Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Columbus city GEOCODE:18-0515 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 30,614 100.0% 31,802 100.0% 1,188 3.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 26,424 86.3% 26,540 83.5% 116 0.4 -2.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 429 1.4% 677 2.1% 248 57.8 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 29,392 96.0% 30,288 95.2% 896 3.0 -0.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 841 2.7% 773 2.4% -68 -8.1 -0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 193 0.6% 585 1.8% 392 203.1 1.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 38 0.1% 73 0.2% 35 92.1 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 257 0.8% 211 0.7% -46 -17.9 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,208 7.2% 2,303 7.2% 95 4.3 0.0 5-17.................. 6,502 21.2% 5,604 17.6% -898 -13.8 -3.6 18-24.................. 3,500 11.4% 3,086 9.7% -414 -11.8 -1.7 25-44.................. 9,007 29.4% 9,966 31.3% 959 10.6 1.9 45-64.................. 5,965 19.5% 6,412 20.2% 447 7.5 0.7 65 AND OVER............ 3,432 11.2% 4,431 13.9% 999 29.1 2.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,710 28.5% 7,907 24.9% -803 -9.2 -3.6 40 AND OVER............ 11,262 36.8% 13,305 41.8% 2,043 18.1 5.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.7 34.6 3.9 12.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $30,759 $28,859 -1,900 -6.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,740 $35,545 -195 -0.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,421 $14,366 -55 -0.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,200 10.6% 3,390 10.9% 190 5.9 0.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,715 100.0% 12,830 100.0% 1,115 9.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,462 72.2% 8,795 68.6% 333 3.9 -3.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,560 38.9% 5,246 40.9% 686 15.0 2.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,953 59.4% 7,225 56.3% 272 3.9 -3.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,540 30.2% 3,208 25.0% -332 -9.4 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,244 10.6% 1,291 10.1% 47 3.8 -0.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 911 7.8% 847 6.6% -64 -7.0 -1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,853 24.4% 3,568 27.8% 715 25.1 3.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -5.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 18,404 100.0% 20,809 100.0% 2,405 13.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,820 37.1% 6,778 32.6% -42 -0.6 -4.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,482 18.9% 4,229 20.3% 747 21.5 1.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 14,833 100.0% 16,354 100.0% 1,521 10.3 FEMALE................ 6,352 42.8% 7,572 46.3% 1,220 19.2 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 13,741 92.6% 15,417 94.3% 1,676 12.2 1.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,792 25.6% 4,600 28.1% 808 21.3 2.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,691 11.4% 1,877 11.5% 186 11.0 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 12,296 100.0% 13,458 100.0% 1,162 9.5 OCCUPIED.............. 11,728 95.4% 12,850 95.5% 1,122 9.6 0.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,538 64.3% 7,942 61.8% 404 5.4 -2.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $79,707 $70,938 -8,769 -11.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,190 35.7% 4,908 38.2% 718 17.1 2.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $381 $405 24 6.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,677 70.6% 9,225 68.5% 548 6.3 -2.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 527 4.3% 657 4.9% 130 24.7 0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.6 1962.0 5.4 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