Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Compton city GEOCODE:06-0590 CA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 81,286 100.0% 90,454 100.0% 9,168 11.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 76,669 94.3% 85,012 94.0% 8,343 10.9 -0.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 596 0.7% 531 0.6% -65 -10.9 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 6,622 8.1% 9,566 10.6% 2,944 44.5 2.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 60,874 74.9% 49,806 55.1% -11,068 -18.2 -19.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,430 1.8% 1,628 1.8% 198 13.8 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 255 0.3% 485 0.5% 230 90.2 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 17,162 21.1% 38,316 42.4% 21,154 123.3 21.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 8,561 10.5% 9,979 11.0% 1,418 16.6 0.5 5-17.................. 23,689 29.1% 23,189 25.6% -500 -2.1 -3.5 18-24.................. 12,309 15.1% 11,552 12.8% -757 -6.1 -2.4 25-44.................. 20,827 25.6% 27,476 30.4% 6,649 31.9 4.8 45-64.................. 12,652 15.6% 13,026 14.4% 374 3.0 -1.2 65 AND OVER............ 3,248 4.0% 5,232 5.8% 1,984 61.1 1.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 32,250 39.7% 33,168 36.7% 918 2.8 -3.0 40 AND OVER............ 20,182 24.8% 22,599 25.0% 2,418 12.0 0.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 22.7 25.3 2.6 11.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,983 $24,971 1,988 8.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,411 $25,699 1,288 5.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $7,447 $7,842 395 5.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 21,238 26.4% 24,460 27.5% 3,222 15.2 1.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 21,705 100.0% 22,330 100.0% 625 2.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 18,380 84.7% 18,668 83.6% 288 1.6 -1.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,250 38.0% 9,034 40.5% 784 9.5 2.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 11,019 50.8% 10,732 48.1% -287 -2.6 -2.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 7,105 32.7% 6,334 28.4% -771 -10.9 -4.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 6,136 28.3% 6,269 28.1% 133 2.2 -0.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 4,574 21.1% 3,747 16.8% -827 -18.1 -4.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,876 13.3% 3,017 13.5% 141 4.9 0.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.7 4.0 0.3 8.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 36,727 100.0% 45,734 100.0% 9,007 24.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 11,801 32.1% 9,724 21.3% -2,077 -17.6 -10.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,014 5.5% 2,816 6.2% 802 39.8 0.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 30,783 100.0% 35,539 100.0% 4,756 15.5 FEMALE................ 13,892 45.1% 15,575 43.8% 1,683 12.1 -1.3 EMPLOYED.............. 26,974 87.6% 30,447 85.7% 3,473 12.9 -2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,993 9.7% 3,998 11.2% 1,005 33.6 1.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,835 15.7% 4,855 13.7% 20 0.4 -2.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 22,374 100.0% 23,239 100.0% 865 3.9 OCCUPIED.............. 21,488 96.0% 22,323 96.1% 835 3.9 0.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 12,565 58.5% 12,731 57.0% 166 1.3 -1.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $74,639 $110,918 36,280 48.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 8,923 41.5% 9,592 43.0% 669 7.5 1.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $373 $549 176 47.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 16,058 71.8% 17,304 74.5% 1,246 7.8 2.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 353 1.6% 564 2.4% 211 59.8 0.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.0 1955.0 3.0 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