Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Arkansas City city GEOCODE:20-0110 KS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,201 100.0% 12,762 100.0% -439 -3.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,122 84.3% 10,535 82.5% -587 -5.3 -1.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 266 2.0% 456 3.6% 190 71.4 1.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,199 92.4% 11,427 89.5% -772 -6.3 -2.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 651 4.9% 646 5.1% -5 -0.8 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 0 0.0% 72 0.6% 72 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 247 1.9% 395 3.1% 148 59.9 1.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 315 2.4% 393 3.1% 78 24.8 0.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 983 7.4% 882 6.9% -101 -10.3 -0.5 5-17.................. 2,410 18.3% 2,425 19.0% 15 0.6 0.7 18-24.................. 1,529 11.6% 1,143 9.0% -386 -25.2 -2.6 25-44.................. 3,100 23.5% 3,556 27.9% 456 14.7 4.4 45-64.................. 2,743 20.8% 2,354 18.4% -389 -14.2 -2.3 65 AND OVER............ 2,436 18.5% 2,402 18.8% -34 -1.4 0.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,393 25.7% 3,307 25.9% -86 -2.5 0.2 40 AND OVER............ 5,774 43.7% 5,540 43.4% -234 -4.1 -0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.8 35.7 1.9 5.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,714 $22,536 -1,178 -5.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,324 $28,883 -1,441 -4.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,865 $11,374 -491 -4.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,357 10.5% 1,449 11.8% 92 6.8 1.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,360 100.0% 5,160 100.0% -200 -3.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,706 69.1% 3,528 68.4% -178 -4.8 -0.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,838 34.3% 1,839 35.6% 1 0.1 1.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,192 59.6% 2,889 56.0% -303 -9.5 -3.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,379 25.7% 1,271 24.6% -108 -7.8 -1.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 437 8.2% 492 9.5% 55 12.6 1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 316 5.9% 312 6.0% -4 -1.3 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,520 28.4% 1,515 29.4% -5 -0.3 1.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.4 -0.0 -1.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,279 100.0% 8,312 100.0% 33 0.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,052 36.9% 2,581 31.1% -471 -15.4 -5.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 827 10.0% 1,148 13.8% 321 38.8 3.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,985 100.0% 5,749 100.0% -236 -3.9 FEMALE................ 2,505 41.9% 2,649 46.1% 144 5.7 4.2 EMPLOYED.............. 5,749 96.1% 5,422 94.3% -327 -5.7 -1.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 877 14.7% 1,125 19.6% 248 28.3 4.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 982 16.4% 1,043 18.1% 61 6.2 1.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,843 100.0% 5,774 100.0% -69 -1.2 OCCUPIED.............. 5,346 91.5% 5,144 89.1% -202 -3.8 -2.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,634 68.0% 3,434 66.8% -200 -5.5 -1.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $49,128 $37,600 -11,528 -23.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,712 32.0% 1,710 33.2% -2 -0.1 1.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $290 $325 35 12.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,726 80.9% 4,687 81.2% -39 -0.8 0.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 130 2.2% 253 4.4% 123 94.6 2.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1939.3 1941.0 1.7 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