Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Valdosta city GEOCODE:13-2910 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 37,533 100.0% 39,816 100.0% 2,283 6.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 31,294 83.4% 31,914 80.2% 620 2.0 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,835 4.9% 2,239 5.6% 404 22.0 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 22,418 59.7% 21,924 55.1% -494 -2.2 -4.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 14,807 39.5% 17,329 43.5% 2,522 17.0 4.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 162 0.4% 367 0.9% 205 126.5 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 31 0.1% 126 0.3% 95 306.5 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 623 1.7% 396 1.0% -227 -36.4 -0.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,176 8.5% 3,388 8.5% 212 6.7 0.0 5-17.................. 8,188 21.8% 7,781 19.5% -407 -5.0 -2.3 18-24.................. 6,741 18.0% 6,649 16.7% -92 -1.4 -1.3 25-44.................. 9,924 26.4% 11,553 29.0% 1,629 16.4 2.6 45-64.................. 5,867 15.6% 6,136 15.4% 269 4.6 -0.2 65 AND OVER............ 3,637 9.7% 4,309 10.8% 672 18.5 1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,364 30.3% 11,169 28.1% -195 -1.7 -2.2 40 AND OVER............ 11,290 30.1% 12,878 32.3% 1,589 14.1 2.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.9 28.1 2.3 8.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,259 $21,864 1,605 7.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,443 $27,231 2,788 11.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,433 $11,329 1,896 20.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,188 23.0% 8,947 23.8% 759 9.3 0.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,857 100.0% 14,133 100.0% 1,276 9.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 9,288 72.2% 9,698 68.6% 410 4.4 -3.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,049 39.3% 5,428 38.4% 379 7.5 -0.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,832 53.1% 6,620 46.8% -212 -3.1 -6.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,680 28.6% 3,241 22.9% -439 -11.9 -5.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,140 16.6% 2,624 18.6% 484 22.6 1.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,387 10.8% 1,632 11.5% 245 17.7 0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,919 22.7% 3,521 24.9% 602 20.6 2.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.1 -4.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 19,428 100.0% 21,998 100.0% 2,570 13.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,311 27.3% 6,089 27.7% 778 14.6 0.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,222 16.6% 4,642 21.1% 1,420 44.1 4.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 16,401 100.0% 18,149 100.0% 1,748 10.7 FEMALE................ 7,653 46.7% 9,006 49.6% 1,353 17.7 3.0 EMPLOYED.............. 15,368 93.7% 16,688 91.9% 1,320 8.6 -1.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,593 21.9% 4,346 23.9% 753 21.0 2.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,485 15.2% 2,723 15.0% 238 9.6 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 13,660 100.0% 15,604 100.0% 1,944 14.2 OCCUPIED.............. 12,796 93.7% 14,140 90.6% 1,344 10.5 -3.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,769 52.9% 7,088 50.1% 319 4.7 -2.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $62,839 $67,165 4,325 6.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,027 47.1% 7,052 49.9% 1,025 17.0 2.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $309 $359 50 16.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 9,942 72.8% 10,861 69.6% 919 9.2 -3.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 88 0.6% 180 1.2% 92 104.5 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.9 1968.0 9.1 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