Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Jonesboro city GEOCODE:05-1070 AR ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 31,530 100.0% 46,535 100.0% 15,005 47.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 25,218 80.0% 37,574 80.7% 12,356 49.0 0.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,514 8.0% 2,256 4.8% -258 -10.3 -3.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 702 1.5% 702 1.5 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 28,599 90.7% 42,081 90.4% 13,482 47.1 -0.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,679 8.5% 3,823 8.2% 1,144 42.7 -0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 153 0.5% 417 0.9% 264 172.5 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 99 0.3% 168 0.4% 69 69.7 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 124 0.4% 379 0.8% 255 205.6 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,200 7.0% 3,304 7.1% 1,104 50.2 0.1 5-17.................. 5,567 17.7% 7,626 16.4% 2,059 37.0 -1.3 18-24.................. 6,743 21.4% 7,957 17.1% 1,214 18.0 -4.3 25-44.................. 8,100 25.7% 14,169 30.4% 6,069 74.9 4.8 45-64.................. 5,497 17.4% 8,334 17.9% 2,837 51.6 0.5 65 AND OVER............ 3,423 10.9% 5,145 11.1% 1,722 50.3 0.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,767 24.6% 10,930 23.5% 3,163 40.7 -1.1 40 AND OVER............ 10,490 33.3% 16,520 35.5% 6,031 57.5 2.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.2 30.4 3.2 11.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,330 $23,318 -12 -0.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,216 $29,391 1,175 4.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,232 $12,360 1,128 10.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,039 13.9% 7,291 16.4% 3,252 80.5 2.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,333 100.0% 17,924 100.0% 6,591 58.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,119 71.6% 12,442 69.4% 4,323 53.2 -2.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,857 42.9% 7,680 42.8% 2,823 58.1 -0.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,728 59.4% 10,053 56.1% 3,325 49.4 -3.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,317 29.3% 4,786 26.7% 1,469 44.3 -2.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,128 10.0% 1,991 11.1% 863 76.5 1.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 649 5.7% 1,068 6.0% 419 64.6 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,705 23.9% 4,503 25.1% 1,798 66.5 1.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 17,020 100.0% 27,648 100.0% 10,628 62.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,947 29.1% 7,503 27.1% 2,556 51.7 -1.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,373 19.8% 5,854 21.2% 2,481 73.6 1.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 15,244 100.0% 24,206 100.0% 8,962 58.8 FEMALE................ 7,024 46.1% 11,371 47.0% 4,347 61.9 0.9 EMPLOYED.............. 14,384 94.4% 22,968 94.9% 8,584 59.7 0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,505 23.0% 5,535 22.9% 2,030 57.9 -0.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,100 13.8% 3,223 13.3% 1,123 53.5 -0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 12,207 100.0% 19,537 100.0% 7,330 60.0 OCCUPIED.............. 11,405 93.4% 17,976 92.0% 6,571 57.6 -1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,812 59.7% 10,773 59.9% 3,961 58.1 0.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $70,802 $68,800 -2,002 -2.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,593 40.3% 7,203 40.1% 2,610 56.8 -0.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $331 $344 13 3.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,916 73.0% 13,075 66.9% 4,159 46.6 -6.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 506 4.1% 1,743 8.9% 1,237 244.5 4.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.2 1973.0 10.8 0.6 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