Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Benton city GEOCODE:05-0170 AR ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 17,685 100.0% 18,177 100.0% 492 2.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 16,137 91.2% 15,999 88.0% -138 -0.9 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 237 1.3% 239 1.3% 2 0.8 -0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 16,737 94.6% 17,214 94.7% 477 2.8 0.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 856 4.8% 768 4.2% -88 -10.3 -0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 24 0.1% 39 0.2% 15 62.5 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 68 0.4% 59 0.3% -9 -13.2 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 69 0.4% 177 1.0% 108 156.5 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,208 6.8% 1,266 7.0% 58 4.8 0.1 5-17.................. 3,725 21.1% 3,403 18.7% -322 -8.6 -2.3 18-24.................. 1,986 11.2% 1,561 8.6% -425 -21.4 -2.6 25-44.................. 4,547 25.7% 5,223 28.7% 676 14.9 3.0 45-64.................. 3,974 22.5% 3,847 21.2% -127 -3.2 -1.3 65 AND OVER............ 2,245 12.7% 2,877 15.8% 632 28.2 3.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,933 27.9% 4,669 25.7% -264 -5.4 -2.2 40 AND OVER............ 7,262 41.1% 7,966 43.8% 704 9.7 2.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.9 35.4 2.4 7.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,210 $24,353 -2,857 -10.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,201 $29,892 -2,309 -7.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,116 $11,742 626 5.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,226 12.7% 2,315 13.0% 89 4.0 0.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,372 100.0% 6,965 100.0% 593 9.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,101 80.1% 5,240 75.2% 139 2.7 -4.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,691 42.2% 3,004 43.1% 313 11.6 0.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,420 69.4% 4,589 65.9% 169 3.8 -3.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,125 33.3% 2,026 29.1% -99 -4.7 -4.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 595 9.3% 531 7.6% -64 -10.8 -1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 316 5.0% 328 4.7% 12 3.8 -0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,229 19.3% 1,596 22.9% 367 29.9 3.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.2 -5.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,766 100.0% 11,947 100.0% 1,181 11.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,809 35.4% 4,267 35.7% 458 12.0 0.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,141 10.6% 1,702 14.2% 561 49.2 3.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,975 100.0% 8,417 100.0% 442 5.5 FEMALE................ 3,344 41.9% 3,864 45.9% 520 15.6 4.0 EMPLOYED.............. 7,631 95.7% 7,991 94.9% 360 4.7 -0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,388 17.4% 1,889 22.4% 501 36.1 5.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,101 13.8% 1,096 13.0% -5 -0.5 -0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,742 100.0% 7,453 100.0% 711 10.5 OCCUPIED.............. 6,393 94.8% 6,993 93.8% 600 9.4 -1.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,702 73.5% 4,910 70.2% 208 4.4 -3.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $60,160 $59,248 -912 -1.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,691 26.5% 2,083 29.8% 392 23.2 3.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $290 $373 83 28.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,960 88.4% 6,267 84.1% 307 5.2 -4.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 204 3.0% 340 4.6% 136 66.7 1.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.3 1964.0 6.7 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