Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Lawrence city GEOCODE:20-1535 KS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 52,738 100.0% 65,657 100.0% 12,919 24.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 32,102 60.9% 39,229 59.7% 7,127 22.2 -1.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 8,261 15.7% 7,876 12.0% -385 -4.7 -3.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 46,280 87.8% 57,283 87.2% 11,003 23.8 -0.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,908 5.5% 3,186 4.9% 278 9.6 -0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,258 2.4% 2,606 4.0% 1,348 107.2 1.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,618 3.1% 1,896 2.9% 278 17.2 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,387 2.6% 1,791 2.7% 404 29.1 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,185 6.0% 3,955 6.0% 770 24.2 -0.0 5-17.................. 6,580 12.5% 8,493 12.9% 1,913 29.1 0.5 18-24.................. 19,132 36.3% 20,853 31.8% 1,721 9.0 -4.5 25-44.................. 14,518 27.5% 20,081 30.6% 5,563 38.3 3.1 45-64.................. 5,917 11.2% 7,544 11.5% 1,627 27.5 0.3 65 AND OVER............ 3,406 6.5% 4,731 7.2% 1,325 38.9 0.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,765 18.5% 12,448 19.0% 2,683 27.5 0.4 40 AND OVER............ 11,419 21.7% 15,781 24.0% 4,363 38.2 2.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 23.7 24.8 1.0 4.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,511 $22,900 389 1.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,855 $34,996 2,141 6.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,904 $11,760 856 7.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,451 19.1% 13,928 24.1% 5,477 64.8 5.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 18,818 100.0% 24,531 100.0% 5,713 30.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,582 56.2% 12,892 52.6% 2,310 21.8 -3.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,571 34.9% 8,499 34.6% 1,928 29.3 -0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,813 46.8% 10,450 42.6% 1,637 18.6 -4.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,223 22.4% 5,182 21.1% 959 22.7 -1.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,342 7.1% 1,774 7.2% 432 32.2 0.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 877 4.7% 1,144 4.7% 267 30.4 0.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,311 28.2% 7,094 28.9% 1,783 33.6 0.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.4 -0.0 -0.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 23,841 100.0% 32,356 100.0% 8,515 35.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,947 24.9% 6,927 21.4% 980 16.5 -3.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 9,867 41.4% 14,236 44.0% 4,369 44.3 2.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 26,870 100.0% 34,953 100.0% 8,083 30.1 FEMALE................ 11,973 44.6% 16,508 47.2% 4,535 37.9 2.7 EMPLOYED.............. 25,534 95.0% 32,924 94.2% 7,390 28.9 -0.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 7,991 29.7% 10,905 31.2% 2,914 36.5 1.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,107 15.3% 5,433 15.5% 1,326 32.3 0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 20,179 100.0% 25,894 100.0% 5,715 28.3 OCCUPIED.............. 18,773 93.0% 24,522 94.7% 5,749 30.6 1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 9,049 48.2% 11,345 46.3% 2,296 25.4 -1.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $84,255 $79,284 -4,971 -5.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 9,724 51.8% 13,177 53.7% 3,453 35.5 1.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $393 $415 22 5.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,687 53.0% 13,547 52.3% 2,860 26.8 -0.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,172 5.8% 1,371 5.3% 199 17.0 -0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1963.1 1971.0 7.9 0.4 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