Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Kansas City city GEOCODE:20-1430 KS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 161,093 100.0% 149,768 100.0% -11,325 -7.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 140,579 87.3% 127,666 85.2% -12,913 -9.2 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,198 0.7% 1,514 1.0% 316 26.4 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 114,548 71.1% 97,400 65.0% -17,148 -15.0 -6.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 40,758 25.3% 44,019 29.4% 3,261 8.0 4.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,411 0.9% 1,596 1.1% 185 13.1 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 844 0.5% 1,300 0.9% 456 54.0 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 7,681 4.8% 10,335 6.9% 2,654 34.6 2.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 13,065 8.1% 12,575 8.4% -490 -3.8 0.3 5-17.................. 34,568 21.5% 30,271 20.2% -4,297 -12.4 -1.2 18-24.................. 21,958 13.6% 14,139 9.4% -7,819 -35.6 -4.2 25-44.................. 40,893 25.4% 46,929 31.3% 6,036 14.8 5.9 45-64.................. 31,814 19.7% 26,499 17.7% -5,315 -16.7 -2.1 65 AND OVER............ 18,795 11.7% 19,355 12.9% 560 3.0 1.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 47,633 29.6% 42,846 28.6% -4,787 -10.0 -1.0 40 AND OVER............ 58,405 36.3% 54,725 36.5% -3,680 -6.3 0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.7 31.7 3.0 10.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,979 $23,307 -2,672 -10.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,487 $28,082 -3,405 -10.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,929 $10,478 -451 -4.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 23,002 14.4% 26,433 17.9% 3,431 14.9 3.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 59,801 100.0% 57,058 100.0% -2,743 -4.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 42,914 71.8% 39,124 68.6% -3,790 -8.8 -3.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 22,575 37.8% 21,404 37.5% -1,171 -5.2 -0.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 32,812 54.9% 27,166 47.6% -5,646 -17.2 -7.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 16,114 26.9% 12,594 22.1% -3,520 -21.8 -4.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 8,374 14.0% 9,753 17.1% 1,379 16.5 3.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 5,584 9.3% 6,103 10.7% 519 9.3 1.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 14,954 25.0% 15,766 27.6% 812 5.4 2.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -2.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 91,502 100.0% 92,783 100.0% 1,281 1.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 35,961 39.3% 33,010 35.6% -2,951 -8.2 -3.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 8,145 8.9% 9,399 10.1% 1,254 15.4 1.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 73,869 100.0% 70,838 100.0% -3,031 -4.1 FEMALE................ 32,746 44.3% 33,725 47.6% 979 3.0 3.3 EMPLOYED.............. 68,218 92.3% 64,557 91.1% -3,661 -5.4 -1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 10,787 14.6% 10,696 15.1% -91 -0.8 0.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 9,448 12.8% 10,203 14.4% 755 8.0 1.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 64,401 100.0% 64,452 100.0% 51 0.1 OCCUPIED.............. 59,655 92.6% 57,141 88.7% -2,514 -4.2 -4.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 38,548 64.6% 35,382 61.9% -3,166 -8.2 -2.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $50,222 $43,852 -6,369 -12.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 21,107 35.4% 21,759 38.1% 652 3.1 2.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $331 $374 43 12.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 46,366 72.0% 46,305 71.8% -61 -0.1 -0.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,155 1.8% 1,750 2.7% 595 51.5 0.9 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.1 1956.0 3.9 0.2 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