Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Atchison city GEOCODE:20-0135 KS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 11,407 100.0% 10,656 100.0% -751 -6.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 8,696 76.2% 8,190 76.9% -506 -5.8 0.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,334 11.7% 1,085 10.2% -249 -18.7 -1.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,203 89.4% 9,499 89.1% -704 -6.9 -0.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 998 8.7% 782 7.3% -216 -21.6 -1.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 38 0.3% 180 1.7% 142 373.7 1.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 39 0.3% 69 0.6% 30 76.9 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 263 2.3% 251 2.4% -12 -4.6 0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 778 6.8% 716 6.7% -62 -8.0 -0.1 5-17.................. 2,162 19.0% 2,195 20.6% 33 1.5 1.6 18-24.................. 2,075 18.2% 1,267 11.9% -808 -38.9 -6.3 25-44.................. 2,382 20.9% 2,557 24.0% 175 7.3 3.1 45-64.................. 2,077 18.2% 1,941 18.2% -136 -6.5 0.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,933 16.9% 1,980 18.6% 47 2.4 1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,940 25.8% 2,911 27.3% -29 -1.0 1.5 40 AND OVER............ 4,506 39.5% 4,395 41.2% -111 -2.5 1.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.3 32.8 3.4 11.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,913 $21,128 -1,785 -7.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,925 $26,269 -2,656 -9.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,219 $10,028 -191 -1.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,317 12.8% 1,699 17.3% 382 29.0 4.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,906 100.0% 3,833 100.0% -73 -1.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,690 68.9% 2,584 67.4% -106 -3.9 -1.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,314 33.6% 1,422 37.1% 108 8.2 3.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,226 57.0% 1,979 51.6% -247 -11.1 -5.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,110 28.4% 936 24.4% -174 -15.7 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 416 10.7% 471 12.3% 55 13.2 1.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 231 5.9% 336 8.8% 105 45.5 2.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,112 28.5% 1,157 30.2% 45 4.0 1.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,392 100.0% 6,478 100.0% 86 1.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,586 40.5% 2,717 41.9% 131 5.1 1.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,018 15.9% 1,128 17.4% 110 10.8 1.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,999 100.0% 4,782 100.0% -217 -4.3 FEMALE................ 2,230 44.6% 2,280 47.7% 50 2.2 3.1 EMPLOYED.............. 4,706 94.1% 4,439 92.8% -267 -5.7 -1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,054 21.1% 1,055 22.1% 1 0.1 1.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 867 17.3% 898 18.8% 31 3.6 1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,273 100.0% 4,267 100.0% -6 -0.1 OCCUPIED.............. 3,901 91.3% 3,877 90.9% -24 -0.6 -0.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,685 68.8% 2,620 67.6% -65 -2.4 -1.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $51,010 $35,570 -15,440 -30.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,216 31.2% 1,257 32.4% 41 3.4 1.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $259 $293 34 13.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,256 76.2% 3,342 78.3% 86 2.6 2.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 49 1.1% 176 4.1% 127 259.2 3.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1936.9 1949.0 12.1 0.6 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