Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Covington city GEOCODE:13-0710 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,586 100.0% 10,026 100.0% -560 -5.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,600 90.7% 8,600 85.8% -1,000 -10.4 -4.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 202 1.9% 255 2.5% 53 26.2 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 5,874 55.5% 5,371 53.6% -503 -8.6 -1.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,705 44.4% 4,571 45.6% -134 -2.8 1.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 0 0.0% 17 0.2% 17 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 7 0.1% 0 0.0% -7-100.0 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 144 1.4% 102 1.0% -42 -29.2 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 773 7.3% 837 8.3% 64 8.3 1.0 5-17.................. 2,685 25.4% 1,925 19.2% -760 -28.3 -6.2 18-24.................. 1,189 11.2% 1,043 10.4% -146 -12.3 -0.8 25-44.................. 2,576 24.3% 2,717 27.1% 141 5.5 2.8 45-64.................. 1,957 18.5% 1,917 19.1% -40 -2.0 0.6 65 AND OVER............ 1,406 13.3% 1,587 15.8% 181 12.9 2.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,458 32.7% 2,762 27.5% -696 -20.1 -5.1 40 AND OVER............ 3,903 36.9% 4,101 40.9% 198 5.1 4.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.4 32.6 3.2 10.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,523 $21,344 -1,179 -5.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,692 $27,045 -647 -2.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,941 $10,376 1,435 16.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,130 20.5% 2,298 23.6% 168 7.9 3.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,484 100.0% 3,655 100.0% 171 4.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,727 78.3% 2,604 71.2% -123 -4.5 -7.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,493 42.9% 1,410 38.6% -83 -5.6 -4.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,913 54.9% 1,791 49.0% -122 -6.4 -5.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,011 29.0% 751 20.5% -260 -25.7 -8.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 685 19.7% 701 19.2% 16 2.3 -0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 346 9.9% 408 11.2% 62 17.9 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 734 21.1% 960 26.3% 226 30.8 5.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.7 -0.3 -10.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 5,939 100.0% 6,221 100.0% 282 4.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,345 22.6% 1,803 29.0% 458 34.1 6.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 510 8.6% 544 8.7% 34 6.7 0.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,632 100.0% 4,388 100.0% -244 -5.3 FEMALE................ 2,075 44.8% 2,200 50.1% 125 6.0 5.3 EMPLOYED.............. 4,260 92.0% 3,876 88.3% -384 -9.0 -3.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 629 13.6% 628 14.3% -1 -0.2 0.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 585 12.6% 639 14.6% 54 9.2 1.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 3,630 100.0% 3,913 100.0% 283 7.8 OCCUPIED.............. 3,432 94.5% 3,644 93.1% 212 6.2 -1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,032 59.2% 1,839 50.5% -193 -9.5 -8.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $55,857 $65,306 9,449 16.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,400 40.8% 1,805 49.5% 405 28.9 8.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $260 $372 112 43.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,763 76.1% 2,711 69.3% -52 -1.9 -6.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 30 0.8% 58 1.5% 28 93.3 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.3 1964.0 7.7 0.4 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