Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Arcata city GEOCODE:06-0110 CA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,340 100.0% 15,197 100.0% 2,857 23.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 7,009 56.8% 8,643 56.9% 1,634 23.3 0.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,055 8.5% 1,299 8.5% 244 23.1 -0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,561 93.7% 13,951 91.8% 2,390 20.7 -1.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 64 0.5% 166 1.1% 102 159.4 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 217 1.8% 339 2.2% 122 56.2 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 290 2.4% 436 2.9% 146 50.3 0.5 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 556 4.5% 728 4.8% 172 30.9 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 602 4.9% 783 5.2% 181 30.1 0.3 5-17.................. 1,427 11.6% 1,848 12.2% 421 29.5 0.6 18-24.................. 4,699 38.1% 4,612 30.3% -87 -1.9 -7.7 25-44.................. 3,319 26.9% 4,724 31.1% 1,405 42.3 4.2 45-64.................. 1,506 12.2% 1,778 11.7% 272 18.1 -0.5 65 AND OVER............ 787 6.4% 1,452 9.6% 665 84.5 3.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,029 16.4% 2,631 17.3% 602 29.7 0.9 40 AND OVER............ 2,754 22.3% 4,160 27.4% 1,407 51.1 5.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 24.1 26.1 2.0 8.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,420 $18,551 -2,869 -13.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,565 $28,549 -6,016 -17.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,559 $10,676 117 1.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,819 24.9% 3,903 28.1% 1,084 38.5 3.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,631 100.0% 6,117 100.0% 1,486 32.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,316 50.0% 2,934 48.0% 618 26.7 -2.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,381 29.8% 1,577 25.8% 196 14.2 -4.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,871 40.4% 2,190 35.8% 319 17.0 -4.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 811 17.5% 941 15.4% 130 16.0 -2.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 340 7.3% 629 10.3% 289 85.0 2.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 213 4.6% 485 7.9% 272 127.7 3.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,166 25.2% 1,889 30.9% 723 62.0 5.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.2 -6.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 5,612 100.0% 7,954 100.0% 2,342 41.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,547 27.6% 1,548 19.5% 1 0.1 -8.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,776 31.6% 2,934 36.9% 1,158 65.2 5.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,907 100.0% 7,601 100.0% 1,694 28.7 FEMALE................ 2,656 45.0% 3,595 47.3% 939 35.4 2.3 EMPLOYED.............. 5,110 86.5% 6,881 90.5% 1,771 34.7 4.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,552 26.3% 1,965 25.9% 413 26.6 -0.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 931 15.8% 1,361 17.9% 430 46.2 2.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,772 100.0% 6,302 100.0% 1,530 32.1 OCCUPIED.............. 4,629 97.0% 6,073 96.4% 1,444 31.2 -0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,073 44.8% 2,622 43.2% 549 26.5 -1.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $94,626 $104,167 9,541 10.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,556 55.2% 3,451 56.8% 895 35.0 1.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $408 $430 22 5.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,471 51.8% 3,140 49.8% 669 27.1 -2.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 335 7.0% 704 11.2% 369 110.1 4.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.6 1966.0 5.4 0.3 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