Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Ottumwa city GEOCODE:19-3275 IA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 27,381 100.0% 24,488 100.0% -2,893 -10.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 23,166 84.6% 20,146 82.3% -3,020 -13.0 -2.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 736 2.7% 650 2.7% -86 -11.7 -0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 27,102 99.0% 23,855 97.4% -3,247 -12.0 -1.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 191 0.7% 260 1.1% 69 36.1 0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 33 0.1% 128 0.5% 95 287.9 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 48 0.2% 139 0.6% 91 189.6 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 152 0.6% 169 0.7% 17 11.2 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,839 6.7% 1,619 6.6% -220 -12.0 -0.1 5-17.................. 4,982 18.2% 4,007 16.4% -975 -19.6 -1.8 18-24.................. 3,128 11.4% 2,327 9.5% -801 -25.6 -1.9 25-44.................. 6,283 22.9% 6,749 27.6% 466 7.4 4.6 45-64.................. 5,902 21.6% 4,722 19.3% -1,180 -20.0 -2.3 65 AND OVER............ 5,247 19.2% 5,064 20.7% -183 -3.5 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,821 24.9% 5,626 23.0% -1,195 -17.5 -1.9 40 AND OVER............ 12,413 45.3% 11,432 46.7% -981 -7.9 1.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 35.0 37.5 2.5 7.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,701 $19,854 -4,847 -19.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,267 $24,982 -6,285 -20.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,275 $11,102 -1,173 -9.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,548 9.6% 3,882 16.3% 1,334 52.4 6.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,871 100.0% 10,200 100.0% -671 -6.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,626 70.1% 6,831 67.0% -795 -10.4 -3.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,679 33.8% 3,307 32.4% -372 -10.1 -1.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,662 61.3% 5,595 54.9% -1,067 -16.0 -6.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,857 26.3% 2,264 22.2% -593 -20.8 -4.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 866 8.0% 1,031 10.1% 165 19.1 2.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 443 4.1% 650 6.4% 207 46.7 2.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,044 28.0% 3,071 30.1% 27 0.9 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.1 -4.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 17,432 100.0% 16,535 100.0% -897 -5.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,101 40.7% 6,252 37.8% -849 -12.0 -2.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,905 10.9% 1,859 11.2% -46 -2.4 0.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,678 100.0% 11,051 100.0% -627 -5.4 FEMALE................ 4,908 42.0% 5,207 47.1% 299 6.1 5.1 EMPLOYED.............. 10,901 93.3% 10,132 91.7% -769 -7.1 -1.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,252 19.3% 2,007 18.2% -245 -10.9 -1.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,732 14.8% 1,838 16.6% 106 6.1 1.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,455 100.0% 10,912 100.0% -543 -4.7 OCCUPIED.............. 10,914 95.3% 10,280 94.2% -634 -5.8 -1.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,269 75.8% 7,488 72.8% -781 -9.4 -2.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $49,706 $32,797 -16,909 -34.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,645 24.2% 2,792 27.2% 147 5.6 2.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $295 $279 -16 -5.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,985 78.4% 8,675 79.5% -310 -3.5 1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 277 2.4% 269 2.5% -8 -2.9 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1938.3 1945.0 6.7 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