Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Paragould city GEOCODE:05-1560 AR ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 15,248 100.0% 18,540 100.0% 3,292 21.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,437 88.1% 15,810 85.3% 2,373 17.7 -2.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 243 1.6% 411 2.2% 168 69.1 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,101 99.0% 18,464 99.6% 3,363 22.3 0.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 17 0.1% 33 0.2% 16 94.1 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 108 0.7% 20 0.1% -88 -81.5 -0.6 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 81 0.5% 28 0.2% -53 -65.4 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,116 7.3% 1,245 6.7% 129 11.6 -0.6 5-17.................. 2,939 19.3% 3,326 17.9% 387 13.2 -1.3 18-24.................. 1,734 11.4% 1,745 9.4% 11 0.6 -2.0 25-44.................. 3,826 25.1% 5,282 28.5% 1,456 38.1 3.4 45-64.................. 3,047 20.0% 3,767 20.3% 720 23.6 0.3 65 AND OVER............ 2,586 17.0% 3,175 17.1% 589 22.8 0.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,055 26.6% 4,571 24.7% 516 12.7 -1.9 40 AND OVER............ 6,439 42.2% 8,151 44.0% 1,712 26.6 1.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.2 35.8 2.6 7.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,309 $19,985 676 3.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $22,365 $24,252 1,887 8.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,486 $10,444 958 10.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,609 17.5% 3,398 18.8% 789 30.2 1.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,968 100.0% 7,513 100.0% 1,545 25.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,468 74.9% 5,462 72.7% 994 22.2 -2.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,321 38.9% 2,932 39.0% 611 26.3 0.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,772 63.2% 4,445 59.2% 673 17.8 -4.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,698 28.5% 1,925 25.6% 227 13.4 -2.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 583 9.8% 837 11.1% 254 43.6 1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 327 5.5% 494 6.6% 167 51.1 1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,431 24.0% 1,861 24.8% 430 30.0 0.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -4.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,459 100.0% 12,224 100.0% 2,765 29.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,800 29.6% 4,124 33.7% 1,324 47.3 4.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 777 8.2% 1,376 11.3% 599 77.1 3.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,647 100.0% 8,660 100.0% 2,013 30.3 FEMALE................ 2,959 44.5% 3,979 45.9% 1,020 34.5 1.4 EMPLOYED.............. 6,173 92.9% 8,052 93.0% 1,879 30.4 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,012 15.2% 1,412 16.3% 400 39.5 1.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 813 12.2% 1,054 12.2% 241 29.6 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,252 100.0% 7,904 100.0% 1,652 26.4 OCCUPIED.............. 5,938 95.0% 7,432 94.0% 1,494 25.2 -0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,043 68.1% 5,019 67.5% 976 24.1 -0.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $50,033 $49,424 -609 -1.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,895 31.9% 2,413 32.5% 518 27.3 0.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $254 $280 26 10.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,998 79.9% 6,060 76.7% 1,062 21.2 -3.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 252 4.0% 569 7.2% 317 125.8 3.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.2 1972.0 10.8 0.5 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