Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Little Rock city GEOCODE:05-1195 AR ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 158,461 100.0% 175,781 100.0% 17,320 10.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 131,445 83.0% 140,781 80.1% 9,336 7.1 -2.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,546 2.2% 3,987 2.3% 441 12.4 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 105,504 66.6% 113,723 64.7% 8,219 7.8 -1.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 51,093 32.2% 59,864 34.1% 8,771 17.2 1.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,099 0.7% 1,475 0.8% 376 34.2 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 379 0.2% 460 0.3% 81 21.4 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,331 0.8% 1,427 0.8% 96 7.2 -0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 12,605 8.0% 12,780 7.3% 175 1.4 -0.7 5-17.................. 31,555 19.9% 30,913 17.6% -642 -2.0 -2.3 18-24.................. 20,770 13.1% 18,094 10.3% -2,676 -12.9 -2.8 25-44.................. 47,517 30.0% 61,430 34.9% 13,913 29.3 5.0 45-64.................. 28,654 18.1% 30,567 17.4% 1,913 6.7 -0.7 65 AND OVER............ 17,360 11.0% 21,997 12.5% 4,637 26.7 1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 44,160 27.9% 43,693 24.9% -467 -1.1 -3.0 40 AND OVER............ 54,343 34.3% 65,598 37.3% 11,255 20.7 3.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.1 32.8 3.7 12.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,980 $26,889 -91 -0.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,130 $34,347 1,217 3.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,667 $15,307 1,640 12.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 21,971 14.1% 25,193 14.6% 3,222 14.7 0.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 61,012 100.0% 72,437 100.0% 11,425 18.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 41,099 67.4% 45,740 63.1% 4,641 11.3 -4.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 23,214 38.0% 27,593 38.1% 4,379 18.9 0.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 31,028 50.9% 34,008 46.9% 2,980 9.6 -3.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 15,029 24.6% 15,146 20.9% 117 0.8 -3.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 8,702 14.3% 10,081 13.9% 1,379 15.8 -0.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 5,752 9.4% 6,040 8.3% 288 5.0 -1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 16,959 27.8% 23,059 31.8% 6,100 36.0 4.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.2 -6.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 93,531 100.0% 113,994 100.0% 20,463 21.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 29,987 32.1% 27,583 24.2% -2,404 -8.0 -7.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 23,374 25.0% 34,585 30.3% 11,211 48.0 5.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 78,624 100.0% 92,274 100.0% 13,650 17.4 FEMALE................ 37,587 47.8% 46,581 50.5% 8,994 23.9 2.7 EMPLOYED.............. 74,654 95.0% 87,408 94.7% 12,754 17.1 -0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 22,845 29.1% 29,491 32.0% 6,646 29.1 2.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 9,212 11.7% 11,010 11.9% 1,798 19.5 0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 64,649 100.0% 80,985 100.0% 16,336 25.3 OCCUPIED.............. 60,749 94.0% 72,566 89.6% 11,817 19.5 -4.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 35,676 58.7% 40,925 56.4% 5,249 14.7 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $82,001 $79,747 -2,254 -2.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 25,073 41.3% 31,641 43.6% 6,568 26.2 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $366 $415 49 13.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 43,880 67.9% 50,263 62.1% 6,383 14.5 -5.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,031 1.6% 2,473 3.1% 1,442 139.9 1.5 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