Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Waycross city GEOCODE:13-3000 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 19,330 100.0% 16,379 100.0% -2,951 -15.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 16,907 87.5% 13,683 83.5% -3,224 -19.1 -3.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 228 1.2% 355 2.2% 127 55.7 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,436 59.2% 8,310 50.7% -3,126 -27.3 -8.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7,786 40.3% 7,951 48.5% 165 2.1 8.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 20 0.1% 86 0.5% 66 330.0 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 88 0.5% 32 0.2% -56 -63.6 -0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 192 1.0% 63 0.4% -129 -67.2 -0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,722 8.9% 1,316 8.0% -406 -23.6 -0.9 5-17.................. 4,268 22.1% 3,174 19.4% -1,094 -25.6 -2.7 18-24.................. 2,193 11.3% 1,427 8.7% -766 -34.9 -2.6 25-44.................. 4,468 23.1% 4,159 25.4% -309 -6.9 2.3 45-64.................. 3,986 20.6% 3,213 19.6% -773 -19.4 -1.0 65 AND OVER............ 2,693 13.9% 3,090 18.9% 397 14.7 4.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,990 31.0% 4,490 27.4% -1,500 -25.0 -3.6 40 AND OVER............ 7,503 38.8% 7,389 45.1% -114 -1.5 6.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.9 35.7 5.8 19.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $17,773 $16,586 -1,187 -6.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $21,782 $20,839 -943 -4.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,220 $9,009 -211 -2.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,006 26.2% 4,469 27.9% -537 -10.7 1.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,047 100.0% 6,510 100.0% -537 -7.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,088 72.2% 4,307 66.2% -781 -15.3 -6.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,373 33.7% 1,827 28.1% -546 -23.0 -5.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,701 52.5% 2,727 41.9% -974 -26.3 -10.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,771 25.1% 1,013 15.6% -758 -42.8 -9.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,220 17.3% 1,357 20.8% 137 11.2 3.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 680 9.6% 783 12.0% 103 15.1 2.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,792 25.4% 2,066 31.7% 274 15.3 6.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -9.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,147 100.0% 10,462 100.0% -685 -6.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,539 22.8% 3,036 29.0% 497 19.6 6.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,357 12.2% 1,169 11.2% -188 -13.9 -1.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,485 100.0% 6,261 100.0% -1,224 -16.4 FEMALE................ 3,442 46.0% 3,228 51.6% -214 -6.2 5.6 EMPLOYED.............. 6,799 90.8% 5,747 91.8% -1,052 -15.5 1.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,605 21.4% 1,194 19.1% -411 -25.6 -2.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,071 14.3% 1,092 17.4% 21 2.0 3.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,664 100.0% 7,522 100.0% -142 -1.9 OCCUPIED.............. 7,083 92.4% 6,547 87.0% -536 -7.6 -5.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,169 58.9% 3,858 58.9% -311 -7.5 0.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $44,575 $45,418 843 1.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,914 41.1% 2,689 41.1% -225 -7.7 -0.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $260 $278 18 6.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,482 71.5% 5,203 69.2% -279 -5.1 -2.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 369 4.8% 573 7.6% 204 55.3 2.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.6 1960.0 7.4 0.4 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