Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Forrest City city GEOCODE:05-0695 AR ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,803 100.0% 13,364 100.0% -439 -3.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,331 89.3% 11,646 87.1% -685 -5.6 -2.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 175 1.3% 344 2.6% 169 96.6 1.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 6,859 49.7% 5,642 42.2% -1,217 -17.7 -7.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 6,887 49.9% 7,608 56.9% 721 10.5 7.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 36 0.3% 76 0.6% 40 111.1 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 21 0.2% 38 0.3% 17 81.0 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 103 0.7% 82 0.6% -21 -20.4 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,485 10.8% 1,241 9.3% -244 -16.4 -1.5 5-17.................. 3,485 25.2% 3,336 25.0% -149 -4.3 -0.3 18-24.................. 1,502 10.9% 1,125 8.4% -377 -25.1 -2.5 25-44.................. 3,290 23.8% 3,549 26.6% 259 7.9 2.7 45-64.................. 2,291 16.6% 2,167 16.2% -124 -5.4 -0.4 65 AND OVER............ 1,750 12.7% 1,946 14.6% 196 11.2 1.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,970 36.0% 4,577 34.2% -393 -7.9 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 4,680 33.9% 4,790 35.8% 110 2.4 1.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.1 30.5 3.4 12.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $16,716 $13,704 -3,012 -18.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $22,047 $17,832 -4,215 -19.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,347 $7,399 -948 -11.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,609 33.9% 5,405 41.6% 796 17.3 7.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,592 100.0% 4,785 100.0% 193 4.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,448 75.1% 3,502 73.2% 54 1.6 -1.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,567 34.1% 1,563 32.7% -4 -0.3 -1.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,475 53.9% 2,139 44.7% -336 -13.6 -9.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,375 29.9% 981 20.5% -394 -28.7 -9.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 868 18.9% 1,264 26.4% 396 45.6 7.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 602 13.1% 854 17.8% 252 41.9 4.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,052 22.9% 1,251 26.1% 199 18.9 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.7 -0.2 -8.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,331 100.0% 7,662 100.0% 331 4.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,143 29.2% 2,226 29.1% 83 3.9 -0.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 899 12.3% 957 12.5% 58 6.5 0.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,234 100.0% 4,990 100.0% -244 -4.7 FEMALE................ 2,475 47.3% 2,606 52.2% 131 5.3 4.9 EMPLOYED.............. 4,763 91.0% 4,192 84.0% -571 -12.0 -7.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,070 20.4% 1,040 20.8% -30 -2.8 0.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 603 11.5% 691 13.8% 88 14.6 2.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,831 100.0% 5,195 100.0% 364 7.5 OCCUPIED.............. 4,651 96.3% 4,756 91.5% 105 2.3 -4.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,526 54.3% 2,482 52.2% -44 -1.7 -2.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $57,078 $45,573 -11,505 -20.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,125 45.7% 2,274 47.8% 149 7.0 2.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $251 $278 27 10.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,480 72.0% 3,654 70.3% 174 5.0 -1.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 206 4.3% 158 3.0% -48 -23.3 -1.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.2 1968.0 6.8 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