Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Parsons city GEOCODE:20-2245 KS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,898 100.0% 11,924 100.0% -974 -7.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,606 82.2% 9,356 78.5% -1,250 -11.8 -3.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 582 4.5% 623 5.2% 41 7.0 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,555 89.6% 10,757 90.2% -798 -6.9 0.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,020 7.9% 893 7.5% -127 -12.5 -0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 17 0.1% 45 0.4% 28 164.7 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 117 0.9% 67 0.6% -50 -42.7 -0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 439 3.4% 443 3.7% 4 0.9 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,017 7.9% 880 7.4% -137 -13.5 -0.5 5-17.................. 2,597 20.1% 2,303 19.3% -294 -11.3 -0.8 18-24.................. 1,591 12.3% 1,155 9.7% -436 -27.4 -2.6 25-44.................. 3,070 23.8% 3,499 29.3% 429 14.0 5.5 45-64.................. 2,435 18.9% 1,838 15.4% -597 -24.5 -3.5 65 AND OVER............ 2,188 17.0% 2,249 18.9% 61 2.8 1.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,614 28.0% 3,183 26.7% -431 -11.9 -1.3 40 AND OVER............ 5,196 40.3% 4,881 40.9% -315 -6.1 0.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.1 33.5 2.4 7.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,012 $21,655 -1,357 -5.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,886 $28,847 -2,039 -6.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,603 $11,146 543 5.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,476 12.0% 1,616 14.4% 140 9.5 2.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,934 100.0% 4,846 100.0% -88 -1.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,340 67.7% 3,111 64.2% -229 -6.9 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,790 36.3% 1,856 38.3% 66 3.7 2.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,785 56.4% 2,421 50.0% -364 -13.1 -6.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,317 26.7% 1,177 24.3% -140 -10.6 -2.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 452 9.2% 574 11.8% 122 27.0 2.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 292 5.9% 386 8.0% 94 32.2 2.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,521 30.8% 1,575 32.5% 54 3.6 1.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.2 -6.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,693 100.0% 7,586 100.0% -107 -1.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,753 35.8% 2,041 26.9% -712 -25.9 -8.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 970 12.6% 1,091 14.4% 121 12.5 1.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,747 100.0% 5,564 100.0% -183 -3.2 FEMALE................ 2,606 45.3% 2,735 49.2% 129 5.0 3.8 EMPLOYED.............. 5,387 93.7% 5,199 93.4% -188 -3.5 -0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,178 20.5% 1,212 21.8% 34 2.9 1.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 934 16.3% 897 16.1% -37 -4.0 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,425 100.0% 5,451 100.0% 26 0.5 OCCUPIED.............. 4,995 92.1% 4,807 88.2% -188 -3.8 -3.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,694 74.0% 3,245 67.5% -449 -12.2 -6.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $47,753 $34,504 -13,249 -27.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,301 26.0% 1,562 32.5% 261 20.1 6.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $281 $304 23 8.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,465 82.3% 4,386 80.5% -79 -1.8 -1.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 170 3.1% 196 3.6% 26 15.3 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1938.1 1946.0 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