Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Texarkana city GEOCODE:05-1945 AR ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 21,459 100.0% 22,631 100.0% 1,172 5.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 18,800 87.6% 19,249 85.1% 449 2.4 -2.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 345 1.6% 678 3.0% 333 96.5 1.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,363 71.6% 15,137 66.9% -226 -1.5 -4.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 5,941 27.7% 7,168 31.7% 1,227 20.7 4.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 60 0.3% 148 0.7% 88 146.7 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 83 0.4% 111 0.5% 28 33.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 132 0.6% 204 0.9% 72 54.5 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,709 8.0% 1,689 7.5% -20 -1.2 -0.5 5-17.................. 4,483 20.9% 4,645 20.5% 162 3.6 -0.4 18-24.................. 2,370 11.0% 2,171 9.6% -199 -8.4 -1.5 25-44.................. 5,140 24.0% 6,483 28.6% 1,343 26.1 4.7 45-64.................. 4,363 20.3% 4,097 18.1% -266 -6.1 -2.2 65 AND OVER............ 3,394 15.8% 3,546 15.7% 152 4.5 -0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,192 28.9% 6,334 28.0% 142 2.3 -0.9 40 AND OVER............ 8,758 40.8% 9,051 40.0% 294 3.4 -0.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.6 32.4 0.9 2.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,675 $19,016 -1,659 -8.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,842 $25,285 -557 -2.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,575 $9,990 415 4.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,941 18.7% 5,526 25.2% 1,585 40.2 6.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,066 100.0% 8,602 100.0% 536 6.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,872 72.8% 6,106 71.0% 234 4.0 -1.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,830 35.1% 2,990 34.8% 160 5.7 -0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,510 55.9% 4,375 50.9% -135 -3.0 -5.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,019 25.0% 1,972 22.9% -47 -2.3 -2.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,193 14.8% 1,545 18.0% 352 29.5 3.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 775 9.6% 983 11.4% 208 26.8 1.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,093 25.9% 2,344 27.2% 251 12.0 1.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.6 -0.1 -2.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,897 100.0% 14,126 100.0% 1,229 9.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,359 33.8% 4,460 31.6% 101 2.3 -2.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,220 9.5% 1,745 12.4% 525 43.0 2.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,885 100.0% 9,812 100.0% 927 10.4 FEMALE................ 3,916 44.1% 4,664 47.5% 748 19.1 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 8,310 93.5% 9,107 92.8% 797 9.6 -0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,548 17.4% 1,838 18.7% 290 18.7 1.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,303 14.7% 1,440 14.7% 137 10.5 0.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,810 100.0% 9,854 100.0% 1,044 11.9 OCCUPIED.............. 8,069 91.6% 8,700 88.3% 631 7.8 -3.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,266 65.3% 5,168 59.4% -98 -1.9 -5.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $48,218 $48,943 725 1.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,803 34.7% 3,532 40.6% 729 26.0 5.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $284 $334 50 17.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,819 77.4% 7,132 72.4% 313 4.6 -5.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 44 0.5% 115 1.2% 71 161.4 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.7 1962.0 7.3 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