Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Sterling city GEOCODE:08-1255 CO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 11,385 100.0% 10,366 100.0% -1,019 -9.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,169 80.5% 8,187 79.0% -982 -10.7 -1.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 547 4.8% 351 3.4% -196 -35.8 -1.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,770 94.6% 9,679 93.4% -1,091 -10.1 -1.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 61 0.5% 14 0.1% -47 -77.0 -0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 81 0.7% 34 0.3% -47 -58.0 -0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 28 0.2% 52 0.5% 24 85.7 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 856 7.5% 1,079 10.4% 223 26.1 2.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 915 8.0% 736 7.1% -179 -19.6 -0.9 5-17.................. 2,027 17.8% 1,921 18.5% -106 -5.2 0.7 18-24.................. 1,967 17.3% 1,077 10.4% -890 -45.2 -6.9 25-44.................. 2,719 23.9% 3,035 29.3% 316 11.6 5.4 45-64.................. 2,056 18.1% 1,826 17.6% -230 -11.2 -0.4 65 AND OVER............ 1,701 14.9% 1,771 17.1% 70 4.1 2.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,942 25.8% 2,657 25.6% -285 -9.7 -0.2 40 AND OVER............ 4,251 37.3% 4,229 40.8% -22 -0.5 3.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.0 33.8 4.9 16.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,904 $20,189 -4,715 -18.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,425 $24,650 -5,775 -19.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,488 $10,189 -1,299 -11.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 983 9.1% 1,691 16.9% 708 72.0 7.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,373 100.0% 4,297 100.0% -76 -1.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,935 67.1% 2,712 63.1% -223 -7.6 -4.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,736 39.7% 1,570 36.5% -166 -9.6 -3.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,509 57.4% 2,198 51.2% -311 -12.4 -6.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,193 27.3% 1,036 24.1% -157 -13.2 -3.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 340 7.8% 355 8.3% 15 4.4 0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 225 5.1% 275 6.4% 50 22.2 1.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,238 28.3% 1,387 32.3% 149 12.0 4.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.1 -6.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,476 100.0% 6,632 100.0% 156 2.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,322 35.9% 2,283 34.4% -39 -1.7 -1.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 840 13.0% 872 13.1% 32 3.8 0.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,677 100.0% 4,964 100.0% -713 -12.6 FEMALE................ 2,539 44.7% 2,293 46.2% -246 -9.7 1.5 EMPLOYED.............. 5,569 98.1% 4,739 95.5% -830 -14.9 -2.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,021 18.0% 843 17.0% -178 -17.4 -1.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 994 17.5% 935 18.8% -59 -5.9 1.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,662 100.0% 4,794 100.0% 132 2.8 OCCUPIED.............. 4,392 94.2% 4,317 90.1% -75 -1.7 -4.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,896 65.9% 2,637 61.1% -259 -8.9 -4.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $66,022 $44,557 -21,465 -32.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,496 34.1% 1,680 38.9% 184 12.3 4.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $311 $273 -38 -12.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,323 71.3% 3,473 72.4% 150 4.5 1.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 395 8.5% 349 7.3% -46 -11.6 -1.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1947.7 1955.0 7.3 0.4 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