Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Blytheville city GEOCODE:05-0230 AR ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 23,844 100.0% 22,906 100.0% -938 -3.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 20,775 87.1% 19,658 85.8% -1,117 -5.4 -1.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 969 4.1% 874 3.8% -95 -9.8 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,408 64.6% 13,751 60.0% -1,657 -10.8 -4.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 8,230 34.5% 8,779 38.3% 549 6.7 3.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 168 0.7% 154 0.7% -14 -8.3 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 7 0.0% 152 0.7% 1452071.4 0.6 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 198 0.8% 234 1.0% 36 18.2 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,524 10.6% 2,264 9.9% -260 -10.3 -0.7 5-17.................. 5,280 22.1% 5,015 21.9% -265 -5.0 -0.3 18-24.................. 3,518 14.8% 2,640 11.5% -878 -25.0 -3.2 25-44.................. 5,995 25.1% 7,033 30.7% 1,038 17.3 5.6 45-64.................. 3,862 16.2% 3,228 14.1% -634 -16.4 -2.1 65 AND OVER............ 2,665 11.2% 2,726 11.9% 61 2.3 0.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,804 32.7% 7,279 31.8% -525 -6.7 -1.0 40 AND OVER............ 7,586 31.8% 7,283 31.8% -303 -4.0 -0.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.4 28.5 2.1 8.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,031 $18,858 -1,173 -5.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $22,330 $22,074 -256 -1.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,632 $8,925 293 3.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,463 23.9% 5,617 25.6% 154 2.8 1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,947 100.0% 8,090 100.0% 143 1.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,063 76.3% 6,026 74.5% -37 -0.6 -1.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,280 41.3% 3,180 39.3% -100 -3.0 -2.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,765 60.0% 4,397 54.4% -368 -7.7 -5.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,460 31.0% 2,367 29.3% -93 -3.8 -1.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,088 13.7% 1,406 17.4% 318 29.2 3.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 761 9.6% 965 11.9% 204 26.8 2.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,696 21.3% 1,907 23.6% 211 12.4 2.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.7 -0.2 -5.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,522 100.0% 12,987 100.0% 465 3.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,803 30.4% 3,615 27.8% -188 -4.9 -2.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,433 11.4% 1,775 13.7% 342 23.9 2.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,113 100.0% 8,570 100.0% 457 5.6 FEMALE................ 4,098 50.5% 4,616 53.9% 518 12.6 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 7,477 92.2% 7,659 89.4% 182 2.4 -2.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,535 18.9% 1,542 18.0% 7 0.5 -0.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,203 14.8% 1,280 14.9% 77 6.4 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,452 100.0% 8,902 100.0% 450 5.3 OCCUPIED.............. 7,984 94.5% 8,075 90.7% 91 1.1 -3.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,215 52.8% 3,873 48.0% -342 -8.1 -4.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $54,826 $50,484 -4,342 -7.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,769 47.2% 4,202 52.0% 433 11.5 4.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $325 $348 23 7.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,865 69.4% 6,585 74.0% 720 12.3 4.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 150 1.8% 204 2.3% 54 36.0 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.7 1963.0 6.3 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