Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Searcy city GEOCODE:05-1805 AR ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,612 100.0% 15,180 100.0% 1,568 11.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,823 72.2% 10,763 70.9% 940 9.6 -1.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,308 17.0% 2,685 17.7% 377 16.3 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,864 94.5% 14,233 93.8% 1,369 10.6 -0.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 573 4.2% 727 4.8% 154 26.9 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 68 0.5% 69 0.5% 1 1.5 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 82 0.6% 75 0.5% -7 -8.5 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 76 0.6% 174 1.1% 98 128.9 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 747 5.5% 923 6.1% 176 23.6 0.6 5-17.................. 2,226 16.4% 2,081 13.7% -145 -6.5 -2.6 18-24.................. 3,780 27.8% 3,602 23.7% -178 -4.7 -4.0 25-44.................. 2,852 21.0% 3,639 24.0% 787 27.6 3.0 45-64.................. 2,271 16.7% 2,463 16.2% 192 8.5 -0.5 65 AND OVER............ 1,736 12.8% 2,472 16.3% 736 42.4 3.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,973 21.8% 3,004 19.8% 31 1.0 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 4,628 34.0% 5,790 38.1% 1,163 25.1 4.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.3 30.0 4.7 18.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,906 $20,859 -47 -0.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,070 $27,372 302 1.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,464 $11,454 1,990 21.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,793 15.7% 2,197 17.5% 404 22.5 1.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,456 100.0% 5,257 100.0% 801 18.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,222 72.3% 3,744 71.2% 522 16.2 -1.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,910 42.9% 2,095 39.9% 185 9.7 -3.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,790 62.6% 3,078 58.6% 288 10.3 -4.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,270 28.5% 1,279 24.3% 9 0.7 -4.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 375 8.4% 546 10.4% 171 45.6 2.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 202 4.5% 345 6.6% 143 70.8 2.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,086 24.4% 1,352 25.7% 266 24.5 1.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.2 -6.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,859 100.0% 8,574 100.0% 1,715 25.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,017 29.4% 2,308 26.9% 291 14.4 -2.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,284 18.7% 1,861 21.7% 577 44.9 3.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,869 100.0% 6,745 100.0% 876 14.9 FEMALE................ 2,802 47.7% 3,242 48.1% 440 15.7 0.3 EMPLOYED.............. 5,541 94.4% 6,372 94.5% 831 15.0 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,445 24.6% 1,866 27.7% 421 29.1 3.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 872 14.9% 828 12.3% -44 -5.0 -2.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,694 100.0% 5,572 100.0% 878 18.7 OCCUPIED.............. 4,478 95.4% 5,240 94.0% 762 17.0 -1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,702 60.3% 3,126 59.7% 424 15.7 -0.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $68,963 $62,006 -6,956 -10.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,776 39.7% 2,114 40.3% 338 19.0 0.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $292 $314 22 7.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,368 71.8% 3,787 68.0% 419 12.4 -3.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 240 5.1% 285 5.1% 45 18.8 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.5 1972.0 7.5 0.4 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