Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Dalton city GEOCODE:13-0775 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 20,939 100.0% 21,761 100.0% 822 3.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 17,997 85.9% 17,568 80.7% -429 -2.4 -5.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 430 2.1% 630 2.9% 200 46.5 0.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 18,663 89.1% 18,225 83.8% -438 -2.3 -5.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,990 9.5% 2,322 10.7% 332 16.7 1.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 71 0.3% 158 0.7% 87 122.5 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 128 0.6% 15 0.1% -113 -88.3 -0.5 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 213 1.0% 1,353 6.2% 1,140 535.2 5.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,551 7.4% 1,378 6.3% -173 -11.2 -1.1 5-17.................. 4,212 20.1% 3,722 17.1% -490 -11.6 -3.0 18-24.................. 2,798 13.4% 2,752 12.6% -46 -1.6 -0.7 25-44.................. 5,829 27.8% 6,744 31.0% 915 15.7 3.2 45-64.................. 4,068 19.4% 4,281 19.7% 213 5.2 0.2 65 AND OVER............ 2,481 11.8% 2,884 13.3% 403 16.2 1.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,763 27.5% 5,100 23.4% -663 -11.5 -4.1 40 AND OVER............ 7,756 37.0% 8,642 39.7% 887 11.4 2.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.4 33.1 2.6 8.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,490 $24,517 -973 -3.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,817 $30,812 995 3.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,610 $15,284 2,674 21.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,732 13.4% 3,122 14.8% 390 14.3 1.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,823 100.0% 8,836 100.0% 1,013 12.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,658 72.3% 5,792 65.6% 134 2.4 -6.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,386 43.3% 3,276 37.1% -110 -3.2 -6.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,547 58.1% 4,335 49.1% -212 -4.7 -9.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,366 30.2% 1,962 22.2% -404 -17.1 -8.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 960 12.3% 1,196 13.5% 236 24.6 1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 455 5.8% 608 6.9% 153 33.6 1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,908 24.4% 2,617 29.6% 709 37.2 5.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -8.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,378 100.0% 13,909 100.0% 1,531 12.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,653 21.4% 2,784 20.0% 131 4.9 -1.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,027 16.4% 2,788 20.0% 761 37.5 3.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,603 100.0% 11,816 100.0% 1,213 11.4 FEMALE................ 4,748 44.8% 5,346 45.2% 598 12.6 0.5 EMPLOYED.............. 10,045 94.7% 11,132 94.2% 1,087 10.8 -0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,208 20.8% 2,720 23.0% 512 23.2 2.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,007 9.5% 921 7.8% -86 -8.5 -1.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,198 100.0% 9,555 100.0% 1,357 16.6 OCCUPIED.............. 7,778 94.9% 8,733 91.4% 955 12.3 -3.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,877 49.8% 3,988 45.7% 111 2.9 -4.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $78,901 $95,570 16,669 21.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,901 50.2% 4,745 54.3% 844 21.6 4.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $322 $355 33 10.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,002 61.0% 5,215 54.6% 213 4.3 -6.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 269 3.3% 205 2.1% -64 -23.8 -1.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.5 1970.0 9.5 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