Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Alton city GEOCODE:17-0115 IL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 34,171 100.0% 32,905 100.0% -1,266 -3.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 28,724 84.1% 27,079 82.3% -1,645 -5.7 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 771 2.3% 818 2.5% 47 6.1 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 26,647 78.0% 24,912 75.7% -1,735 -6.5 -2.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7,070 20.7% 7,587 23.1% 517 7.3 2.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 59 0.2% 99 0.3% 40 67.8 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 196 0.6% 163 0.5% -33 -16.8 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 480 1.4% 369 1.1% -111 -23.1 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,447 7.2% 2,664 8.1% 217 8.9 0.9 5-17.................. 6,997 20.5% 5,925 18.0% -1,072 -15.3 -2.5 18-24.................. 4,190 12.3% 3,041 9.2% -1,149 -27.4 -3.0 25-44.................. 7,811 22.9% 10,065 30.6% 2,254 28.9 7.7 45-64.................. 7,137 20.9% 5,541 16.8% -1,596 -22.4 -4.0 65 AND OVER............ 5,589 16.4% 5,669 17.2% 80 1.4 0.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,444 27.6% 8,589 26.1% -855 -9.1 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 14,295 41.8% 13,061 39.7% -1,234 -8.6 -2.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.9 33.6 1.7 5.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,612 $22,948 -1,664 -6.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,538 $28,333 -3,205 -10.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,982 $10,904 -78 -0.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,235 15.7% 6,370 19.8% 1,135 21.7 4.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,988 100.0% 12,963 100.0% -25 -0.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,911 68.6% 8,566 66.1% -345 -3.9 -2.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,956 30.5% 4,259 32.9% 303 7.7 2.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,874 52.9% 6,131 47.3% -743 -10.8 -5.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,035 23.4% 2,656 20.5% -379 -12.5 -2.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,654 12.7% 1,994 15.4% 340 20.6 2.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,141 8.8% 1,189 9.2% 48 4.2 0.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,658 28.2% 3,932 30.3% 274 7.5 2.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 20,537 100.0% 21,275 100.0% 738 3.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,972 33.9% 6,741 31.7% -231 -3.3 -2.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,900 9.3% 2,467 11.6% 567 29.8 2.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 14,076 100.0% 14,587 100.0% 511 3.6 FEMALE................ 5,962 42.4% 6,825 46.8% 863 14.5 4.4 EMPLOYED.............. 12,655 89.9% 13,004 89.1% 349 2.8 -0.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,563 18.2% 2,610 17.9% 47 1.8 -0.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,312 16.4% 2,359 16.2% 47 2.0 -0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 13,859 100.0% 14,212 100.0% 353 2.5 OCCUPIED.............. 12,993 93.8% 12,969 91.3% -24 -0.2 -2.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,862 68.2% 8,405 64.8% -457 -5.2 -3.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $47,551 $41,156 -6,395 -13.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,131 31.8% 4,564 35.2% 433 10.5 3.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $303 $330 27 8.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,281 74.2% 10,259 72.2% -22 -0.2 -2.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 37 0.3% 510 3.6% 4731278.4 3.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1939.7 1945.0 5.3 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