Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Newton city GEOCODE:20-2050 KS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 16,332 100.0% 16,700 100.0% 368 2.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,872 84.9% 13,884 83.1% 12 0.1 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 611 3.7% 611 3.7% 0 0.0 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,150 92.8% 15,359 92.0% 209 1.4 -0.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 431 2.6% 386 2.3% -45 -10.4 -0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 82 0.5% 157 0.9% 75 91.5 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 88 0.5% 125 0.7% 37 42.0 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,065 6.5% 1,299 7.8% 234 22.0 1.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,317 8.1% 1,279 7.7% -38 -2.9 -0.4 5-17.................. 2,994 18.3% 3,174 19.0% 180 6.0 0.7 18-24.................. 1,845 11.3% 1,181 7.1% -664 -36.0 -4.2 25-44.................. 4,228 25.9% 4,982 29.8% 754 17.8 3.9 45-64.................. 3,173 19.4% 3,072 18.4% -101 -3.2 -1.0 65 AND OVER............ 2,775 17.0% 3,012 18.0% 237 8.5 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,311 26.4% 4,453 26.7% 142 3.3 0.3 40 AND OVER............ 6,751 41.3% 7,087 42.4% 336 5.0 1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.2 35.2 3.0 9.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,963 $25,077 -2,886 -10.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,596 $31,949 -1,647 -4.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,210 $12,055 -155 -1.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,320 8.4% 1,529 9.5% 209 15.8 1.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,237 100.0% 6,516 100.0% 279 4.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,549 72.9% 4,520 69.4% -29 -0.6 -3.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,762 44.3% 2,863 43.9% 101 3.7 -0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,934 63.1% 3,906 59.9% -28 -0.7 -3.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,841 29.5% 1,819 27.9% -22 -1.2 -1.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 482 7.7% 448 6.9% -34 -7.1 -0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 315 5.1% 284 4.4% -31 -9.8 -0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,539 24.7% 1,816 27.9% 277 18.0 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.5 -0.1 -2.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,176 100.0% 11,066 100.0% 890 8.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,912 38.4% 3,904 35.3% -8 -0.2 -3.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,606 15.8% 2,042 18.5% 436 27.1 2.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,124 100.0% 8,180 100.0% 56 0.7 FEMALE................ 3,497 43.0% 3,786 46.3% 289 8.3 3.2 EMPLOYED.............. 7,870 96.9% 7,890 96.5% 20 0.3 -0.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,616 19.9% 1,822 22.3% 206 12.7 2.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,153 14.2% 1,122 13.7% -31 -2.7 -0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,555 100.0% 6,955 100.0% 400 6.1 OCCUPIED.............. 6,233 95.1% 6,558 94.3% 325 5.2 -0.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,304 69.1% 4,275 65.2% -29 -0.7 -3.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $62,921 $49,223 -13,698 -21.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,929 30.9% 2,283 34.8% 354 18.4 3.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $324 $330 6 2.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,326 81.3% 5,443 78.3% 117 2.2 -3.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 214 3.3% 367 5.3% 153 71.5 2.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1951.1 1955.0 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