Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Liberal city GEOCODE:20-1610 KS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,911 100.0% 16,573 100.0% 1,662 11.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,063 87.6% 14,447 87.2% 1,384 10.6 -0.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 235 1.6% 294 1.8% 59 25.1 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,420 83.3% 12,588 76.0% 168 1.4 -7.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 908 6.1% 1,021 6.2% 113 12.4 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 195 1.3% 431 2.6% 236 121.0 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 251 1.7% 162 1.0% -89 -35.5 -0.7 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,488 10.0% 3,480 21.0% 1,992 133.9 11.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,478 9.9% 1,467 8.9% -11 -0.7 -1.1 5-17.................. 3,138 21.0% 3,607 21.8% 469 14.9 0.7 18-24.................. 2,344 15.7% 1,940 11.7% -404 -17.2 -4.0 25-44.................. 3,885 26.1% 5,235 31.6% 1,350 34.7 5.5 45-64.................. 2,707 18.2% 2,691 16.2% -16 -0.6 -1.9 65 AND OVER............ 1,359 9.1% 1,633 9.9% 274 20.2 0.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,616 31.0% 5,074 30.6% 458 9.9 -0.3 40 AND OVER............ 4,813 32.3% 5,081 30.7% 268 5.6 -1.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.7 29.2 2.5 9.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $30,008 $26,554 -3,454 -11.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,682 $30,052 -5,630 -15.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,594 $11,481 -2,113 -15.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,421 9.7% 2,380 14.6% 959 67.5 4.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,450 100.0% 5,961 100.0% 511 9.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,078 74.8% 4,475 75.1% 397 9.7 0.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,467 45.3% 2,959 49.6% 492 19.9 4.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,568 65.5% 3,665 61.5% 97 2.7 -4.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,849 33.9% 1,980 33.2% 131 7.1 -0.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 404 7.4% 599 10.0% 195 48.3 2.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 335 6.1% 427 7.2% 92 27.5 1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,189 21.8% 1,247 20.9% 58 4.9 -0.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.7 0.0 1.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,951 100.0% 9,559 100.0% 1,608 20.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,108 39.1% 2,967 31.0% -141 -4.5 -8.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,054 13.3% 1,135 11.9% 81 7.7 -1.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,530 100.0% 8,569 100.0% 1,039 13.8 FEMALE................ 2,903 38.6% 3,572 41.7% 669 23.0 3.1 EMPLOYED.............. 7,223 95.9% 8,203 95.7% 980 13.6 -0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,411 18.7% 1,372 16.0% -39 -2.8 -2.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 793 10.5% 1,128 13.2% 335 42.2 2.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,846 100.0% 6,663 100.0% 817 14.0 OCCUPIED.............. 5,407 92.5% 5,858 87.9% 451 8.3 -4.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,650 67.5% 3,742 63.9% 92 2.5 -3.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $64,019 $56,909 -7,110 -11.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,757 32.5% 2,116 36.1% 359 20.4 3.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $373 $364 -9 -2.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,297 73.5% 4,779 71.7% 482 11.2 -1.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 791 13.5% 865 13.0% 74 9.4 -0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.7 1964.0 6.3 0.3 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