Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Decatur city GEOCODE:13-0825 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,404 100.0% 17,336 100.0% -1,068 -5.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 14,116 76.7% 12,398 71.5% -1,718 -12.2 -5.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 514 2.8% 512 3.0% -2 -0.4 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,656 57.9% 10,423 60.1% -233 -2.2 2.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7,621 41.4% 6,729 38.8% -892 -11.7 -2.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 54 0.3% 125 0.7% 71 131.5 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 34 0.2% 28 0.2% -6 -17.6 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 155 0.8% 129 0.7% -26 -16.8 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,125 6.1% 1,194 6.9% 69 6.1 0.8 5-17.................. 2,939 16.0% 2,348 13.5% -591 -20.1 -2.4 18-24.................. 2,657 14.4% 1,794 10.3% -863 -32.5 -4.1 25-44.................. 5,319 28.9% 6,627 38.2% 1,308 24.6 9.3 45-64.................. 3,221 17.5% 2,695 15.5% -526 -16.3 -2.0 65 AND OVER............ 3,143 17.1% 2,678 15.4% -465 -14.8 -1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,064 22.1% 3,542 20.4% -522 -12.8 -1.7 40 AND OVER............ 7,229 39.3% 6,985 40.3% -244 -3.4 1.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.8 34.5 2.7 8.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,360 $26,803 3,443 14.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,256 $34,744 4,488 14.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,217 $16,075 3,858 31.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,899 16.2% 3,004 17.9% 105 3.6 1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,540 100.0% 7,590 100.0% 50 0.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,350 57.7% 3,961 52.2% -389 -8.9 -5.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,384 31.6% 2,207 29.1% -177 -7.4 -2.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,044 40.4% 2,545 33.5% -499 -16.4 -6.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,161 15.4% 926 12.2% -235 -20.2 -3.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,109 14.7% 1,256 16.5% 147 13.3 1.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 569 7.5% 632 8.3% 63 11.1 0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,712 36.0% 2,972 39.2% 260 9.6 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.2 -0.2 -6.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,683 100.0% 12,000 100.0% 317 2.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,510 21.5% 2,279 19.0% -231 -9.2 -2.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,234 27.7% 4,861 40.5% 1,627 50.3 12.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,094 100.0% 9,303 100.0% 209 2.3 FEMALE................ 4,724 51.9% 4,956 53.3% 232 4.9 1.3 EMPLOYED.............. 8,720 95.9% 8,766 94.2% 46 0.5 -1.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,647 29.1% 3,809 40.9% 1,162 43.9 11.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,428 15.7% 1,123 12.1% -305 -21.4 -3.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,881 100.0% 8,230 100.0% 349 4.4 OCCUPIED.............. 7,529 95.5% 7,617 92.6% 88 1.2 -3.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,869 51.4% 4,011 52.7% 142 3.7 1.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $64,873 $104,677 39,804 61.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,660 48.6% 3,606 47.3% -54 -1.5 -1.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $336 $439 103 30.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,297 54.5% 4,832 58.7% 535 12.5 4.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.0 1950.0 -0.0 -0.0 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