Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fort Walton Beach city GEOCODE:12-0670 FL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 20,871 100.0% 21,468 100.0% 597 2.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 18,996 91.0% 18,257 85.0% -739 -3.9 -6.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 258 1.2% 167 0.8% -91 -35.3 -0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 17,556 84.1% 17,557 81.8% 1 0.0 -2.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,597 12.4% 3,003 14.0% 406 15.6 1.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 489 2.3% 628 2.9% 139 28.4 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 73 0.3% 130 0.6% 57 78.1 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 436 2.1% 535 2.5% 99 22.7 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,208 5.8% 1,424 6.6% 216 17.9 0.8 5-17.................. 4,938 23.7% 3,645 17.0% -1,293 -26.2 -6.7 18-24.................. 2,817 13.5% 2,284 10.6% -533 -18.9 -2.9 25-44.................. 5,739 27.5% 6,815 31.7% 1,076 18.7 4.2 45-64.................. 4,796 23.0% 4,977 23.2% 181 3.8 0.2 65 AND OVER............ 1,373 6.6% 2,323 10.8% 950 69.2 4.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,146 29.4% 5,069 23.6% -1,077 -17.5 -5.8 40 AND OVER............ 7,618 36.5% 8,701 40.5% 1,083 14.2 4.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.1 33.5 3.4 11.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,108 $28,324 -784 -2.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,407 $32,265 -1,142 -3.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,098 $13,690 1,592 13.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,359 11.4% 2,166 10.2% -193 -8.2 -1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,209 100.0% 8,596 100.0% 1,387 19.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,839 81.0% 6,165 71.7% 326 5.6 -9.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,191 44.3% 3,620 42.1% 429 13.4 -2.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,848 67.2% 4,894 56.9% 46 0.9 -10.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,501 34.7% 1,982 23.1% -519 -20.8 -11.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 839 11.6% 1,018 11.8% 179 21.3 0.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 621 8.6% 576 6.7% -45 -7.2 -1.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,167 16.2% 1,976 23.0% 809 69.3 6.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.5 -0.4 -13.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,908 100.0% 14,115 100.0% 2,207 18.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,851 40.7% 4,099 29.0% -752 -15.5 -11.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,188 18.4% 3,022 21.4% 834 38.1 3.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,016 100.0% 10,371 100.0% 1,355 15.0 FEMALE................ 4,211 46.7% 5,331 51.4% 1,120 26.6 4.7 EMPLOYED.............. 8,246 91.5% 9,796 94.5% 1,550 18.8 3.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,944 21.6% 2,655 25.6% 711 36.6 4.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,650 18.3% 2,036 19.6% 386 23.4 1.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,490 100.0% 9,089 100.0% 1,599 21.3 OCCUPIED.............. 7,125 95.1% 8,507 93.6% 1,382 19.4 -1.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,802 67.4% 5,163 60.7% 361 7.5 -6.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $81,384 $78,401 -2,983 -3.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,323 32.6% 3,344 39.3% 1,021 44.0 6.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $398 $430 32 8.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,041 80.7% 6,483 71.3% 442 7.3 -9.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 69 0.9% 129 1.4% 60 87.0 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.4 1969.0 4.6 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