Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Thornton city GEOCODE:08-1285 CO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 40,343 100.0% 55,031 100.0% 14,688 36.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 36,387 90.2% 48,926 88.9% 12,539 34.5 -1.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 212 0.5% 386 0.7% 174 82.1 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 36,695 91.0% 49,570 90.1% 12,875 35.1 -0.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 470 1.2% 760 1.4% 290 61.7 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 514 1.3% 871 1.6% 357 69.5 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 407 1.0% 353 0.6% -54 -13.3 -0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,793 14.4% 9,215 16.7% 3,422 59.1 2.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,465 11.1% 5,502 10.0% 1,037 23.2 -1.1 5-17.................. 9,427 23.4% 12,366 22.5% 2,939 31.2 -0.9 18-24.................. 5,577 13.8% 5,230 9.5% -347 -6.2 -4.3 25-44.................. 14,267 35.4% 21,747 39.5% 7,480 52.4 4.2 45-64.................. 4,943 12.3% 7,349 13.4% 2,406 48.7 1.1 65 AND OVER............ 1,664 4.1% 2,837 5.2% 1,173 70.5 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 13,892 34.4% 17,868 32.5% 3,976 28.6 -2.0 40 AND OVER............ 8,815 21.8% 14,497 26.3% 5,683 64.5 4.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.7 29.0 3.3 13.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $35,624 $34,146 -1,478 -4.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $38,030 $37,500 -530 -1.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,680 $12,799 119 0.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,545 6.4% 4,492 8.2% 1,947 76.5 1.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 13,587 100.0% 19,126 100.0% 5,539 40.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,664 78.5% 14,634 76.5% 3,970 37.2 -2.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 7,070 52.0% 10,023 52.4% 2,953 41.8 0.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,998 66.2% 11,541 60.3% 2,543 28.3 -5.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,600 41.2% 7,025 36.7% 1,425 25.4 -4.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,336 9.8% 2,321 12.1% 985 73.7 2.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,131 8.3% 1,660 8.7% 529 46.8 0.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,228 16.4% 3,509 18.3% 1,281 57.5 1.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.9 -0.1 -3.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 20,874 100.0% 31,933 100.0% 11,059 53.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,071 43.5% 11,185 35.0% 2,114 23.3 -8.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,601 12.5% 4,491 14.1% 1,890 72.7 1.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 20,888 100.0% 30,293 100.0% 9,405 45.0 FEMALE................ 9,157 43.8% 14,087 46.5% 4,930 53.8 2.7 EMPLOYED.............. 19,976 95.6% 28,632 94.5% 8,656 43.3 -1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,443 16.5% 5,651 18.7% 2,208 64.1 2.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,172 10.4% 3,686 12.2% 1,514 69.7 1.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 14,487 100.0% 20,974 100.0% 6,487 44.8 OCCUPIED.............. 13,654 94.3% 19,055 90.9% 5,401 39.6 -3.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 10,162 74.4% 13,320 69.9% 3,158 31.1 -4.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $102,190 $78,583 -23,607 -23.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,492 25.6% 5,735 30.1% 2,243 64.2 4.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $498 $469 -29 -5.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,827 60.9% 13,239 63.1% 4,412 50.0 2.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 2,421 16.7% 2,587 12.3% 166 6.9 -4.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1972.8 1977.0 4.2 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