Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Americus city GEOCODE:13-0100 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 16,120 100.0% 16,512 100.0% 392 2.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,144 81.5% 13,243 80.2% 99 0.8 -1.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,180 7.3% 1,225 7.4% 45 3.8 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 8,826 54.8% 7,637 46.3% -1,189 -13.5 -8.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7,236 44.9% 8,759 53.0% 1,523 21.0 8.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 0 0.0% 71 0.4% 71 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 50 0.3% 11 0.1% -39 -78.0 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 127 0.8% 104 0.6% -23 -18.1 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,155 7.2% 1,341 8.1% 186 16.1 1.0 5-17.................. 3,574 22.2% 3,364 20.4% -210 -5.9 -1.8 18-24.................. 2,642 16.4% 2,229 13.5% -413 -15.6 -2.9 25-44.................. 3,748 23.3% 4,453 27.0% 705 18.8 3.7 45-64.................. 2,672 16.6% 2,625 15.9% -47 -1.8 -0.7 65 AND OVER............ 2,329 14.4% 2,500 15.1% 171 7.3 0.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,729 29.3% 4,705 28.5% -24 -0.5 -0.8 40 AND OVER............ 5,710 35.4% 6,023 36.5% 314 5.5 1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.6 29.8 2.2 7.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,193 $18,593 -600 -3.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,177 $22,196 -1,981 -8.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,222 $9,257 1,035 12.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,957 26.5% 4,808 31.5% 851 21.5 5.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,320 100.0% 5,764 100.0% 444 8.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,759 70.7% 4,004 69.5% 245 6.5 -1.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,150 40.4% 1,962 34.0% -188 -8.7 -6.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,567 48.3% 2,250 39.0% -317 -12.3 -9.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,342 25.2% 1,060 18.4% -282 -21.0 -6.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,087 20.4% 1,601 27.8% 514 47.3 7.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 545 10.2% 996 17.3% 451 82.8 7.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,390 26.1% 1,585 27.5% 195 14.0 1.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.2 -5.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,749 100.0% 9,578 100.0% 829 9.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,786 20.4% 2,542 26.5% 756 42.3 6.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,365 15.6% 1,673 17.5% 308 22.6 1.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,076 100.0% 7,026 100.0% -50 -0.7 FEMALE................ 3,443 48.7% 3,591 51.1% 148 4.3 2.5 EMPLOYED.............. 6,575 92.9% 6,278 89.4% -297 -4.5 -3.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,509 21.3% 1,565 22.3% 56 3.7 0.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 867 12.3% 865 12.3% -2 -0.2 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,574 100.0% 6,317 100.0% 743 13.3 OCCUPIED.............. 5,332 95.7% 5,809 92.0% 477 8.9 -3.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,011 56.5% 3,093 53.2% 82 2.7 -3.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $54,729 $50,599 -4,130 -7.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,321 43.5% 2,716 46.8% 395 17.0 3.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $251 $270 19 7.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,943 70.7% 3,959 62.7% 16 0.4 -8.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 148 2.7% 342 5.4% 194 131.1 2.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.4 1967.0 10.6 0.5 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