Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Freeport city GEOCODE:17-2070 IL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 26,266 100.0% 25,840 100.0% -426 -1.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 21,625 82.3% 20,937 81.0% -688 -3.2 -1.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 439 1.7% 575 2.2% 136 31.0 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 23,476 89.4% 22,554 87.3% -922 -3.9 -2.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,659 10.1% 2,985 11.6% 326 12.3 1.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 34 0.1% 230 0.9% 196 576.5 0.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 59 0.2% 30 0.1% -29 -49.2 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 170 0.6% 237 0.9% 67 39.4 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,776 6.8% 1,862 7.2% 86 4.8 0.4 5-17.................. 5,102 19.4% 4,396 17.0% -706 -13.8 -2.4 18-24.................. 3,464 13.2% 2,497 9.7% -967 -27.9 -3.5 25-44.................. 6,311 24.0% 7,291 28.2% 980 15.5 4.2 45-64.................. 5,467 20.8% 5,008 19.4% -459 -8.4 -1.4 65 AND OVER............ 4,146 15.8% 4,786 18.5% 640 15.4 2.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,878 26.2% 6,258 24.2% -620 -9.0 -2.0 40 AND OVER............ 10,882 41.4% 11,180 43.3% 298 2.7 1.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.2 34.9 2.8 8.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,550 $24,758 -2,792 -10.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,693 $31,938 -2,755 -7.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,911 $12,631 -280 -2.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,028 7.9% 3,153 12.5% 1,125 55.5 4.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,636 100.0% 10,861 100.0% 225 2.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,006 65.9% 7,012 64.6% 6 0.1 -1.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,152 39.0% 3,937 36.2% -215 -5.2 -2.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,858 55.1% 5,435 50.0% -423 -7.2 -5.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,649 24.9% 2,310 21.3% -339 -12.8 -3.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 972 9.1% 1,262 11.6% 290 29.8 2.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 597 5.6% 769 7.1% 172 28.8 1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,199 30.1% 3,441 31.7% 242 7.6 1.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -4.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 15,924 100.0% 17,085 100.0% 1,161 7.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,367 40.0% 6,281 36.8% -86 -1.4 -3.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,027 12.7% 2,462 14.4% 435 21.5 1.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 13,525 100.0% 12,933 100.0% -592 -4.4 FEMALE................ 6,441 47.6% 6,066 46.9% -375 -5.8 -0.7 EMPLOYED.............. 12,785 94.5% 11,926 92.2% -859 -6.7 -2.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,381 17.6% 2,414 18.7% 33 1.4 1.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,690 12.5% 1,741 13.5% 51 3.0 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,125 100.0% 11,722 100.0% 597 5.4 OCCUPIED.............. 10,642 95.7% 10,843 92.5% 201 1.9 -3.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,885 64.7% 7,038 64.9% 153 2.2 0.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $64,924 $52,956 -11,968 -18.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,757 35.3% 3,805 35.1% 48 1.3 -0.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $320 $315 -5 -1.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,128 64.1% 7,404 63.2% 276 3.9 -0.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 497 4.5% 657 5.6% 160 32.2 1.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1938.5 1950.0 11.5 0.6 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