Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fort Dodge city GEOCODE:19-1515 IA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 29,423 100.0% 25,894 100.0% -3,529 -12.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 23,963 81.4% 20,543 79.3% -3,420 -14.3 -2.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,348 4.6% 1,158 4.5% -190 -14.1 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 28,173 95.8% 24,862 96.0% -3,311 -11.8 0.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 954 3.2% 661 2.6% -293 -30.7 -0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 102 0.3% 161 0.6% 59 57.8 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 29 0.1% 117 0.5% 88 303.4 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 491 1.7% 335 1.3% -156 -31.8 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,129 7.2% 1,963 7.6% -166 -7.8 0.3 5-17.................. 5,806 19.7% 4,620 17.8% -1,186 -20.4 -1.9 18-24.................. 3,933 13.4% 2,361 9.1% -1,572 -40.0 -4.2 25-44.................. 6,977 23.7% 7,512 29.0% 535 7.7 5.3 45-64.................. 6,004 20.4% 4,564 17.6% -1,440 -24.0 -2.8 65 AND OVER............ 4,574 15.5% 4,874 18.8% 300 6.6 3.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,935 27.0% 6,583 25.4% -1,352 -17.0 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 11,944 40.6% 10,978 42.4% -966 -8.1 1.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.4 35.4 4.0 12.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,145 $22,783 -4,362 -16.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,568 $28,388 -6,180 -17.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,453 $11,639 -814 -6.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,902 10.3% 3,170 12.8% 268 9.2 2.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,119 100.0% 10,453 100.0% -666 -6.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,533 67.7% 6,771 64.8% -762 -10.1 -3.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,488 40.4% 3,920 37.5% -568 -12.7 -2.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,358 57.2% 5,395 51.6% -963 -15.1 -5.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,064 27.6% 2,414 23.1% -650 -21.2 -4.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,019 9.2% 1,113 10.6% 94 9.2 1.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 657 5.9% 753 7.2% 96 14.6 1.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,168 28.5% 3,273 31.3% 105 3.3 2.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.2 -6.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 17,555 100.0% 16,950 100.0% -605 -3.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,645 37.9% 6,126 36.1% -519 -7.8 -1.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,702 15.4% 2,721 16.1% 19 0.7 0.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 14,167 100.0% 12,212 100.0% -1,955 -13.8 FEMALE................ 6,476 45.7% 5,752 47.1% -724 -11.2 1.4 EMPLOYED.............. 13,557 95.7% 11,551 94.6% -2,006 -14.8 -1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,810 19.8% 2,791 22.9% -19 -0.7 3.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,559 18.1% 2,089 17.1% -470 -18.4 -1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,626 100.0% 11,212 100.0% -414 -3.6 OCCUPIED.............. 11,120 95.6% 10,502 93.7% -618 -5.6 -2.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,410 66.6% 6,798 64.7% -612 -8.3 -1.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $70,111 $45,035 -25,076 -35.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,710 33.4% 3,704 35.3% -6 -0.2 1.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $327 $301 -26 -7.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,023 69.0% 8,024 71.6% 1 0.0 2.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 370 3.2% 291 2.6% -79 -21.4 -0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1942.1 1951.0 8.9 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