Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Lawrence city GEOCODE:18-1340 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 25,591 100.0% 26,763 100.0% 1,172 4.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 20,249 79.1% 22,138 82.7% 1,889 9.3 3.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,947 7.6% 537 2.0% -1,410 -72.4 -5.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 22,796 89.1% 23,205 86.7% 409 1.8 -2.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,196 8.6% 2,830 10.6% 634 28.9 2.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 294 1.1% 479 1.8% 185 62.9 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 68 0.3% 96 0.4% 28 41.2 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 407 1.6% 593 2.2% 186 45.7 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,878 7.3% 2,299 8.6% 421 22.4 1.3 5-17.................. 4,769 18.6% 4,825 18.0% 56 1.2 -0.6 18-24.................. 4,825 18.9% 2,575 9.6% -2,250 -46.6 -9.2 25-44.................. 7,912 30.9% 10,221 38.2% 2,309 29.2 7.3 45-64.................. 4,576 17.9% 4,430 16.6% -146 -3.2 -1.3 65 AND OVER............ 1,631 6.4% 2,413 9.0% 782 47.9 2.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,647 26.0% 7,124 26.6% 477 7.2 0.6 40 AND OVER............ 7,555 29.5% 8,474 31.7% 919 12.2 2.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.1 30.7 3.7 13.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,747 $29,652 -95 -0.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,502 $33,391 -111 -0.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,182 $14,011 829 6.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,749 7.4% 1,944 7.4% 195 11.1 0.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,370 100.0% 10,629 100.0% 1,259 13.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,513 69.5% 7,296 68.6% 783 12.0 -0.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,993 42.6% 4,516 42.5% 523 13.1 -0.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,274 56.3% 5,610 52.8% 336 6.4 -3.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,698 28.8% 2,836 26.7% 138 5.1 -2.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,005 10.7% 1,276 12.0% 271 27.0 1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 685 7.3% 785 7.4% 100 14.6 0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,368 25.3% 2,703 25.4% 335 14.1 0.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.5 -0.1 -2.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,119 100.0% 17,064 100.0% 2,945 20.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,100 43.2% 5,810 34.0% -290 -4.8 -9.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,855 13.1% 2,957 17.3% 1,102 59.4 4.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,787 100.0% 14,422 100.0% 1,635 12.8 FEMALE................ 5,921 46.3% 7,034 48.8% 1,113 18.8 2.5 EMPLOYED.............. 11,950 93.5% 13,697 95.0% 1,747 14.6 1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,276 17.8% 3,260 22.6% 984 43.2 4.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,439 11.3% 1,959 13.6% 520 36.1 2.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 10,075 100.0% 11,621 100.0% 1,546 15.3 OCCUPIED.............. 9,369 93.0% 10,612 91.3% 1,243 13.3 -1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,364 57.3% 6,652 62.7% 1,288 24.0 5.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $64,296 $72,030 7,734 12.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,005 42.7% 3,960 37.3% -45 -1.1 -5.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $411 $424 13 3.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,947 49.1% 5,809 50.0% 862 17.4 0.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,403 13.9% 2,006 17.3% 603 43.0 3.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.1 1970.0 5.9 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