Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Wabash city GEOCODE:18-2615 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,985 100.0% 12,127 100.0% -858 -6.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,293 87.0% 10,237 84.4% -1,056 -9.4 -2.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 260 2.0% 396 3.3% 136 52.3 1.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,775 98.4% 11,830 97.6% -945 -7.4 -0.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 48 0.4% 58 0.5% 10 20.8 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 83 0.6% 107 0.9% 24 28.9 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 60 0.5% 107 0.9% 47 78.3 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 128 1.0% 106 0.9% -22 -17.2 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 984 7.6% 860 7.1% -124 -12.6 -0.5 5-17.................. 2,906 22.4% 2,314 19.1% -592 -20.4 -3.3 18-24.................. 1,609 12.4% 1,160 9.6% -449 -27.9 -2.8 25-44.................. 3,398 26.2% 3,655 30.1% 257 7.6 4.0 45-64.................. 2,562 19.7% 2,270 18.7% -292 -11.4 -1.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,526 11.8% 1,868 15.4% 342 22.4 3.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,890 30.0% 3,174 26.2% -716 -18.4 -3.8 40 AND OVER............ 4,793 36.9% 4,895 40.4% 103 2.1 3.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.8 33.9 4.1 13.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,159 $25,141 -2,018 -7.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,189 $29,813 -2,376 -7.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,529 $11,170 -359 -3.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 908 7.2% 1,382 11.8% 474 52.2 4.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,771 100.0% 4,704 100.0% -67 -1.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,500 73.4% 3,354 71.3% -146 -4.2 -2.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,054 43.1% 2,012 42.8% -42 -2.0 -0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,923 61.3% 2,680 57.0% -243 -8.3 -4.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,549 32.5% 1,201 25.5% -348 -22.5 -6.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 486 10.2% 558 11.9% 72 14.8 1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 278 5.8% 351 7.5% 73 26.3 1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,166 24.4% 1,242 26.4% 76 6.5 2.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -6.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,486 100.0% 7,793 100.0% 307 4.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,169 42.3% 3,187 40.9% 18 0.6 -1.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 803 10.7% 785 10.1% -18 -2.2 -0.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,487 100.0% 6,101 100.0% -386 -6.0 FEMALE................ 2,972 45.8% 2,922 47.9% -50 -1.7 2.1 EMPLOYED.............. 6,031 93.0% 5,691 93.3% -340 -5.6 0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 988 15.2% 884 14.5% -104 -10.5 -0.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 930 14.3% 888 14.6% -42 -4.5 0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,073 100.0% 4,944 100.0% -129 -2.5 OCCUPIED.............. 4,799 94.6% 4,700 95.1% -99 -2.1 0.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,315 69.1% 3,094 65.8% -221 -6.7 -3.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $55,334 $44,398 -10,935 -19.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,484 30.9% 1,606 34.2% 122 8.2 3.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $301 $305 4 1.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,751 73.9% 3,629 73.4% -122 -3.3 -0.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 60 1.2% 75 1.5% 15 25.0 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1943.5 1950.0 6.5 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