Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Rome city GEOCODE:13-2455 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 29,609 100.0% 30,326 100.0% 717 2.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 24,535 82.9% 24,065 79.4% -470 -1.9 -3.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,228 4.1% 1,624 5.4% 396 32.2 1.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 21,213 71.6% 20,858 68.8% -355 -1.7 -2.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 8,247 27.9% 9,041 29.8% 794 9.6 2.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 91 0.3% 206 0.7% 115 126.4 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 40 0.1% 49 0.2% 9 22.5 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 289 1.0% 359 1.2% 70 24.2 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,032 6.9% 2,054 6.8% 22 1.1 -0.1 5-17.................. 5,838 19.7% 5,189 17.1% -649 -11.1 -2.6 18-24.................. 3,822 12.9% 3,272 10.8% -550 -14.4 -2.1 25-44.................. 7,106 24.0% 8,535 28.1% 1,429 20.1 4.1 45-64.................. 6,191 20.9% 5,854 19.3% -337 -5.4 -1.6 65 AND OVER............ 4,620 15.6% 5,422 17.9% 802 17.4 2.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,870 26.6% 7,243 23.9% -627 -8.0 -2.7 40 AND OVER............ 12,214 41.3% 13,126 43.3% 912 7.5 2.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.2 35.1 2.9 9.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,604 $21,078 474 2.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,991 $27,045 1,054 4.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,309 $11,973 1,664 16.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,466 19.3% 5,347 18.7% -119 -2.2 -0.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,200 100.0% 12,073 100.0% 873 7.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,762 69.3% 7,888 65.3% 126 1.6 -4.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,855 34.4% 4,208 34.9% 353 9.2 0.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,746 51.3% 5,586 46.3% -160 -2.8 -5.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,535 22.6% 2,394 19.8% -141 -5.6 -2.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,800 16.1% 1,985 16.4% 185 10.3 0.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 955 8.5% 1,154 9.6% 199 20.8 1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,135 28.0% 3,821 31.6% 686 21.9 3.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.2 -6.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 17,917 100.0% 19,811 100.0% 1,894 10.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,846 21.5% 5,605 28.3% 1,759 45.7 6.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,764 15.4% 3,468 17.5% 704 25.5 2.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 13,067 100.0% 13,959 100.0% 892 6.8 FEMALE................ 6,254 47.9% 6,985 50.0% 731 11.7 2.2 EMPLOYED.............. 12,029 92.1% 12,928 92.6% 899 7.5 0.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,479 19.0% 3,167 22.7% 688 27.8 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,950 14.9% 1,941 13.9% -9 -0.5 -1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,986 100.0% 13,099 100.0% 1,113 9.3 OCCUPIED.............. 11,207 93.5% 12,008 91.7% 801 7.1 -1.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,721 51.0% 6,170 51.4% 449 7.8 0.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $59,805 $64,561 4,755 8.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,486 49.0% 5,838 48.6% 352 6.4 -0.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $252 $294 42 16.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,893 65.9% 8,744 66.8% 851 10.8 0.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 103 0.9% 163 1.2% 60 58.3 0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.4 1958.0 5.6 0.3 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