Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Thomasville city GEOCODE:13-2805 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,463 100.0% 17,457 100.0% -1,006 -5.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 16,256 88.0% 15,058 86.3% -1,198 -7.4 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 245 1.3% 266 1.5% 21 8.6 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 9,392 50.9% 8,134 46.6% -1,258 -13.4 -4.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 8,992 48.7% 9,198 52.7% 206 2.3 4.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 30 0.2% 16 0.1% -14 -46.7 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 6 0.0% 15 0.1% 9 150.0 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 275 1.5% 100 0.6% -175 -63.6 -0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,348 7.3% 1,335 7.6% -13 -1.0 0.3 5-17.................. 4,255 23.0% 3,592 20.6% -663 -15.6 -2.5 18-24.................. 2,132 11.5% 1,525 8.7% -607 -28.5 -2.8 25-44.................. 4,455 24.1% 4,896 28.0% 441 9.9 3.9 45-64.................. 3,815 20.7% 3,242 18.6% -573 -15.0 -2.1 65 AND OVER............ 2,458 13.3% 2,867 16.4% 409 16.6 3.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,603 30.3% 4,927 28.2% -676 -12.1 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 7,218 39.1% 7,292 41.8% 74 1.0 2.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.3 34.3 4.0 13.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,196 $20,349 -847 -4.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,459 $25,321 -138 -0.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,336 $11,204 1,868 20.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,051 22.2% 4,463 26.0% 412 10.2 3.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,402 100.0% 6,720 100.0% 318 5.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,718 73.7% 4,756 70.8% 38 0.8 -2.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,522 39.4% 2,370 35.3% -152 -6.0 -4.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,454 54.0% 2,995 44.6% -459 -13.3 -9.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,719 26.9% 1,215 18.1% -504 -29.3 -8.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,137 17.8% 1,545 23.0% 408 35.9 5.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 657 10.3% 968 14.4% 311 47.3 4.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,494 23.3% 1,801 26.8% 307 20.5 3.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.3 -10.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,728 100.0% 11,005 100.0% 277 2.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,681 25.0% 3,255 29.6% 574 21.4 4.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,552 14.5% 2,027 18.4% 475 30.6 4.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,036 100.0% 7,776 100.0% -260 -3.2 FEMALE................ 3,934 49.0% 3,977 51.1% 43 1.1 2.2 EMPLOYED.............. 7,518 93.6% 7,261 93.4% -257 -3.4 -0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,795 22.3% 1,912 24.6% 117 6.5 2.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,118 13.9% 1,188 15.3% 70 6.3 1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,899 100.0% 7,427 100.0% 528 7.7 OCCUPIED.............. 6,433 93.2% 6,718 90.5% 285 4.4 -2.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,072 63.3% 4,051 60.3% -21 -0.5 -3.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $56,030 $56,603 573 1.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,361 36.7% 2,667 39.7% 306 13.0 3.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $287 $329 42 14.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,389 78.1% 5,807 78.2% 418 7.8 0.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 36 0.5% 33 0.4% -3 -8.3 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.8 1964.0 9.2 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