Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: El Centro city GEOCODE:06-0855 CA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 23,996 100.0% 31,384 100.0% 7,388 30.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 21,470 89.5% 28,474 90.7% 7,004 32.6 1.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 368 1.5% 521 1.7% 153 41.6 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 14,960 62.3% 18,792 59.9% 3,832 25.6 -2.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,282 5.3% 1,413 4.5% 131 10.2 -0.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 471 2.0% 846 2.7% 375 79.6 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 132 0.6% 215 0.7% 83 62.9 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 11,988 50.0% 20,301 64.7% 8,313 69.3 14.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,401 10.0% 3,174 10.1% 773 32.2 0.1 5-17.................. 5,837 24.3% 8,168 26.0% 2,331 39.9 1.7 18-24.................. 3,171 13.2% 2,974 9.5% -197 -6.2 -3.7 25-44.................. 6,612 27.6% 9,954 31.7% 3,342 50.5 4.2 45-64.................. 4,047 16.9% 4,484 14.3% 437 10.8 -2.6 65 AND OVER............ 1,928 8.0% 2,630 8.4% 702 36.4 0.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,238 34.3% 11,342 36.1% 3,104 37.7 1.8 40 AND OVER............ 7,251 30.2% 9,242 29.4% 1,992 27.5 -0.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.4 27.7 1.4 5.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,939 $25,147 -2,792 -10.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,276 $28,727 -3,549 -11.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,100 $9,898 -1,202 -10.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,703 11.5% 7,184 23.3% 4,481 165.8 11.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,745 100.0% 9,656 100.0% 1,911 24.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,890 76.0% 7,588 78.6% 1,698 28.8 2.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,473 44.8% 4,211 43.6% 738 21.2 -1.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,875 62.9% 5,852 60.6% 977 20.0 -2.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,890 37.3% 3,686 38.2% 796 27.5 0.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 820 10.6% 1,404 14.5% 584 71.2 4.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 631 8.1% 987 10.2% 356 56.4 2.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,633 21.1% 1,788 18.5% 155 9.5 -2.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.1 3.2 0.1 4.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,587 100.0% 17,068 100.0% 4,481 35.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,428 27.2% 3,214 18.8% -214 -6.2 -8.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,588 12.6% 2,307 13.5% 719 45.3 0.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,051 100.0% 12,973 100.0% 1,922 17.4 FEMALE................ 4,654 42.1% 5,576 43.0% 922 19.8 0.9 EMPLOYED.............. 10,210 92.4% 11,165 86.1% 955 9.4 -6.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,129 19.3% 2,922 22.5% 793 37.2 3.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,589 14.4% 1,731 13.3% 142 8.9 -1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,428 100.0% 10,180 100.0% 1,752 20.8 OCCUPIED.............. 7,783 92.3% 9,633 94.6% 1,850 23.8 2.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,505 57.9% 5,061 52.5% 556 12.3 -5.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $88,843 $83,388 -5,455 -6.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,278 42.1% 4,572 47.5% 1,294 39.5 5.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $389 $431 42 10.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,367 63.7% 5,951 58.5% 584 10.9 -5.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 507 6.0% 835 8.2% 328 64.7 2.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.1 1971.0 8.9 0.5 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