Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Tifton city GEOCODE:13-2820 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,749 100.0% 14,339 100.0% 590 4.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,992 79.9% 11,502 80.2% 510 4.6 0.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,336 9.7% 1,062 7.4% -274 -20.5 -2.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,151 81.1% 10,451 72.9% -700 -6.3 -8.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,467 17.9% 3,595 25.1% 1,128 45.7 7.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 69 0.5% 123 0.9% 54 78.3 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 33 0.2% 19 0.1% -14 -42.4 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 233 1.7% 304 2.1% 71 30.5 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,057 7.7% 1,119 7.8% 62 5.9 0.1 5-17.................. 2,870 20.9% 2,887 20.1% 17 0.6 -0.7 18-24.................. 2,567 18.7% 2,035 14.2% -532 -20.7 -4.5 25-44.................. 3,307 24.1% 4,194 29.2% 887 26.8 5.2 45-64.................. 2,369 17.2% 2,222 15.5% -147 -6.2 -1.7 65 AND OVER............ 1,579 11.5% 1,882 13.1% 303 19.2 1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,927 28.6% 4,006 27.9% 79 2.0 -0.6 40 AND OVER............ 4,610 33.5% 4,970 34.7% 360 7.8 1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.9 30.2 3.3 12.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,924 $20,429 505 2.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,030 $25,121 1,091 4.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,502 $11,064 1,562 16.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,963 23.9% 3,515 26.2% 552 18.6 2.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,620 100.0% 5,196 100.0% 576 12.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,350 72.5% 3,640 70.1% 290 8.7 -2.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,767 38.2% 1,955 37.6% 188 10.6 -0.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,649 57.3% 2,545 49.0% -104 -3.9 -8.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,338 29.0% 1,115 21.5% -223 -16.7 -7.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 613 13.3% 964 18.6% 351 57.3 5.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 399 8.6% 642 12.4% 243 60.9 3.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,158 25.1% 1,424 27.4% 266 23.0 2.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -4.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,255 100.0% 8,298 100.0% 1,043 14.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,508 20.8% 2,012 24.2% 504 33.4 3.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,150 15.9% 1,539 18.5% 389 33.8 2.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,965 100.0% 6,712 100.0% 747 12.5 FEMALE................ 2,667 44.7% 3,161 47.1% 494 18.5 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 5,618 94.2% 6,218 92.6% 600 10.7 -1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,403 23.5% 1,550 23.1% 147 10.5 -0.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 642 10.8% 853 12.7% 211 32.9 1.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,683 100.0% 5,672 100.0% 989 21.1 OCCUPIED.............. 4,573 97.7% 5,169 91.1% 596 13.0 -6.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,525 55.2% 2,537 49.1% 12 0.5 -6.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $63,380 $59,401 -3,979 -6.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,048 44.8% 2,632 50.9% 584 28.5 6.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $295 $309 14 4.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,167 67.6% 3,407 60.1% 240 7.6 -7.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 329 7.0% 427 7.5% 98 29.8 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.5 1966.0 6.5 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