Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Forest Park city GEOCODE:13-1110 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,782 100.0% 16,925 100.0% -1,857 -9.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 16,987 90.4% 14,600 86.3% -2,387 -14.1 -4.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 87 0.5% 262 1.5% 175 201.1 1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 17,270 91.9% 13,071 77.2% -4,199 -24.3 -14.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,289 6.9% 3,225 19.1% 1,936 150.2 12.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 166 0.9% 418 2.5% 252 151.8 1.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 30 0.2% 38 0.2% 8 26.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 104 0.6% 395 2.3% 291 279.8 1.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,447 7.7% 1,346 8.0% -101 -7.0 0.2 5-17.................. 3,966 21.1% 3,023 17.9% -943 -23.8 -3.3 18-24.................. 2,854 15.2% 1,757 10.4% -1,097 -38.4 -4.8 25-44.................. 5,156 27.5% 5,566 32.9% 410 8.0 5.4 45-64.................. 4,111 21.9% 3,380 20.0% -731 -17.8 -1.9 65 AND OVER............ 1,248 6.6% 1,853 10.9% 605 48.5 4.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,413 28.8% 4,369 25.8% -1,044 -19.3 -3.0 40 AND OVER............ 6,409 34.1% 6,298 37.2% -111 -1.7 3.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.3 31.9 3.6 12.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,357 $25,982 -3,375 -11.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,263 $29,470 -3,793 -11.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,874 $11,946 72 0.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,356 7.3% 1,983 11.9% 627 46.2 4.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,776 100.0% 6,264 100.0% -512 -7.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,360 79.1% 4,576 73.1% -784 -14.6 -6.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,112 45.9% 2,709 43.2% -403 -12.9 -2.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,402 65.0% 3,326 53.1% -1,076 -24.4 -11.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,230 32.9% 1,460 23.3% -770 -34.5 -9.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 760 11.2% 1,018 16.3% 258 33.9 5.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 464 6.8% 558 8.9% 94 20.3 2.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,211 17.9% 1,400 22.3% 189 15.6 4.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.1 -3.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,515 100.0% 10,799 100.0% 284 2.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,011 38.1% 4,157 38.5% 146 3.6 0.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 655 6.2% 797 7.4% 142 21.7 1.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,612 100.0% 8,579 100.0% -1,033 -10.7 FEMALE................ 4,118 42.8% 3,960 46.2% -158 -3.8 3.3 EMPLOYED.............. 9,072 94.4% 8,019 93.5% -1,053 -11.6 -0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,208 12.6% 1,005 11.7% -203 -16.8 -0.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,101 11.5% 1,136 13.2% 35 3.2 1.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,043 100.0% 6,993 100.0% -50 -0.7 OCCUPIED.............. 6,729 95.5% 6,305 90.2% -424 -6.3 -5.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,198 62.4% 3,751 59.5% -447 -10.6 -2.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $51,239 $54,797 3,559 6.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,531 37.6% 2,554 40.5% 23 0.9 2.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $384 $477 93 24.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,808 68.3% 4,897 70.0% 89 1.9 1.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 122 1.7% 64 0.9% -58 -47.5 -0.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.3 1961.0 0.7 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