% -304 -11.3 -2.1 18-24.................. 1,450 11.4% 1,134 9.1% -316 -21.8 -2.4 25-44.................. 2,922 23.0% 3,466 27.7% 544 18.6 4.7 45-64.................. 2,842 22.4% 2,531 20.2% -311 -10.9 -2.1 65 AND OVER............ 1,875 14.8% 2,138 17.1% 263 14.0 2.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,619 28.5% 3,251 26.0% -368 -10.2 -2.5 40 AND OVER............ 5,350 42.1% 5,476 43.7% 126 2.4 1.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.6 35.8 3.2 9.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,128 $19,950 -1,178 -5.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,914 $26,675 -1,239 -4.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,159 $10,760 601 5.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,678 21.3% 2,436 19.6% -242 -9.0 -1.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,709 100.0% 4,930 100.0% 221 4.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,559 75.6% 3,474 70.5% -85 -2.4 -5.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,683 35.7% 1,875 38.0% 192 11.4 2.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,796 59.4% 2,801 56.8% 5 0.2 -2.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,322 28.1% 1,253 25.4% -69 -5.2 -2.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 649 13.8% 569 11.5% -80 -12.3 -2.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 351 7.5% 290 5.9% -61 -17.4 -1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,096 23.3% 1,373 27.8% 277 25.3 4.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.1 -5.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,639 100.0% 8,135 100.0% 496 6.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,534 33.2% 2,417 29.7% -117 -4.6 -3.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 878 11.5% 1,440 17.7% 562 64.0 6.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,267 100.0% 5,631 100.0% 364 6.9 FEMALE................ 2,233 42.4% 2,651 47.1% 418 18.7 4.7 EMPLOYED.............. 4,904 93.1% 5,363 95.2% 459 9.4 2.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,032 19.6% 1,475 26.2% 443 42.9 6.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 522 9.9% 674 12.0% 152 29.1 2.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,908 100.0% 5,422 100.0% 514 10.5 OCCUPIED.............. 4,679 95.3% 4,980 91.8% 301 6.4 -3.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,855 61.0% 3,108 62.4% 253 8.9 1.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $59,663 $59,690 27 0.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,824 39.0% 1,872 37.6% 48 2.6 -1.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $249 $251 2 0.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,740 76.2% 3,827 70.6% 87 2.3 -5.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 154 3.1% 293 5.4% 139 90.3 2.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.0 1961.0 7.0 0.4 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