Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Merriam city GEOCODE:20-1860 KS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,794 100.0% 11,821 100.0% 1,027 9.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 8,969 83.1% 9,373 79.3% 404 4.5 -3.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 73 0.7% 117 1.0% 44 60.3 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,203 94.5% 10,950 92.6% 747 7.3 -1.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 298 2.8% 450 3.8% 152 51.0 1.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 147 1.4% 186 1.6% 39 26.5 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 67 0.6% 71 0.6% 4 6.0 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 262 2.4% 322 2.7% 60 22.9 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 739 6.8% 893 7.6% 154 20.8 0.7 5-17.................. 1,902 17.6% 1,815 15.4% -87 -4.6 -2.3 18-24.................. 1,406 13.0% 1,041 8.8% -365 -26.0 -4.2 25-44.................. 3,610 33.4% 4,637 39.2% 1,027 28.4 5.8 45-64.................. 2,235 20.7% 2,169 18.3% -66 -3.0 -2.4 65 AND OVER............ 902 8.4% 1,266 10.7% 364 40.4 2.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,641 24.5% 2,708 22.9% 67 2.5 -1.6 40 AND OVER............ 3,840 35.6% 4,394 37.2% 554 14.4 1.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.8 33.1 2.3 7.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $37,535 $34,013 -3,522 -9.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $43,954 $40,980 -2,974 -6.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $16,769 $16,901 132 0.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 478 4.5% 906 7.8% 428 89.5 3.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,382 100.0% 5,123 100.0% 741 16.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,917 66.6% 3,242 63.3% 325 11.1 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,950 44.5% 2,245 43.8% 295 15.1 -0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,563 58.5% 2,742 53.5% 179 7.0 -5.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,202 27.4% 1,231 24.0% 29 2.4 -3.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 265 6.0% 433 8.5% 168 63.4 2.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 169 3.9% 257 5.0% 88 52.1 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,241 28.3% 1,556 30.4% 315 25.4 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.2 -6.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,747 100.0% 8,072 100.0% 1,325 19.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,600 38.5% 2,439 30.2% -161 -6.2 -8.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,610 23.9% 2,547 31.6% 937 58.2 7.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,304 100.0% 7,084 100.0% 780 12.4 FEMALE................ 2,794 44.3% 3,366 47.5% 572 20.5 3.2 EMPLOYED.............. 6,129 97.2% 6,822 96.3% 693 11.3 -0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,802 28.6% 2,114 29.8% 312 17.3 1.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 481 7.6% 772 10.9% 291 60.5 3.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,640 100.0% 5,366 100.0% 726 15.6 OCCUPIED.............. 4,402 94.9% 5,080 94.7% 678 15.4 -0.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,742 62.3% 3,023 59.5% 281 10.2 -2.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $88,234 $75,284 -12,950 -14.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,660 37.7% 2,057 40.5% 397 23.9 2.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $509 $506 -3 -0.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,144 67.8% 3,570 66.5% 426 13.5 -1.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 48 1.0% 35 0.7% -13 -27.1 -0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1963.2 1968.0 4.8 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