Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Decatur city GEOCODE:17-1410 IL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 94,081 100.0% 83,885 100.0% -10,196 -10.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 79,869 84.9% 68,347 81.5% -11,522 -14.4 -3.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,385 2.5% 2,652 3.2% 267 11.2 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 79,638 84.6% 69,269 82.6% -10,369 -13.0 -2.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 13,764 14.6% 13,941 16.6% 177 1.3 2.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 386 0.4% 381 0.5% -5 -1.3 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 142 0.2% 128 0.2% -14 -9.9 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 424 0.5% 586 0.7% 162 38.2 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 7,482 8.0% 5,801 6.9% -1,681 -22.5 -1.0 5-17.................. 18,654 19.8% 15,225 18.1% -3,429 -18.4 -1.7 18-24.................. 12,271 13.0% 8,146 9.7% -4,125 -33.6 -3.3 25-44.................. 23,961 25.5% 24,767 29.5% 806 3.4 4.1 45-64.................. 19,439 20.7% 16,476 19.6% -2,963 -15.2 -1.0 65 AND OVER............ 12,274 13.0% 13,470 16.1% 1,196 9.7 3.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 26,136 27.8% 21,026 25.1% -5,110 -19.6 -2.7 40 AND OVER............ 36,441 38.7% 35,501 42.3% -940 -2.6 3.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.4 35.0 4.6 15.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,627 $25,451 -4,176 -14.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,643 $32,127 -3,516 -9.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,596 $13,348 -248 -1.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 10,773 11.8% 12,855 15.9% 2,082 19.3 4.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 35,889 100.0% 34,066 100.0% -1,823 -5.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 25,399 70.8% 22,753 66.8% -2,646 -10.4 -4.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 13,423 37.4% 11,655 34.2% -1,768 -13.2 -3.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 20,654 57.5% 17,289 50.8% -3,365 -16.3 -6.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 9,708 27.1% 7,298 21.4% -2,410 -24.8 -5.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,916 10.9% 4,557 13.4% 641 16.4 2.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,633 7.3% 2,945 8.6% 312 11.8 1.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 9,436 26.3% 10,044 29.5% 608 6.4 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -6.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 55,674 100.0% 54,713 100.0% -961 -1.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 22,037 39.6% 19,573 35.8% -2,464 -11.2 -3.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 7,893 14.2% 8,567 15.7% 674 8.5 1.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 44,449 100.0% 39,140 100.0% -5,309 -11.9 FEMALE................ 19,217 43.2% 18,132 46.3% -1,085 -5.6 3.1 EMPLOYED.............. 40,059 90.1% 36,125 92.3% -3,934 -9.8 2.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 8,622 19.4% 8,373 21.4% -249 -2.9 2.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 6,130 13.8% 5,934 15.2% -196 -3.2 1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 38,421 100.0% 37,470 100.0% -951 -2.5 OCCUPIED.............. 35,923 93.5% 34,013 90.8% -1,910 -5.3 -2.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 24,906 69.3% 22,405 65.9% -2,501 -10.0 -3.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $70,357 $50,959 -19,399 -27.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 11,017 30.7% 11,608 34.1% 591 5.4 3.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $373 $339 -34 -9.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 28,109 73.2% 27,274 72.8% -835 -3.0 -0.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,629 4.2% 1,663 4.4% 34 2.1 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.5 1955.0 4.5 0.2 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