Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Athens city GEOCODE:13-0145 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 42,549 100.0% 45,734 100.0% 3,185 7.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 24,908 58.5% 23,290 50.9% -1,618 -6.5 -7.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 8,206 19.3% 7,501 16.4% -705 -8.6 -2.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 30,169 70.9% 30,397 66.5% 228 0.8 -4.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 11,636 27.3% 13,610 29.8% 1,974 17.0 2.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 448 1.1% 1,458 3.2% 1,010 225.4 2.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 39 0.1% 36 0.1% -3 -7.7 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 370 0.9% 829 1.8% 459 124.1 0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,161 5.1% 2,387 5.2% 226 10.5 0.1 5-17.................. 5,077 11.9% 4,883 10.7% -194 -3.8 -1.3 18-24.................. 16,036 37.7% 17,929 39.2% 1,893 11.8 1.5 25-44.................. 9,346 22.0% 11,004 24.1% 1,658 17.7 2.1 45-64.................. 5,661 13.3% 4,882 10.7% -779 -13.8 -2.6 65 AND OVER............ 4,268 10.0% 4,649 10.2% 381 8.9 0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,238 17.0% 7,270 15.9% 32 0.4 -1.1 40 AND OVER............ 11,251 26.4% 11,201 24.5% -50 -0.4 -2.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 23.8 23.6 -0.2 -0.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $17,111 $14,286 -2,825 -16.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,020 $23,348 -672 -2.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,587 $9,252 -335 -3.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 9,126 26.6% 15,002 39.3% 5,876 64.4 12.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 15,139 100.0% 16,915 100.0% 1,776 11.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,189 54.1% 7,620 45.0% -569 -6.9 -9.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,368 28.9% 3,770 22.3% -598 -13.7 -6.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,800 38.3% 4,754 28.1% -1,046 -18.0 -10.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,222 14.7% 1,752 10.4% -470 -21.2 -4.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,071 13.7% 2,413 14.3% 342 16.5 0.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,261 8.3% 1,376 8.1% 115 9.1 -0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,039 33.3% 5,887 34.8% 848 16.8 1.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.3 2.3 -0.0 -0.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 19,275 100.0% 20,535 100.0% 1,260 6.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,197 16.6% 4,406 21.5% 1,209 37.8 4.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 6,578 34.1% 7,418 36.1% 840 12.8 2.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 18,998 100.0% 21,069 100.0% 2,071 10.9 FEMALE................ 9,294 48.9% 10,535 50.0% 1,241 13.4 1.1 EMPLOYED.............. 17,413 91.7% 19,344 91.8% 1,931 11.1 0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,846 25.5% 5,303 25.2% 457 9.4 -0.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,883 15.2% 3,893 18.5% 1,010 35.0 3.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 15,493 100.0% 18,499 100.0% 3,006 19.4 OCCUPIED.............. 15,055 97.2% 17,012 92.0% 1,957 13.0 -5.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,549 36.9% 5,669 33.3% 120 2.2 -3.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $69,191 $81,310 12,118 17.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 9,506 63.1% 11,343 66.7% 1,837 19.3 3.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $297 $347 50 17.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,881 50.9% 7,964 43.1% 83 1.1 -7.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 212 1.4% 323 1.7% 111 52.4 0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.4 1964.0 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