Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Herrin city GEOCODE:17-2555 IL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,549 100.0% 10,856 100.0% 307 2.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,043 85.7% 8,868 81.7% -175 -1.9 -4.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 56 0.5% 312 2.9% 256 457.1 2.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,499 99.5% 10,816 99.6% 317 3.0 0.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 36 0.3% 19 0.2% -17 -47.2 -0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 7 0.1% 17 0.2% 10 142.9 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 51 0.5% 20 0.2% -31 -60.8 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 645 6.1% 651 6.0% 6 0.9 -0.1 5-17.................. 1,948 18.5% 1,790 16.5% -158 -8.1 -2.0 18-24.................. 1,026 9.7% 894 8.2% -132 -12.9 -1.5 25-44.................. 2,588 24.5% 2,861 26.4% 273 10.5 1.8 45-64.................. 2,361 22.4% 2,212 20.4% -149 -6.3 -2.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,981 18.8% 2,448 22.5% 467 23.6 3.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,593 24.6% 2,441 22.5% -152 -5.9 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 4,917 46.6% 5,230 48.2% 314 6.4 1.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 36.9 38.7 1.8 4.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,484 $19,722 -2,762 -12.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,814 $26,391 -4,423 -14.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,430 $10,497 -933 -8.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,240 11.9% 1,801 17.1% 561 45.2 5.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,287 100.0% 4,590 100.0% 303 7.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,958 69.0% 3,032 66.1% 74 2.5 -2.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,411 32.9% 1,427 31.1% 16 1.1 -1.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,561 59.7% 2,469 53.8% -92 -3.6 -5.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,100 25.7% 1,053 22.9% -47 -4.3 -2.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 358 8.4% 461 10.0% 103 28.8 1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 169 3.9% 314 6.8% 145 85.8 2.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,237 28.9% 1,462 31.9% 225 18.2 3.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.2 -6.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,930 100.0% 7,521 100.0% 591 8.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,529 36.5% 2,533 33.7% 4 0.2 -2.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 636 9.2% 742 9.9% 106 16.7 0.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,579 100.0% 4,617 100.0% 38 0.8 FEMALE................ 1,957 42.7% 2,145 46.5% 188 9.6 3.7 EMPLOYED.............. 4,149 90.6% 4,082 88.4% -67 -1.6 -2.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 779 17.0% 812 17.6% 33 4.2 0.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 626 13.7% 562 12.2% -64 -10.2 -1.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,636 100.0% 4,938 100.0% 302 6.5 OCCUPIED.............. 4,312 93.0% 4,570 92.5% 258 6.0 -0.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,195 74.1% 3,286 71.9% 91 2.8 -2.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $48,215 $39,971 -8,244 -17.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,117 25.9% 1,284 28.1% 167 15.0 2.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $295 $290 -5 -1.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,888 83.9% 3,851 78.0% -37 -1.0 -5.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 114 2.5% 305 6.2% 191 167.5 3.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1942.0 1951.0 9.0 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