Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Mason City city GEOCODE:19-2710 IA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 30,144 100.0% 29,040 100.0% -1,104 -3.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 24,802 82.3% 23,030 79.3% -1,772 -7.1 -3.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 932 3.1% 1,107 3.8% 175 18.8 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 29,673 98.4% 28,401 97.8% -1,272 -4.3 -0.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 100 0.3% 317 1.1% 217 217.0 0.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 62 0.2% 128 0.4% 66 106.5 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 65 0.2% 0 0.0% -65-100.0 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 833 2.8% 657 2.3% -176 -21.1 -0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,028 6.7% 2,030 7.0% 2 0.1 0.3 5-17.................. 5,561 18.4% 5,026 17.3% -535 -9.6 -1.1 18-24.................. 4,187 13.9% 2,998 10.3% -1,189 -28.4 -3.6 25-44.................. 7,545 25.0% 8,584 29.6% 1,039 13.8 4.5 45-64.................. 6,245 20.7% 5,390 18.6% -855 -13.7 -2.2 65 AND OVER............ 4,578 15.2% 5,012 17.3% 434 9.5 2.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,589 25.2% 7,056 24.3% -533 -7.0 -0.9 40 AND OVER............ 12,260 40.7% 12,132 41.8% -128 -1.0 1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.9 34.6 2.7 8.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,483 $24,146 -2,337 -8.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,611 $31,225 -3,386 -9.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,489 $12,229 -260 -2.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,757 9.4% 2,695 9.6% -62 -2.2 0.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,847 100.0% 11,980 100.0% 133 1.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,021 67.7% 7,710 64.4% -311 -3.9 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,560 38.5% 4,678 39.0% 118 2.6 0.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,956 58.7% 6,479 54.1% -477 -6.9 -4.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,324 28.1% 2,922 24.4% -402 -12.1 -3.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 894 7.5% 1,036 8.6% 142 15.9 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 590 5.0% 621 5.2% 31 5.3 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,373 28.5% 3,769 31.5% 396 11.7 3.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.1 -5.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 18,368 100.0% 18,986 100.0% 618 3.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,259 39.5% 6,515 34.3% -744 -10.2 -5.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,706 14.7% 3,091 16.3% 385 14.2 1.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 14,749 100.0% 14,632 100.0% -117 -0.8 FEMALE................ 6,876 46.6% 7,250 49.5% 374 5.4 2.9 EMPLOYED.............. 13,754 93.3% 14,045 96.0% 291 2.1 2.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,235 21.9% 3,161 21.6% -74 -2.3 -0.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,024 13.7% 2,496 17.1% 472 23.3 3.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 12,612 100.0% 12,669 100.0% 57 0.5 OCCUPIED.............. 11,884 94.2% 12,027 94.9% 143 1.2 0.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,293 69.8% 7,918 65.8% -375 -4.5 -3.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $68,729 $50,978 -17,751 -25.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,591 30.2% 4,109 34.2% 518 14.4 3.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $327 $322 -5 -1.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 9,340 74.1% 9,421 74.4% 81 0.9 0.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 205 1.6% 187 1.5% -18 -8.8 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1944.9 1952.0 7.1 0.4 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