Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: New London city GEOCODE:09-1480 CT ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 28,842 100.0% 28,540 100.0% -302 -1.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 19,874 68.9% 18,626 65.3% -1,248 -6.3 -3.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,893 13.5% 4,065 14.2% 172 4.4 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 23,332 80.9% 20,761 72.7% -2,571 -11.0 -8.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,295 14.9% 4,815 16.9% 520 12.1 2.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 416 1.4% 669 2.3% 253 60.8 0.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 112 0.4% 208 0.7% 96 85.7 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,624 5.6% 3,381 11.8% 1,757 108.2 6.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,807 6.3% 2,030 7.1% 223 12.3 0.8 5-17.................. 4,589 15.9% 3,578 12.5% -1,011 -22.0 -3.4 18-24.................. 7,243 25.1% 6,586 23.1% -657 -9.1 -2.0 25-44.................. 6,684 23.2% 8,767 30.7% 2,083 31.2 7.5 45-64.................. 4,902 17.0% 3,901 13.7% -1,001 -20.4 -3.3 65 AND OVER............ 3,617 12.5% 3,678 12.9% 61 1.7 0.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,396 22.2% 5,608 19.6% -788 -12.3 -2.5 40 AND OVER............ 9,636 33.4% 8,933 31.3% -703 -7.3 -2.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.5 28.4 2.0 7.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,447 $26,336 2,889 12.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,477 $31,274 2,797 9.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,018 $12,971 1,953 17.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,349 16.9% 3,702 15.1% -647 -14.9 -1.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,471 100.0% 10,763 100.0% 292 2.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,355 60.7% 6,113 56.8% -242 -3.8 -3.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,292 31.4% 3,356 31.2% 64 1.9 -0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,701 44.9% 4,211 39.1% -490 -10.4 -5.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,029 19.4% 1,814 16.9% -215 -10.6 -2.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,463 14.0% 1,641 15.2% 178 12.2 1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 906 8.7% 1,031 9.6% 125 13.8 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,377 32.3% 3,680 34.2% 303 9.0 1.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -4.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 15,203 100.0% 16,346 100.0% 1,143 7.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,052 33.2% 5,390 33.0% 338 6.7 -0.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,255 14.8% 2,934 17.9% 679 30.1 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,231 100.0% 13,636 100.0% 1,405 11.5 FEMALE................ 5,632 46.0% 6,446 47.3% 814 14.5 1.2 EMPLOYED.............. 11,326 92.6% 12,371 90.7% 1,045 9.2 -1.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,353 19.2% 2,650 19.4% 297 12.6 0.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,215 18.1% 2,624 19.2% 409 18.5 1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,405 100.0% 11,970 100.0% 565 5.0 OCCUPIED.............. 10,461 91.7% 10,712 89.5% 251 2.4 -2.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,920 37.5% 3,954 36.9% 34 0.9 -0.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $80,427 $144,386 63,959 79.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,541 62.5% 6,758 63.1% 217 3.3 0.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $382 $526 144 37.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,109 36.0% 3,825 32.0% -284 -6.9 -4.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1939.5 1939.0 -0.5 -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