Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Arkadelphia city GEOCODE:05-0065 AR ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,005 100.0% 10,010 100.0% 5 0.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 6,707 67.0% 6,425 64.2% -282 -4.2 -2.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,075 20.7% 2,079 20.8% 4 0.2 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 7,684 76.8% 7,340 73.3% -344 -4.5 -3.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,205 22.0% 2,577 25.7% 372 16.9 3.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 49 0.5% 33 0.3% -16 -32.7 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 32 0.3% 34 0.3% 2 6.3 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 94 0.9% 122 1.2% 28 29.8 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 585 5.8% 562 5.6% -23 -3.9 -0.2 5-17.................. 1,447 14.5% 1,430 14.3% -17 -1.2 -0.2 18-24.................. 3,100 31.0% 2,873 28.7% -227 -7.3 -2.3 25-44.................. 2,019 20.2% 2,157 21.5% 138 6.8 1.4 45-64.................. 1,615 16.1% 1,442 14.4% -173 -10.7 -1.7 65 AND OVER............ 1,239 12.4% 1,546 15.4% 307 24.8 3.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,032 20.3% 1,992 19.9% -40 -2.0 -0.4 40 AND OVER............ 3,215 32.1% 3,500 35.0% 285 8.9 2.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 24.5 26.3 1.8 7.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,401 $16,848 -2,553 -13.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,519 $25,598 -1,921 -7.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,871 $9,106 -765 -7.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,352 17.1% 2,228 28.1% 876 64.8 11.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,208 100.0% 3,509 100.0% 301 9.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,139 66.7% 2,264 64.5% 125 5.8 -2.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,308 40.8% 1,168 33.3% -140 -10.7 -7.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,839 57.3% 1,752 49.9% -87 -4.7 -7.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 798 24.9% 743 21.2% -55 -6.9 -3.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 267 8.3% 443 12.6% 176 65.9 4.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 153 4.8% 318 9.1% 165 107.8 4.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 927 28.9% 1,062 30.3% 135 14.6 1.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.2 -8.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 4,873 100.0% 5,145 100.0% 272 5.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,185 24.3% 1,182 23.0% -3 -0.3 -1.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,294 26.6% 1,525 29.6% 231 17.9 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,538 100.0% 4,663 100.0% 125 2.8 FEMALE................ 2,219 48.9% 2,427 52.0% 208 9.4 3.1 EMPLOYED.............. 4,234 93.3% 4,397 94.3% 163 3.8 1.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,211 26.7% 1,404 30.1% 193 15.9 3.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 801 17.7% 971 20.8% 170 21.2 3.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 3,444 100.0% 3,718 100.0% 274 8.0 OCCUPIED.............. 3,267 94.9% 3,454 92.9% 187 5.7 -2.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 1,956 59.9% 1,886 54.6% -70 -3.6 -5.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $64,124 $53,296 -10,828 -16.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,311 40.1% 1,568 45.4% 257 19.6 5.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $238 $274 36 15.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,452 71.2% 2,364 63.6% -88 -3.6 -7.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 205 6.0% 276 7.4% 71 34.6 1.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.9 1967.0 10.1 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