Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Van Buren city GEOCODE:05-2005 AR ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,020 100.0% 14,930 100.0% 2,910 24.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,879 90.5% 13,145 88.0% 2,266 20.8 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 254 2.1% 475 3.2% 221 87.0 1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,380 94.7% 14,019 93.9% 2,639 23.2 -0.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 291 2.4% 240 1.6% -51 -17.5 -0.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 71 0.6% 257 1.7% 186 262.0 1.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 278 2.3% 400 2.7% 122 43.9 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 97 0.8% 185 1.2% 88 90.7 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,092 9.1% 1,311 8.8% 219 20.1 -0.3 5-17.................. 2,683 22.3% 3,106 20.8% 423 15.8 -1.5 18-24.................. 1,435 11.9% 1,535 10.3% 100 7.0 -1.7 25-44.................. 3,331 27.7% 4,570 30.6% 1,239 37.2 2.9 45-64.................. 1,927 16.0% 2,530 16.9% 603 31.3 0.9 65 AND OVER............ 1,552 12.9% 1,878 12.6% 326 21.0 -0.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,775 31.4% 4,417 29.6% 642 17.0 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 4,154 34.6% 5,411 36.2% 1,258 30.3 1.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.6 31.2 2.6 9.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,291 $21,105 -1,186 -5.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,946 $24,270 -1,676 -6.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,032 $9,531 499 5.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,077 17.7% 2,695 18.6% 618 29.8 0.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,209 100.0% 5,354 100.0% 1,145 27.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,372 80.1% 4,162 77.7% 790 23.4 -2.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,798 42.7% 2,427 45.3% 629 35.0 2.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,813 66.8% 3,319 62.0% 506 18.0 -4.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,550 36.8% 1,746 32.6% 196 12.6 -4.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 495 11.8% 750 14.0% 255 51.5 2.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 290 6.9% 526 9.8% 236 81.4 2.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 803 19.1% 1,122 21.0% 319 39.7 1.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.1 -3.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,810 100.0% 8,978 100.0% 2,168 31.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,332 34.2% 2,659 29.6% 327 14.0 -4.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 440 6.5% 894 10.0% 454 103.2 3.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,098 100.0% 6,832 100.0% 1,734 34.0 FEMALE................ 2,162 42.4% 3,201 46.9% 1,039 48.1 4.4 EMPLOYED.............. 4,850 95.1% 6,327 92.6% 1,477 30.5 -2.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 684 13.4% 1,115 16.3% 431 63.0 2.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 551 10.8% 812 11.9% 261 47.4 1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,433 100.0% 5,798 100.0% 1,365 30.8 OCCUPIED.............. 4,171 94.1% 5,409 93.3% 1,238 29.7 -0.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,866 68.7% 3,689 68.2% 823 28.7 -0.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $52,395 $53,166 770 1.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,305 31.3% 1,720 31.8% 415 31.8 0.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $300 $283 -17 -5.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,473 78.3% 4,589 79.1% 1,116 32.1 0.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 83 1.9% 77 1.3% -6 -7.2 -0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.0 1975.0 11.0 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