Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fort Carson CDP GEOCODE:08-0452 CO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,219 100.0% 11,309 100.0% -1,910 -14.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 6,903 52.2% 5,986 52.9% -917 -13.3 0.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 6,303 47.7% 5,323 47.1% -980 -15.5 -0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 8,756 66.2% 7,498 66.3% -1,258 -14.4 0.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,221 24.4% 2,725 24.1% -496 -15.4 -0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 381 2.9% 372 3.3% -9 -2.4 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 150 1.1% 170 1.5% 20 13.3 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,336 10.1% 1,244 11.0% -92 -6.9 0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,375 10.4% 1,115 9.9% -260 -18.9 -0.5 5-17.................. 2,048 15.5% 1,680 14.9% -368 -18.0 -0.6 18-24.................. 6,175 46.7% 4,664 41.2% -1,511 -24.5 -5.5 25-44.................. 3,578 27.1% 3,724 32.9% 146 4.1 5.9 45-64.................. 43 0.3% 119 1.1% 76 176.7 0.7 65 AND OVER............ 0 0.0% 7 0.1% 7 0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,423 25.9% 2,795 24.7% -628 -18.3 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 394 3.0% 388 3.4% -6 -1.4 0.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 21.0 22.2 1.3 6.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,544 $21,143 2,599 14.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $18,419 $21,076 2,657 14.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $6,789 $8,290 1,501 22.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 983 14.2% 495 8.3% -488 -49.6 -6.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 1,792 100.0% 1,604 100.0% -188 -10.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 1,779 99.3% 1,604 100.0% -175 -9.8 0.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 829 46.3% 989 61.7% 160 19.3 15.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,733 96.7% 1,519 94.7% -214 -12.3 -2.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,504 83.9% 1,287 80.2% -217 -14.4 -3.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 32 1.8% 73 4.6% 41 128.1 2.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 32 1.8% 73 4.6% 41 128.1 2.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 13 0.7% 0 0.0% -13-100.0 -0.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.9 3.7 -0.1 -3.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 3,621 100.0% 3,850 100.0% 229 6.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,076 57.3% 1,318 34.2% -758 -36.5 -23.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 288 8.0% 488 12.7% 200 69.4 4.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 737 100.0% 920 100.0% 183 24.8 FEMALE................ 617 83.7% 685 74.5% 68 11.0 -9.3 EMPLOYED.............. 555 75.3% 785 85.3% 230 41.4 10.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 66 9.0% 121 13.2% 55 83.3 4.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 169 22.9% 256 27.8% 87 51.5 4.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 1,819 100.0% 1,841 100.0% 22 1.2 OCCUPIED.............. 1,792 98.5% 1,574 85.5% -218 -12.2 -13.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,792 100.0% 1,574 100.0% -218 -12.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $357 $385 28 7.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 488 26.8% 543 29.5% 55 11.3 2.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.9 1964.0 -0.9 -0.0 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