Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: West Memphis city GEOCODE:05-3005 AR ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 28,138 100.0% 28,259 100.0% 121 0.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 25,794 91.7% 25,303 89.5% -491 -1.9 -2.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 235 0.8% 295 1.0% 60 25.5 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 17,977 63.9% 16,101 57.0% -1,876 -10.4 -6.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 9,911 35.2% 11,982 42.4% 2,071 20.9 7.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 100 0.4% 93 0.3% -7 -7.0 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 65 0.2% 65 0.2% 0 0.0 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 253 0.9% 81 0.3% -172 -68.0 -0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,520 9.0% 2,541 9.0% 21 0.8 0.0 5-17.................. 7,117 25.3% 6,203 22.0% -914 -12.8 -3.3 18-24.................. 3,563 12.7% 2,978 10.5% -585 -16.4 -2.1 25-44.................. 7,654 27.2% 8,692 30.8% 1,038 13.6 3.6 45-64.................. 4,848 17.2% 4,925 17.4% 77 1.6 0.2 65 AND OVER............ 2,436 8.7% 2,920 10.3% 484 19.9 1.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,637 34.2% 8,744 30.9% -893 -9.3 -3.3 40 AND OVER............ 8,855 31.5% 9,780 34.6% 926 10.5 3.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.8 30.4 3.6 13.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,014 $22,052 -962 -4.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,253 $27,523 270 1.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,597 $10,009 412 4.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 7,299 26.2% 6,410 22.9% -889 -12.2 -3.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,244 100.0% 9,861 100.0% 617 6.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,388 79.9% 7,485 75.9% 97 1.3 -4.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,768 40.8% 4,334 44.0% 566 15.0 3.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,498 59.5% 5,238 53.1% -260 -4.7 -6.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,088 33.4% 2,591 26.3% -497 -16.1 -7.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,585 17.1% 1,995 20.2% 410 25.9 3.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,125 12.2% 1,280 13.0% 155 13.8 0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,647 17.8% 2,084 21.1% 437 26.5 3.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.8 -0.2 -6.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,938 100.0% 16,537 100.0% 1,599 10.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,121 34.3% 5,396 32.6% 275 5.4 -1.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,213 8.1% 1,779 10.8% 566 46.7 2.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,871 100.0% 13,172 100.0% 1,301 11.0 FEMALE................ 5,290 44.6% 6,548 49.7% 1,258 23.8 5.1 EMPLOYED.............. 10,763 90.7% 12,071 91.6% 1,308 12.2 1.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,738 14.6% 2,419 18.4% 681 39.2 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,568 13.2% 1,790 13.6% 222 14.2 0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,630 100.0% 10,505 100.0% 875 9.1 OCCUPIED.............. 9,250 96.1% 9,879 94.0% 629 6.8 -2.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,649 61.1% 5,704 57.7% 55 1.0 -3.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $61,781 $55,748 -6,033 -9.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,601 38.9% 4,175 42.3% 574 15.9 3.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $322 $343 21 6.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,695 69.5% 7,246 69.0% 551 8.2 -0.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 370 3.8% 499 4.8% 129 34.9 0.9 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.9 1967.0 4.1 0.2 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