Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Spencer city GEOCODE:19-4025 IA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 11,726 100.0% 11,066 100.0% -660 -5.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,880 84.3% 9,020 81.5% -860 -8.7 -2.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 233 2.0% 244 2.2% 11 4.7 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,525 98.3% 10,979 99.2% -546 -4.7 0.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 129 1.1% 19 0.2% -110 -85.3 -0.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 40 0.3% 58 0.5% 18 45.0 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 38 0.3% 25 0.2% -13 -34.2 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,010 8.6% 750 6.8% -260 -25.7 -1.8 5-17.................. 2,269 19.4% 2,237 20.2% -32 -1.4 0.9 18-24.................. 1,540 13.1% 890 8.0% -650 -42.2 -5.1 25-44.................. 3,101 26.4% 3,203 28.9% 102 3.3 2.5 45-64.................. 2,109 18.0% 2,088 18.9% -21 -1.0 0.9 65 AND OVER............ 1,697 14.5% 1,898 17.2% 201 11.8 2.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,279 28.0% 2,987 27.0% -292 -8.9 -1.0 40 AND OVER............ 4,395 37.5% 4,647 42.0% 253 5.7 4.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.2 34.9 4.7 15.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,805 $24,573 -3,232 -11.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,688 $30,971 -3,717 -10.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,911 $12,805 -106 -0.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 994 8.6% 1,065 9.9% 71 7.1 1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,513 100.0% 4,538 100.0% 25 0.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,106 68.8% 2,944 64.9% -162 -5.2 -3.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,888 41.8% 1,925 42.4% 37 2.0 0.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,744 60.8% 2,579 56.8% -165 -6.0 -4.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,435 31.8% 1,207 26.6% -228 -15.9 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 321 7.1% 347 7.6% 26 8.1 0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 244 5.4% 253 5.6% 9 3.7 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,229 27.2% 1,414 31.2% 185 15.1 3.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.2 -6.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,907 100.0% 7,189 100.0% 282 4.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,010 43.6% 2,700 37.6% -310 -10.3 -6.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,043 15.1% 1,157 16.1% 114 10.9 1.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,808 100.0% 5,648 100.0% -160 -2.8 FEMALE................ 2,627 45.2% 2,743 48.6% 116 4.4 3.3 EMPLOYED.............. 5,480 94.4% 5,544 98.2% 64 1.2 3.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,205 20.7% 1,278 22.6% 73 6.1 1.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 700 12.1% 715 12.7% 15 2.1 0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,803 100.0% 4,824 100.0% 21 0.4 OCCUPIED.............. 4,550 94.7% 4,597 95.3% 47 1.0 0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,043 66.9% 2,833 61.6% -210 -6.9 -5.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $78,943 $52,801 -26,141 -33.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,507 33.1% 1,764 38.4% 257 17.1 5.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $354 $264 -90 -25.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,465 72.1% 3,315 68.7% -150 -4.3 -3.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 118 2.5% 92 1.9% -26 -22.0 -0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.5 1957.0 2.5 0.1 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